[matt1234]

Buses are allowed per the TV broadcast on Northwest Cable News. So, there is a surface for vehicle traffic.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t hear a lot of cheering from those the politicians refer to as the “common people.” LOL!

[MeshugeMikey]

Bridge of the People.....ahahahaha

I guess “The People’s Bridge” would have been too in yout face?

[Son House]

to carry transit, pedestrians, bikes but no private cars or trucks

And where did the $134 million come from? Gas Taxes? Whose paying cost and upkeep, private car and trucks...?

[CedarDave]

Believe me, this name is better than some others proposed - mainly one Kirk Reeves, a popular street musician who took his own life last year. From the article:

He was overwhelmingly the most popular choice, with around 5 percent of public vote. A Facebook page in support of the choice also has nearly 1,500 likes.

Proponents of the name suggested a Kirk Reeves bridge would bring attention to, and perhaps eradicate, Portland’s suicide problem.

Chet Orloff, a local historian and chair of TriMet’s Bridge Naming Committee, said the selection determination was "not a popularity contest."

According to Orloff, most of the submissions received did not fit the guidelines set by the committee. Criteria included the name’s historical significance, special cultural meaning and sound/ring/flow.

[9YearLurker]

How special—a bridge of the ‘little people’, so every time you ride or walk across it you can be reminded you’re one of the ‘little people’, who of course, as Leona Helmesley pointed out are the ones who pay taxes. For bridges like this.

[justrepublican]

$134M HaHaHaHa right!

[CedarDave]

You might enjoy this article from a European writer about Portland, it's completely leftist viewpoint on everything and the counterpoint about crime out of control on the light-rail system. There are few FR comments, but the follow the link to the original article to read it all.

Postcard From Zinnlandia

[CedarDave]

One more thing, go to the link below to see the bridge time-lapse construction from webcams on both sides of the river. I'm a junkie for this type of progress documentation and check it every couple of days.

http://trimet.org/pm/construction/bridgecams.htm#

[ronnie raygun]

Portland the port-a-potty

[Ramius]

(Sigh). It’s such a basically northwest thing to do: spend 124 million dollars on a bridge that doesn’t serve people.

Oh, sure... Maybe a couple dozen people will walk over the bridge every day. It has light rail, so that’s about double the number of walkers. Yippee.

They’ve replaced one bus, or a dozen canoes with a 124 million dollar bridge.

[LadyDoc]

Tilikum?

as in “’til ‘e come”?

/s

[Fresh Wind]

A people’s bridge in a people’s republic.

Makes perfect sense.

[ExCTCitizen]

Portland Ore...Moscow on the Columbia.