TRI & GET - a look at public transportation in Portland, OR

The citizens of Portland, Oregon did two amazing things in the late 1960's and early 1970's: it tore out an existing freeway and stopped another freeway from being built [http://www.preservenet.com/freeways/FreewaysHarbor.html and http://wweek.com/___ALL_OLD_HTML/25-hwy.html]. In fact, the removal of Harbor Freeway along Portland's west side riverbank and the death of the Mt. Hood Freeway is the stuff of urban and environmentalism lore. The money which had already been allocated for the building of the Mt. Hood Freeway did not go to rebuilding Portland's legendary streetcar system but instead went to building light rail.