Portland eastside streetcar already has problems

Portland’s new eastside streetcar hasn’t started running yet, but it is already cutting back service.

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Portland’s new eastside streetcar hasn’t started running yet, but it is already cutting back service.

When streetcar officials pitched the city for Central Loop funding five years ago, they promised transit that would arrive at stops every 12 minutes—about the same as current service in the Pearl District.

But waits on the new line could be as long as 18 minutes on weekdays, 17 minutes on Saturdays and 20 minutes on Sundays.

Records show the new eastside route will so tax the system that the existing routes will run even more slowly: The westside streetcar from Northwest Portland to Portland State University will arrive every 14 minutes instead of the current 12 to 13 minutes. 

Read more at Willamette Week.

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