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Originally Posted by urbanlife
This issue has more to do with you not living near a light rail stop, and then combine it with a light rail station not being at your employment, thus needing more added time to commute. Then top that off that you are driving a reverse commute and typically going the opposite direction of traffic.
The MAX is better at getting people into the city for work commutes than the opposite. The reason why is in the suburban areas more people drive to the station to take it downtown and then are able to walk to work. The reverse you have to rely on shuttle services along with walking time which adds to a commute.
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Yes, that is part of the issue...no arguments here.
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Originally Posted by zilfondel
2) The central city does not include the largest employers in the metro area, Intel, Nike, and OHSU. None of those are serviced by the MAX, although OHSU will be indirectly linked via the tram when the Orange line opens in SoWa.
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Zinfondel nailed it though. If we wanted the best system or a really efficient one, we would have planned MAX around the largest employers in the region.
Not really complaining though, I love the public transit system that we do have. It's really convenient to have as an option for when you need or want to go somewhere but don't want to drive.
Who knows, maybe Washington county will surprise us with PRT and an aggressive AmberGlen development plan.
As for subways through the central city...like others have mentioned, while it would be really really nice to have, the costs are probably too high for us to see it anytime soon.