Over at OregonLive, they are reporting about a new tram proposal, this time for Troutdale:
Milwaukie-based Mass Tram America hopes to build wind turbines and solar-panel structures from Troutdale to Mount Hood. They would be used as power and infrastructure for a tram system that would carry passengers and freight — ultimately nationwide.
The current Portland Aerial [...]

From an unlikely, conservative source, Forbes.com has a very interesting piece by Nicole Gelinas about the need of capitalist societies for publicly funded infrastructure, and how the U.S. is falling down on this duty in the face of calls for privatization.
Conservatives think the private sector will mend the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. They’re wrong.
I am [...]