Texas voters green light $7.1B plan to overhaul Austin’s public transport
Portland rejects transport plan
Elsewhere in the US, Portland votersrejected a US$4 billion transport planwhich would have seen an expansion of the MAX light rail train system in the metropolitan area, and an additional US$1 billion towards regional programs including the creation of safer routes to schools, free youth transit passes and replacing diesel buses with low-carbon or electric ones.
Portland Metrowas also expected to leverage more than US$2 billion in federal or state funding, making the plan worth roughly US$7 billion in total.
Lynn Peterson ,Metro Council President, said: “Though disappointed, we are still committed to the vision and to the community who helped identify and build the vision.”
“We are not giving up on it, we need to move forward as a region. Safe, reliable transportation remains a regional challenge that we must address together — doing nothing is not an option.”
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