DoomsdaysCW<p>Rapid transit plan calls for 10-20 minute service through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PortlandMaine</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestbrookMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WestbrookMaine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GorhamMaine</span></a></p><p>Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko</p><p>Published July 28, 2023 </p><p>"Local officials in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreaterPortland</span></a> are considering a system of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RapidTransit</span></a> bus routes for the region.</p><p>"Under a draft proposal from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, dedicated bus lanes would provide express service through Portland, Westbrook and Gorham more quickly than traditional bus service, with stops along the way.</p><p>"The preferred route would start at the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham, travel through downtown Westbrook and stop at the USM campus in Portland before heading down Congress Street and ending near the Eastern Promenade.</p><p>"The proposal envisions service every 10 minutes between Portland and Westbrook, and 20 minutes between Westbrook and Gorham.</p><p>"'That's frequent enough that you're not relying on a schedule anymore,' said Andrew Clark, transit program manager for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GPCOG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPCOG</span></a>. 'You're no longer planning your day around the bus schedule. You just know you can go out to the station, and the bus will be there in 10 minutes or something like that.'</p><p>"Clark said service every 10-20 minutes should also lure riders who wouldn't normally consider taking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a>.</p><p>"'I think people understand the role that transit can play in making our cities better, its role in reducing congestion, its role in better climate outcomes, better social equity outcomes,' he said.</p><p>"Greater Portland Metro would operate the proposed route, but the vehicles and stops would have a different look than the service's existing buses, Clark added.</p><p>"The proposed routes are still a long way away, Clark said. The cities of Portland, Westbrook and Gorham will need to decide how much road space can be freed up for dedicated bus lanes. The project will also need to secure federal funds for the new bus lanes and some new battery-powered vehicles.</p><p>"Local officials also eventually envision rapid transit routes to South Portland, Biddeford and Saco, Brunswick and Windham."</p><p><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2023-07-28/rapid-transit-plan-calls-for-10-20-minute-service-through-portland-westbrook-and-gorham" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/business-and-e</span><span class="invisible">conomy/2023-07-28/rapid-transit-plan-calls-for-10-20-minute-service-through-portland-westbrook-and-gorham</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamBypass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GorhamBypass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSmilingHillFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSmilingHillFarm</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sprawl</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Woodlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodlands</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meadows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InducedDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InducedDemand</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveRedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveRedBrook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RedBrook</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreaterPortlandMaine</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BusService" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BusService</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MTA</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectFarmland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectFarmland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LessCars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorkingFarms</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeterMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PeterMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommuterRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommuterRail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RapidTransit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreaterPortland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>There are alternatives to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamBypass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GorhamBypass</span></a>... This is one of them! A much better use for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a> funds <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a> received!!!</p><p>Gorham-Westbrook-Portland <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RapidTransit</span></a> Study</p><p>The Gorham-Westbrook-Portland Rapid Transit Study examined the need for and benefits of a rapid transit line connecting Gorham, Westbrook, and Portland. Based on estimated ridership, travel times, operating costs, and social equity, the study concluded that the most direct and fastest route alignment is via Main Street, Brighton Ave, and Congress Street. From west to east, this alignment connects USM Gorham, Gorham Village, downtown Westbrook, Rock Row, USM Portland, Maine Medical Center, downtown Portland, and the Eastern Waterfront. See project document below:</p><p>"The Bigger Picture. The purpose of this project is to provide fast, reliable, and frequent transit service that connects Gorham, Westbrook, and Portland's major transportation and/or activity centers. This project stems from our region's long-range transit plan Transit Tomorrow. That plan identifies five corridors where rapid transit is feasible. The Gorham-Westbrook-Portland corridor is the first corridor we studied. The bigger goal is to create a rapid transit network that allows us to meet the growing demand placed on our transportation network without building new roads or inducing more vehicle travel. "</p><p><a href="https://www.gpcog.org/557/Gorham-Westbrook-Portland-Rapid-Transit-" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gpcog.org/557/Gorham-Westbrook</span><span class="invisible">-Portland-Rapid-Transit-</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamBypass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GorhamBypass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSmilingHillFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSmilingHillFarm</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sprawl</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Woodlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodlands</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meadows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InducedDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InducedDemand</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveRedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveRedBrook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RedBrook</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreaterPortlandMaine</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LightRail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BikeLanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeLanes</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BusService" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BusService</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MTA</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectFarmland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectFarmland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LessCars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorkingFarms</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeterMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PeterMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommuterRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommuterRail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RapidTransit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreaterPortland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Now, if we could just get some light rail for the greater <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PortlandMaine</span></a> area (instead of building more highways through woods and farmland)!</p><p>Federal funding will allow <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downeaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Downeaster</span></a> to explore expansion to Rockland, add Falmouth station</p><p>The money comes as ridership from Boston to Brunswick has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. </p><p>By Eric Russell, December 8, 2023</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> Downeaster will receive a half million dollars under a new initiative from the Biden Administration to improve and expand <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassengerRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PassengerRail</span></a> service across the country.</p><p>"The $500,000 in funding for the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which operates the Downeaster, will explore building a new station in Falmouth and extending train service from Brunswick to Rockland, something that has long been considered.</p><p>"The award to the Downeaster, which runs daily from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Boston</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrunswickMaine</span></a> with several stops along the way, was part of $8.2 billion in funds announced Friday under the Federal Railroad Administration’s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program. It’s the largest federal investment in passenger rail transportation since Amtrak was created in 1971.</p><p>"The largest portion of those funds – $3 billion – will help pay for a new rail line from Las Vegas to Los Angeles that is supposed to be finished before the 2028 summer Olympics in LA. The trip will take about two hours, or half the time it takes to drive.</p><p>Also receiving funds are a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> - to - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> train; a rail expansion between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RichmondVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RichmondVirginia</span></a>; and other upgrades in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>, Massachusetts, and other states.</p><p>“'Passengers from across America will be thrilled to read about the funding agreements announced today,' said Jim Mathews, president and CEO of the Rail Passengers Association. 'These grants will support the introduction of daily Amtrak service in regions that currently have to make do with trains that only come through their town three times per week; they will help expand popular Amtrak services in rapidly growing parts of the Southeast; and they’ll plant the seeds for scores of new routes across the nation.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2023/12/08/federal-funding-will-allow-downeaster-to-explore-expansion-to-rockland-add-falmouth-station/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2023/12/08/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-funding-will-allow-downeaster-to-explore-expansion-to-rockland-add-falmouth-station/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trains</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommuterRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommuterRail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreTrainsLessCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoreTrainsLessCars</span></a></p>
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