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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 such condition: “degradation of vehicular travel time on roadways parallel to the river that give a water-born transit a distinct travel time advantage.” If the vehicle in question is a bus, the travel time’s never been that great. The trip between the heart of St. Johns and downtown Portland takes an advertised 30 minutes on TriMet s infrequent 16, but it s a lot longer if there s a freight train crossing on NW Naito or a backup on the St. Johns Bridge ramp. The 44 takes, well

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