Wait, make the 6 worse? That's fucking idiotic. The 6 sucks as it is. They should double the buses on that fucker.

Who's the fucking fuck fuck moron who wants to "revitalize" MLK but doesn't understand what a weak link that the goddamn 6 is? I hate the 6. But we need it. Jesus.

I have no problem with spending money on the streetcar, but it's not a substitute for a bus that comes often and gets moving. Raise some goddamn taxes, but IMPROVE the 6 as part of this plan, don't fuck it up even worse.

Selah.

Sounds like that's the message the designers are going to hear, at least from a majority of city council.

The 6 is essential, just as it is. It plies an armature like no other. Truncating it and forcing transfers would cause undue disruption.

I hope that when I die, my headstone reads: "Scott Moore--Plied An Armature Like No Other."

Scott Moore: Good news.

Bragdon 2000-E1: You might try talking American.

First of all, let's call the streetcar what it is: a bus for people who don't want to be seen riding the bus. Does it serve the public interest to force those of us who ride the 6 to give up a few more precious minutes of our day making an extra transfer?

But at the very least, the effort to extend the streetcar will yield a tangible result. What tanginble result is achieved by renaming Interstate Blvd? Sure, Interstate is a bad name for a street. And Cesar Chavez deserves to be honored as a champion of the dispossessed, as did Rosa Parks. But renaming a street is no trivial matter. The people who live on that street have to inform their friends and family of the change. And who bears the responsibility of making sure that utilities, creditors, tenants and anyone else they receive mail from knows of the change (this is not a rhetorical question; I'm actually wondering about this)? And let's not forget, businesses on Interstate will have to update signage, letterheads, business cards and other collateral materials. Do Mayor Potter and the activists and community members involved in this effort want to honor Cesar Chavez badly enough to pay for this? Or do they just want to shrug off some of their white liberal guilt (full disclosure: I'm white, liberal, and more often than not guilty of something...)? The renaming of Portland Blvd. was rammed through with all too little public input. It looks as though the city council is trying not to make that mistake again, to their credit. But that will be little consolation to those who end up inconvenienced by this. And I doubt Cesar Chavez cares one way or another...

Re Chavez: Why in the fuck is the City Council reinventing the wheel?? There's a perfectly sound template for street name changes. It's called Chapter 17.93 of the City Code. Had the City followed the code in renaming N Portland Boulevard, lots of the public and private angst might have been avoided. Now they're subverting code again for Chavez Boulevard. Do they expect different results this time around? Do they give a fuck?

NE Nevermind: I used some multi-syllable words in that rant. Sorry. Is it still "American" enough for you?

Who is this Chavez character and why does he deserve his own street?

Sounds like Tri-Met learned politics from the school districts. Cutting down the 6 is the equivalent of shortening the school year.

The 6 is probably the least reliable and most overcrowded bus line in the city. What a coincidence that it serves the lower-income residents of North and Northeast Portland. Forcing us to transfer to the streetcar so the yuppies who move into the new East Burnside development can have that urban flavor is sickeningly wrong.

How about doubling the routes up and down MLK? Better yet, how about having that streetcar run all the way down to Lombard? I mean, fuck, nobody even LIVES in the central eastside area yet, and even after they put in a shitload of overpriced condos, there will still be more people living in Northeast. This shit makes me so mad.

I think a Streetcar out MLK makes a great deal of sense. Sam Adams is launching a City-wide Streetcar plan process this fall and I would encourage folks to advocate for MLK as a corridor to be considered.

As a regular North Portland rider of both the 4 and the 6, I'd have to say that the 4 gets my vote over the 6 as the least reliable and most overcrowded bus in the city.

Fortunately, when I want to go downtown the replacement for what was formerly the least reliable and most overcrowded bus in the city, the 5, is also pretty handy to where I live and is quite speedy and reliable.

It was nice to note that the commissioners weren't falling for the suggestion that the ability to travel from North Portland to Milwaukie without transferring was a fair trade for the ability to get downtown without transferring.

Senor Cesar Chavez es un héroe Americano. Y lo menos que podemos hacer es honrar su memoria con una calle nombrada después de él.

I meant American contrasted with the language of the courtier.

Another name change!! Are you kidding? City hall just finished screwing North Portland with the Portland Blvd name change, now they want to rename Interstate after someone famous for unionizing farm workers. I haven't seen a whole lot of farms in North Portland lately. Stop the pandering! Give the Chavez movement a building or park, and leave my neghborhood alone.

Another name change!! Are you kidding? City hall just finished screwing North Portland with the Portland Blvd name change, now they want to rename Interstate after someone famous for unionizing farm workers. I haven't seen a whole lot of farms in North Portland lately. Stop the pandering! Give the Chavez movement a building or park, and leave my neghborhood alone.