By Dylan Riviera

To direct growth in the coming decades, Portland is embarking on a back-to-the-future course, to a time in the early 20th century when streetcars were as commonplace as buses are today.

By the 1920s, more than 100 miles of streetcar lines crisscrossed the city, from the West Hills to Northeast Alberta Street and beyond. Now, emboldened by the redevelopment of the Pearl District and South Waterfront with the Portland Streetcar, city planners are drafting a Portland Streetcar System Plan [1] that could spread the lines across eastern and northern Portland.

[READ MORE AT OREGONLIVE.COM] [2]

 Relevant Documents:

• Current Map of Portland Streetcar System Plan  [2]

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