Area citizens concerned about the issue are encouraged to attend the 7 p.m. meeting at Camas City Hall, located at 616 NE 4th Avenue in Camas
On Monday (Feb. 3), members of the Camas City Council will consider a proposed resolution against the extension of TriMet’s Yellow Line (light rail) into Vancouver as part of the Interstate 5 Bridge project.
Area citizens concerned about the issue are encouraged to attend the 7 p.m. meeting at Camas City Hall, located at 616 NE 4th Avenue in Camas.
Resolution No. 25-001 reads:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Camas as
follows:
Section I
The City states its opposition to the Light Rail extension as part of the I-5 Interstate
Bridge Replacement project and urges this component to be removed in its entirety.
ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Camas, this 3rd day of
February, 2025.”
For more information, go to Camas.City Council.
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Here in the Portland metro area, TriMet data mirrors the national trend of reduced transit ridership. In March 2024, ridership remained 34 percent below pre pandemic levels and about half its 2012 peak. At C-TRAN, ridership was down nearly 37 percent at the end of 2022 compared to pre pandemic ridership. Furthermore, C-TRAN ridership peaked in 1999 at 7.75 million boardings. They had just 3.97 million boardings on their fixed route system in 2022; 49 percent below the peak almost a quarter century ago.”
The CTRAN bus service is working for the small number of people who cross the river on public transit. Expensive Light rail duplicates the bus service, not warranted.
current estimate ~$2 BILLION to construct Light Rail infrastructure tracks below, overhead lines above,
Current estimate $20,238,570 annually to Operate and Maintain light rail.
Both estimates expected to increase.