Transportation in Portland, Oregon
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Like transportation in the rest of the United States, the primary mode of local transportation in Portland, Oregon is the automobile. Metro, the metropolitan area's regional government, has a regional master plan in which transit-oriented development plays a major role. This approach, part of the new urbanism, promotes mixed-use and high-density development around light rail stops and transit centers, and the investment of the metropolitan area's share of federal tax dollars into multiple modes of transportation. In the United States, this focus is atypical in an era when automobile use led many areas to neglect their core cities in favor of development along interstate highways, in suburbs, and satellite cities.
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Transportation in Portland, Oregon
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A Siemens S70 MAX train, in service on the Blue Line
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Since 2009, the Portland Transit Mall has been used by both MAX and buses.
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MAX Type 4 cars crossing 185th.JPG
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MAX and bus side-by-side on Portland Mall, 5th & Yamhill.jpg
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Like transportation in the rest of the United States, the primary mode of local transportation in Portland, Oregon is the automobile. Metro, the metropolitan area's regional government, has a regional master plan in which transit-oriented development plays a major role. This approach, part of the new urbanism, promotes mixed-use and high-density development around light rail stops and transit centers, and the investment of the metropolitan area's share of federal tax dollars into multiple modes of transportation. In the United States, this focus is atypical in an era when automobile use led many areas to neglect their core cities in favor of development along interstate highways, in suburbs, and satellite cities. Portland is "an international pioneer in transit orientated developments." — Sayeeda Warsi, a leader of the UK's Conservative Party, from a 2006 episode of Newsnight
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