<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a civil engineer (highway and transit) I would offer that the hope of high efficiency, cost effective transit systems is a pipe dream.
<div>Construction costs, coupled with labor and management issues will continue to push the costs higher without acceptable funding options.</div>
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From: i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com><br>
To: Robert Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com><br>
Cc: Ahealey help <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
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<div>I moved to another part of town,but bus service had been reduced and Max trains don't run as often, and they keep raising rates. They are going in the wrong direction</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="yiv7062800052gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 4, 2022, 11:18 AM <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">You may remember my son lives in Portland on SW Powell so before Covid we would take the light rail train from PDX airport to downtown Portland Check into an Airbnb enjoy walking a round dinner at Jakes for the day. Next morning we will take the bus with our Honored Citizen passes all the way out to SW Portland and down Powell get off the bus and walk one block to his home. If I remember your part of Portland does not enjoy those routes, unfortunately. But, regarding Portland Transportation versus the rest of the USA, it is number one in our minds. We hope your city and state officials continue to expand the train system even out to Dundee we could enjoy the wines of Ponzi, Erath, AtoZ etc. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">To bad Portland has been discovered.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Healeys <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>i erbs via Healeys<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 4, 2022 1:03 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Jean Caron <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com">vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com</a>><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> Kent McLean <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kentmclean@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:kentmclean@comcast.net">kentmclean@comcast.net</a>>; Ahealey help <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 15, Issue 208<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal">My truck gets around 20 mpg around town and up to 27 on the road. My old hybrid gets 22-24 in town and not much better on the hwy.<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal">I sold my old truck and realized how much I used it, so bought a newer, more efficient one. 4x4 for when it snows. Five seater to carry people and our things when we camp, pulls my trailer and lots of stuff in and off my property. Our next car will be a plug in hybrid. My friends with Prius' need me to haul stuff them all the time...<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal">Now if we had an affordable public transit system that dud not turn a 30 min drive into a two hour trip one way, I would use it.<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal">On Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 2:32 PM Jean Caron <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com">vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv7062800052MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="color:black;"> Healeys <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Kent McLean <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kentmclean@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:kentmclean@comcast.net">kentmclean@comcast.net</a>><br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 3, 2022 9:54:06 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a> <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 15, Issue 208</span> <u></u><u></u></div>
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