My husband and I drove into Portland at 6 p.m. on a recent Friday evening.
Northbound traffic was literally at a standstill. And guess what? Included in the stopped traffic were “Salmon Creek Express” and “99th Street P&R” buses. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of vehicles were sitting there, spewing fumes into the air, going nowhere.
We all know that objects expand to fill the space available; adding extra lanes to a new bridge will simply allow more cars to sit and idle their engines.
Meanwhile, to the right of us, a light-rail MAX train was steadily cruising into the Expo Center area. No muss, no fuss, just consistently reliable transportation.
