50,000 Turn Out To Preview Portland's "Car-Free" Bridge
Portland's new "Tilikum Crossing" bridge opens in a couple weeks but this past weekend almost 50,000 people came out to walk or ride across it during a sneak preview day,
according to Streetsblog.
The bridge is such a big deal because it's the first bridge in the United States to carry only buses, bikes, trains, streetcars and pedestrians, but no private vehicles.
Event organizers were shocked at how many people showed up to give the bridge over the Willamette River a try but figure it's a great sign as to how many people will probably use it when it's officially open.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
Portland's new "Tilikum Crossing" bridge opens in a couple weeks but this past weekend almost 50,000 people came out to walk or ride across it during a sneak preview day, according to Streetsblog.
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