Scotland Yard said the gang accused of stealing the books is linked to a number of prominent Romanian crime families who form part of the Clamparu crime group. The stolen property would then be taken out of the country by other members of the gang using different transport methods. They operated by flying members into the UK to commit the crimes, before flying them back out of the country a short time after. The Met police the Clamparu are known as specialist thieves, and were behind a string of high-value warehouse burglaries across the UK. Police carried out a series of raids that led them to the find on Wednesday. It took the international manhunt made-up of the Met Police, the Romanian National Police and the Italian Carabinieri, along with Europol and Eurojust, more than three years to track the books down. Some of the multi-million pound collection have been deemed to be of international importance and are considered irreplaceable, police said. People who are going past Beaverton wouldn’t bother getting on a Red Line train, meaning that you’d have standing room only Blue Line trains running behind Red Line trains that had plenty of room.Īlso, there would be a huge operational cost in trying to run shuttle buses for MAX replacement.The stash - which was due for a specialist auction before being taken - includes works by Galileo and Newton In this system I might have to make a transfer anyway, so why not wait for a train that does? This is exactly the problem that the Westbound trains on the Red/Blue lines had during rush hour. If I hop on a Green Line at Gateway I know that (baring something unusual) it will take me downtown. Operators need to physically walk to the other end of the train, and when you’re talking about adding higher frequency, a stoped train could cause issues for trains behind it, or coming from the other direction when they switch sides.įor riders, it becomes a less intuitive system. But you also introduce complications to the system as a whole. In my mind that creates more problems than it solves. In short, if you love the Portland area and are a transit nerd, these documents are a treasure-trove. It also touched on the issues of safety, adopted driving habits and hybrid schedules. ![]() At Kaiser Permanente, 95% of administration was working from home OHSU had 55% of employees working remotely and at PGE 65% were remote. One fun tidbit was the local working trends by employer, compiled from employers surveyed in February and March, 2022 (pages 15-17). Also, they cite sources, with links, which makes this report a valuable resource. ![]() Much of this will not be completely new information for readers who follow transportation news closely, but it was helpful to have all of it in one place, concisely reported, and with the local to national comparisons. They look at gentrification, ride hailing services, congestion, road safety, driver shortages and declining transit ridership. The Technical Memorandum from the Portland-based Parametrix consultants organizes transit trends into two time periods, before and after the pandemic, and also compares trends in Portland to regional and national trends. Even if you don’t want to read anything, scroll through them. About a quarter of the way in, though, the document transforms into a fantastic book of maps. It begins as a primer on transportation networks, and includes explanations of basic principles like the Ridership/Coverage trade-off. The Transit Existing Conditions Report is an incredible resource. Source: TriMet Forward Together, Jarret Walker + Associates Source: TriMet Forward Together, Jarret Walker + Associates Job density. Source: TriMet Forward Together, Jarret Walker + Associates Sidewalk coverage. Source: TriMet Forward Together, Jarret Walker + Associates Poverty density. ![]() ![]() In addition to the primary report, there are a couple of documents which will interest readers who want a deeper understanding of Portland’s transit challenges. Toward that end, TriMet has a short survey they would like you to take, and also several open houses this month. We are putting it out there to start a conversation. It is not even a proposal, and it’s certainly not a recommendation. The Service Concept we’ve released is just that, a concept. He asks, “And as we look at how much to invest in equity, we have a big question for the community to think about: How much redistribution of service toward lower-income areas should we do?” He then introduces the reader to trade-offs to consider, and makes the point that In Portland: Turning the Dial Toward Equity (How Far?), a recent blog entry on the firm’s website, Jarrett Walker himself talks about their TriMet project and the questions about what future service should look like. Transit consultant Jarrett Walker in April 2022.
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