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November 28, 1969: Portland Agrees to Take Over Rose City Transit, Transfer to Tri-Met

November 28, 2011 by Dave Leave a Comment

On November 28, 1969 Portland’s City Council entered into an agreement with Rose City Transit and the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (Tri-Met) paving the way for Tri-Met to take over Portland mass transit operation (The Oregonian, 29 November 1969).

With the possibility of a bus strike 48 hours away, the City Council entered an agreement Friday by which the city Monday [December 1, 1969] will begin operating Transit buses for the first time . . .

The council passed a pair of emergency ordinances prepared in advance by City Commissioner Francis Ivancie and the city attorney’s office. They provide:

– Execution of an agreement with Rose City Transit Co. under which RCT will turn over its plant and property to the city at 12:01 a.m. Monday.

– Immediate transfer of the plant and property, following its receipt by to city, to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District.

Before the transfer Rose City Transit was the last privately-owned and operated big-city transit system on the Pacific Coast (Sunday Oregonian, 1 September 1968).

Filed Under: History, Portland, This Day in History, Transit and Transport

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