Monday, June 6, 2011
TriMet is screwing the pass holders!
5¢ fare increase is coming, and you know it, but why do passes rise at $4 per month, and not $2?
Heres some fun with numbers:
On the ORCA Card (in Seattle), It is $9 for every 25¢ increase in fare, or $1.80 per 5¢.
Lets break down TriMets fare, Assuming 365 days per year - 104 weekend days - 6 holidays = 255 average commute days per year:
$77 X 12 = $924 / 255 = $3.62 /2 = $1.81 per trip (assumes one round trip per day, 2-zone pass)
$81 X 12 = $972 / 255 = $3.81 /2 = $1.91 per trip, a 9¢ increase per trip.
Either way you look at it, someone up at TriMet is rewarding cash riders, as the value of the Monthly pass is diminishing. A monthly pass holder is saving 24¢ right now per ride, or $10.20 per month, at the new rate, Pass holders will save 19¢ per trip, or $8.07 per month.
It should be a $2 increase, to realize the fair amount of savings, period.
TriMet fare hike vote set for Wednesday
Jee whiz, I'm on the edge of my seat wondering if the Trimet board would vote no on this! NOT!
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2011/06/trimet-fare-hike-vote-set-for-wednesday.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2011/06/trimet-fare-hike-vote-set-for-wednesday.html
Dazed and Confused
Operator of bus 72 train 42 lost his way! Supposed to be at Swan Island, went to Parkrose instead.
Luckily they got plenty of 72 buses huh?
Not your job
An operator has called dispatch to complain that he is seeing bus transfers "with too much time on them".
(Better too much than too little IMO)
Day of parade is TriMet's busiest Saturday of year
Good luck getting to and from this event, no matter how you decide to get there.
Don't miss the excitement! Board meeting next Wednesday at Portland Building 9am
TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON (TriMet)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Agenda
The following is the agenda of the regular meeting of the TriMet Board of Directors to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at the City of Portland Building, Auditorium, 1120 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, with public forum following the agenda items.
1. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT
A. General Manager’s Comments – Neil McFarlane
B. LIFT Fares – Claire Potter and Kathy Miller
2. CONSENT AGENDA
Items appearing below are considered to be routine and may be approved by the Board in one blanket motion. (Any Board member may remove an item from the “Consent” portion of the agenda for discussion or questions by requesting such action prior to consideration of this portion of the agenda.)
Resolution directing that all ordinances shall be read by title only
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Agenda
The following is the agenda of the regular meeting of the TriMet Board of Directors to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at the City of Portland Building, Auditorium, 1120 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, with public forum following the agenda items.
1. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT
A. General Manager’s Comments – Neil McFarlane
B. LIFT Fares – Claire Potter and Kathy Miller
2. CONSENT AGENDA
Items appearing below are considered to be routine and may be approved by the Board in one blanket motion. (Any Board member may remove an item from the “Consent” portion of the agenda for discussion or questions by requesting such action prior to consideration of this portion of the agenda.)
Resolution directing that all ordinances shall be read by title only
Believe who you want
It has been stated that the two statements I claim Sam Schwarz made to me on June 2, 2011 at the union hall while I was meeting with Evette talking about the financial report was not made. The person stating this is Khris Alexander who states that he was at that meeting. It is true that Khris did not hear Sam’s threat statement. I do feel it is import to share some more factual information about that meeting so you can have more information to determine if Khris Alexander’s statement truly represents what took place.
http://betrueunion.blogspot.com/2011/06/believe-who-you-want.html
http://betrueunion.blogspot.com/2011/06/believe-who-you-want.html
Car versus TriMet MAX train crash sends Hillsboro man to local hospital, police say
The Creeping Nausea of American Exceptionalism
That is certainly the case in Europe, especially Greece right now, where the mobs in Syntagma Square denounce their waffling parliament for agreeing to a bailout deal that will make Greece a step-child of Germany. The German voters are none too pleased with this, either, since their country is now on the hook to pay Greece's bills. Ireland, Portugal, and Belgium are standing by for adoption next in Europe's Home for Wayward Children. Spain and Italy may need to become wards of the Euro-state, too, but they are more like adults with drinking problems who are liable to wreck the whole household if invited in.
James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler
Has America changed that much?
We look at the life of former political prisoner, Geronimo Jijaga Pratt, who died in Tanzania on Thursday. In 1972, Pratt was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Caroline Olsen for which he spent 27 years in prison, eight of those in solitary confinement. He was released in 1997 after a judge vacated his conviction. The trial to win his freedom revealed that the Los Angeles Black Panther leader was a target of the FBI’s counter-intelligence program, or COINTELPRO.
Former Black Panther Leader and Political Prisoner Geronimo JiJaga Pratt Dies in Tanzania
Former Black Panther Leader and Political Prisoner Geronimo JiJaga Pratt Dies in Tanzania
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