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Organizers make a public appeal for TriMet mediation and refutes TriMet’s and Hardesty’s allegations

A project to bring the Frog Ferry to Portland is all but dead after city leaders chose not to offer a bailout.

Readers’ letters: What can we do? We can vote, Local Opinion, Portland local Opinion, Breaking Opinion alerts for Portland city.

Proposed Portland passenger ferry seeks federal funding, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Frog Ferry would go from Cathedral Park to the South Waterfront in 25 minutes.

Hey, kids, wouldn’t Boaty McBoatface and Bryan Ferry be great names? No? Ugh, kids today!) Or maybe, once again, nothing will happen. But here are five reasons why Frog Ferry just might get past the hot tub musing/barstool brainstorm stage and take form. 1. Traffic keeps getting worse, and transit is slow. A 2006 ferry feasibility study concluded a commuter service was too expensive to pursue at the time, but that it could be viable in the future if certain things happened. The first su...

A passenger ferry from St. Johns to downtown will open next year, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

June 08 2021 The Frog Ferry pilot program will take passengers from St Johns to downtown Portland in 25 minutes; other stops to follow. Plans are moving forward with a $9.4 million pilot ferry project along the Willamette River, which could see ferry boats carrying passengers from Cathedral Park to Tom McCall Waterfront Park by next summer. Expected to open in 2022 and run through summer 2024, Frog Ferry will run from St. Johns in North Portland south along the Willamette to the downtown ...

Frog Ferry pilot program to begin in Portland, add Vancouver later Published: June 9, 2021, 6:02am Share: 2 Photos Conceptual renderings detail the envisioned design of the prototype Frog Ferry vessel, which will be built by All American Marine, based in Bellingham. The 65-foot vessel would be short enough to fit under Portlands Steel Bridge without requiring a bridge lift on most days. (Courtesy of Friends of Frog Ferry) Photo Gallery PORTLAND — Friends of Frog Ferry, the nonprofit...