![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, when the Red and Blue lines cross the Yellow and Green Lines downtown, the Blue Line is ghosted back so the “PORTLAND TRANSIT MALL” text can be read, but the Red Line disappears, as do the streetcar tracks when they cross the mall. Some oddities: the Central streetcar line just completely disappears as it passes behind the MAX station labels east of the Willamette (see the right of the second picture above). I also think it would be neater for the Green Line to cross under the Blue and Red Lines here, so that it doesn’t have to make that big right-angled turn across all the other lines out at Gateway. I’m not so thrilled with the dinky little turns that the Green and Yellow Lines make between Union Station and the Steel Bridge. I also like the way that the Blue Line drops down southwards with the Green Line east of Gateway before turning again out to Gresham: accurate to real life and nicely done. I’m guessing that some Green Line trains may also change their designation, otherwise there’s really no reason why the Orange Line shouldn’t just be an extension of the existing Yellow Line in my eyes. I’ve heard rumours that southbound trains may change from Yellow to Orange at Union Station, while northbound trains will change from Orange to Yellow at SW College. The map still doesn’t tell us exactly how the Orange Line will tie in to the rest of the system: it’s just tacked onto the ends of the Yellow Line at PSU. There’s some nice work on the Orange Line to get the station dots to line up properly and exactly over the dashed route line: I always appreciate attention to detail like this. The streetcar seems to stop every two blocks anyway, so you’re never that far away from the next one!įuture extensions are shown: the Orange Line to Milwaukie and the completion of the streetcar loop over the new Tillikum Crossing transit bridge. This is actually a pretty good compromise – it’s better than the sad, unlabelled squiggle of previous maps, and it doesn’t mess with the scale of the map as much as it does on my version, where downtown has to be enlarged even more in relation to the rest of the system. The two streetcar lines (North-South and Central) are finally both being shown according to their official colour-coding (lime green and cyan, respectively), although no stops are named. This map hasn’t taken the concept quite as far as my map, however, as the downtown lines still form a neat horizontal/vertical cross, rather than conforming the the 30/60 degree angles (which actually reflects the real street grid a little better). For now, the TriMet website still has the previous map, and it seems like these maps may currently be only posted along the 5th/6th Avenue transit mall downtown (any other sightings elsewhere, PDXers?)įirst off is the obvious (and quite radical) change from 45-degree angles to 30/60-degrees… which can’t help but put me in mind of my own map of Portland’s rail transit, which did the same thing way back in 2011, and revised in September 2012. Studies indicate that there is a lower exposure risk when outdoors, but the level of risk involved with patio dining is contingent on restaurants following strict social distancing and other safety guidelines.So I saw this at the MAX stop near my work yesterday, and managed to get some photos of it today. More information can be found at coronavirus.dc.gov. The Washington Post is tracking coronavirus cases and deaths in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. ![]() However, this should not be taken as endorsement for dining in, as there are still safety concerns. area restaurants have resumed dine-in service. This map primarily highlights options outside the building, from Lao appetizers to Irish pub fare, and even that landscape is looking a little different these days (with such institutions as Charlie Palmer and Art & Soul temporarily closed).Ī number of D.C. Temporary closures within the station itself means dining options there are more limited than usual. But there are still people who have to patronize Amtrak for work and family reasons, and the neighborhood that houses the iconic train station hums on, especially given its proximity to the Capitol. Union Station isn’t exactly the bustling center of activity that it typically is, now that the COVID-19 crisis has put such a damper on travel. ![]()
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