PORTLAND, Ore. — A backup safety device meant to keep panels from falling off Portland’s Aerial Tram failed Tuesday, causing a panel to fall off and strike a woman on the head. The 21-year-old woman ...

A panel from the Portland Aerial Tram came loose and fell last year, striking a pedestrian and causing minor injuries. An engineering report, commissioned by the Portland Bureau of Transportation, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A metal panel fell from the Portland Aerial Tram and hit a woman in the head while she was walking down the stairway of a pedestrian bridge late Tuesday morning. Rose Sprauer,21, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Portland Aerial Tram, which takes commuters back and forth from the South Waterfront to Marquam Hill, will be closed for Memorial Day weekend starting Friday, according to ...

Decorative panels on the Portland Aerial Tram had come loose two times before one fell and struck a woman this month, newly released emails show. The woman, a Portland State University student, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Evacuation drills are done for a reason — that “just in case” event that an emergency will arise. So it was on Sunday as there was an evacuation drill on Portland’s aerial tram ...

A new report says the Portland Aerial Tram's decorative metal panels were attached to the vehicles with "inadequate" hardware since the day the tram opened in 2006. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland firefighters and the Portland Bureau of Transportation ran an evacuation exercise of the Portland aerial tram. Employees were "mock-rescued” by Portland Fire and ...

Portland is a city that’s always changing. Old buildings come down, new buildings go up, and neighborhoods change as new people come in. Sometimes those changes are apparent at eye-level. Think of all ...

Ten years ago, two silvery orbs began floating 3,000 feet between Marquam Hill and South Waterfront over the roofs and backyards of one of Portland’s oldest neighborhoods. Millions of rides later, ...

The Portland Aerial Tram has long occupied a curious place in the city’s consciousness, visible to all but experienced by few – save some tourists and employees of the Oregon Health & Science ...