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Article: Riding the Green Line.(Editorials)(The future has a down-to-earth feel)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2007
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Byline: The Register-Guard
It's not the Seattle monorail, the Disneyland people-mover or even the Portland light rail system. Passengers riding the Lane Transit District's new EmX service as it debuted Sunday found it to be something less exotic: It's a bus.
That's a good thing. The Eugene-Springfield area doesn't need bullet trains or jet packs. It needs to make practical and affordable preparations for increasing traffic congestion. The EmX system is a promising step in that direction.
Buses along the Green Line efficiently whisked riders from downtown Eugene to downtown Springfield and back again at speeds that dizzied no one. With their ...