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Portland Streetcar Project

Description

2005 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Gold Medal

The Portland Streetcar Project reused abandoned railyards to create a state-of-the-art double track streetcar system linking five districts in Portland, Oregon. The streetcar line creates a circulatory loop linking the east and west neighborhoods across the Willamette River and flanks the spine of four parks and mixed-use neighborhoods. The result of a successful public-private partnership, the project serves several high-density areas, helping to reduce auto trips and delivering safe and cost-effective transit services.

Originally started by the city to connect abandoned rail yards and a brownfield site to acres of vacant industrial land at the opposite end of downtown Portland, the Portland Streetcar project now connects a hospital, cultural district, retail center, and the regional transit system. In addition to reclaiming a 70-acre brownfield site, this project spurred $1.4 billion in private and institutional investment for both residential and non-residential uses. Beyond serving as a highly effective mode of transportation, the project is a model for uniting disconnected parts of a city and providing incentive for new development.

Coverage

Portland, OR

Date

2005

Subject

public transit

streetcars

transit-oriented development

public-private sector cooperation

environmental planning

brownfield remediation

Contributor

City of Portland Office of Transportation

Contributor: en Public Agency

Portland Development Commission

Contributor: en Public Agency

TriMet

Contributor: en Public Agency

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

Contributor: en Designer

Williams & Dame Development

Contributor: en Developer

Sockeye Development, LLC

Contributor: en Developer

Gerding Edlen

Contributor: en Developer

URS Corp

Contributor: en Professional Consultant

Shiels Obletz Johnsen

Contributor: en Professional Consultant

Portland Streetcar, Inc.

Contributor: en Community Group

Streetcar Citizens Advisory Committee

Contributor: en Community Group

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