The investment in Portland within 3-4 blocks of the streetcar is around 2.5 Billion dollars. Now, that figure is for the initial couple of miles.
They made it very clear that buses are not the way to bring in development, and in fact, development along the bus line that runs part of the way the streetcar does drops off to near zero the second you leave that 3-4 block radius.
Another consideration for pollution is the fact that tires and buses ruin the road and require repaving. One thing people neglect to talk about is the fact that the amount of pollutants released in a repaving project is astronomical.
Denver is too pretty for so many buses
