their public transit is just great Not all of Portland's transit ideas are smart or successful. Here's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WES_Commuter_Rail https:/

their public transit is just great Not all of Portland's transit ideas are smart or successful. Here's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WES_Commuter_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WES_Commuter_Rail a $166 million fiasco. Only 2,000 riders a day (and they may be lying about that number; I watch many trains go by with only a handful of people on them).