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Guest Opinion: An electric ferry could rescue TriMet
By Lisa Manning, volunteer with Friends of Frog Ferry What if you could hop on an electric river ferry at the St John’s Bridge Dock and ride to downtown Portland in 25 minutes? A zero-emission passenger ferry service provided by the Friends of the Frog Ferry would make this quick commute possible if a public…
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Frog Ferry announces new crowdfunding strategy
By Barbara Quinn, April 8, 2026 Friends of Frog Ferry, proponents of a proposed electric Willamette River passenger ferry operation, announced a crowdfunding financing strategy at an April 8 news conference on the downtown Portland waterfront. Frog Ferry will offer Portlanders an opportunity to purchase shares and “own a boat,” in order to put Frog…
