Riding the Green Line.(Editorials)(The future has a down-to-earth feel)(Editorial)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | January 16, 2007 | Copyright

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 ...

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