Free Transit This Weekend
January 23rd, 2007
I drive north on I-5 every work day, right under the Portland Aerial Tram. Catching a glimpse of that silver bubble gliding overhead fills me with equal parts dread and wonder. I just don’t understand how a couple of cables can hold something like that up, though that doesn’t stop me from wanting to give it a try.
If you are among the 5 Portlanders who haven’t heard, the grand opening of the tram is this weekend, January 27 and 28, and rides are free to the public.
What may be less well-known is that the Portland Streetcar will also be free.
And if a free tram ride is not in cards for you this weekend (which seems highly likely per the tram website), you can try again every weekend in February:
http://www.portlandtram.org/index.cfm?event=news
Don’t worry, eventually I’ll get used to those flying bonbons and keep my eyes firmly fixed on the road at all times.
(Photo from Portland Aerial Tram website)
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1. &hellip | January 31st, 2007 at 9:22 pm
hello around the sun, just dropped by to check out the latest entry in your blog. hope you get to take that ride… peace.
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