That Tri-Met #39 thing

So I mentioned a few posts ago that there was a presentation to the neighborhood association meeting regarding the potential re-routing of Tri-Met's #39 bus. There's not much that can be added to this conversation by the likes of me, so I'll dispense with a bunch of heavy analysis. Here's the website that was referenced in the meeting with all the details:

Route 39

The gist of it is, that due to no revenue on the route right now, Tri-Met is considering changing the route to send the bus across the Terwilliger Bridge, up Capitol and through the village to the post office, than looping around back down Multnomah Blvd to Lewis & Clark. I have this to say about that:

• At least it's not running down 35th


• Thank heavens they're not trying to run it through the Village. We got enough buses running through there already. Traffic can't get much worse


• This will be good for businesses, particularly the "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" guy. Not so good for those row-house denizens on the way to the post office. There goes your quiet.


• I agree that a route past Fred Meyer would be better, especially if they doremodel and make the place more of a destination. However, the Hillsdale neighborhood Assoc probably wouldn't be too thrilled about that


• I agree that it would be good for Hillsdale businesses. It's impossible to drive to anything up there, forget about the recent construction, have you ever tried to get in and out of that parking lot?