PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 2, 2025
I used to love to go to restaurants in Portland. Now, finding it so hard and expensive to park, I avoid Portland. There is a partial answer to this situation and it is rapid transit. Thanks to Greater Portland Council of Governments, there is a vision for a rapid transit-style bus — many doors on each side opening rapidly together — that runs every 10 minutes through the center of Portland. It would have a dedicated lane and could control traffic lights. There would be covered waiting areas and a sophisticated fare collection system. Such a system would help people get to work in many places, including Maine Medical Center, and decrease the need to build expensive parking garages. ~ Nancy Hasenfus, Brunswick