Thanks for the reply. TIL about the Portland’s LRT. After watching a video about it [1], my impression about the LRT is that it seems like one of the best LRT in North America.
The crime part is really unfortunate though, and I doubt there is anything the LRT can do about it as it’s not their fault, rather, it’s probably a systematic problem, cmiiw.
I mean, light rail seems to be pretty effective in Portland, the problems it does have don’t really seem to be efficiency related.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/stabbing-portland-max-gateway-transit-center/283-e7d8681f-b6fa-4f2e-801a-2880b8f60eaa
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/23/portland-max-stabbing-crime-trimet-death-oregon-bus-lawsuit/
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/07/max-train-murderer-jeremy-christians-convictions-stand-court-of-appeals-rejects-all-his-arguments.html
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/extensive-damage-max-service-remains-suspended-due-to-winter-weather/
https://trimet.org/alerts/hotweather.htm
Thanks for the reply. TIL about the Portland’s LRT. After watching a video about it [1], my impression about the LRT is that it seems like one of the best LRT in North America.
The crime part is really unfortunate though, and I doubt there is anything the LRT can do about it as it’s not their fault, rather, it’s probably a systematic problem, cmiiw.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpfRKqy96_E