Thursday, June 30, 2011
Railfanning last weekend with the Southern Pacific 4449
Six hours, no kids or wife, just me, two cameras, and a lot of trains. The Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is my zen place.
Streetcar fail
My favorite comments about the "art" (from Bojack)
Looks like something a committee of bureaucrats would come up with.
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | June 30, 2011 8:15 AM
Remember the Simpsons monorail episode?
Posted by Robert Collins | June 30, 2011 8:19 AM
Hopefully it will be vandalized early and often. What an ugly piece of...
Posted by Dave A. | June 30, 2011 8:24 AM
My art suggestion...a very large toilet with thousand dollar bills being flushed down the drain.
Posted by Evergreen Libertarian | June 30, 2011 8:44 AM
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | June 30, 2011 8:15 AM
Remember the Simpsons monorail episode?
Posted by Robert Collins | June 30, 2011 8:19 AM
Hopefully it will be vandalized early and often. What an ugly piece of...
Posted by Dave A. | June 30, 2011 8:24 AM
My art suggestion...a very large toilet with thousand dollar bills being flushed down the drain.
Posted by Evergreen Libertarian | June 30, 2011 8:44 AM
Jack Bogdanki weighs in on the "art" for PMLR.
Tri-Met has come up with the perfect art work for one of the stations for the Mystery Train to Milwaukie. I kid you not,
If the $1.5 billion* of public money that's being blown on the new MAX line doesn't give you nightmares, that thing surely will.
* - Preliminary liars' budget. The bridge design isn't anywhere close to finished, and the funding is still sketchy, but the Tri-Met crew is rushing ahead with construction, before the public can come to its senses. This is how things go very, very wrong.
If the $1.5 billion* of public money that's being blown on the new MAX line doesn't give you nightmares, that thing surely will.
* - Preliminary liars' budget. The bridge design isn't anywhere close to finished, and the funding is still sketchy, but the Tri-Met crew is rushing ahead with construction, before the public can come to its senses. This is how things go very, very wrong.
New Trimet TV episode
But not a Trimet production!
YouTube - Stay Alert, Stay Alive. Be Safe Around Buses and Trains.
YouTube - Stay Alert, Stay Alive. Be Safe Around Buses and Trains.
Uh Oh, Seattle Metro Drivers under attack now
Two problems are special to Metro. One is bus-driver pay. It can be defended by pointing to the 2010 contract, which has minimal raises. But under the previous contracts, between 2000 and 2009, bus-driver pay rose 38.5 percent, to the third-highest figure of any big-city bus operation in the country.
Metro now feels the consequences of the contracts it has signed.
Editorials | King County Metro needs overhaul, not a tax to cover past unsustainable decisions | Seattle Times Newspaper
Metro now feels the consequences of the contracts it has signed.
Editorials | King County Metro needs overhaul, not a tax to cover past unsustainable decisions | Seattle Times Newspaper
Now here is something that has a very familiar sound to it
Everyone who has ventured down into the subway is by now too well aware of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's self-promotional "Improving, Nonstop" advertising campaign.
Look, there! It's a placard boasting about how the MTA has adopted the revolutionary approach of fixing things when they've been broken.
And next to that, wow! It's a placard about the countdown clocks you just saw on the platform.
Look, there! It's a placard boasting about how the MTA has adopted the revolutionary approach of fixing things when they've been broken.
And next to that, wow! It's a placard about the countdown clocks you just saw on the platform.
THE TOP TEN TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD!
CLICK HERE!
(Nope Portland and Trimet are not on the list)
(Nope Portland and Trimet are not on the list)
SHOW US THE MONEY
There was a pot of money that was raised for the case of Ron Heinzman vs ATU International.
What happened to that money?
Is it still there?
If it is still there what will be done with it?
Meanwhile, in Greece
"They are selling out our country from under us," said Demetrios Stamatiou who has camped out in the square since protests began last month transforming it into a shanty town collective. "It's a very dark day in the history of Greece - we have been betrayed by our own politicians."
Riots herald a 'dark day' in Greek history as MPs vote through austerity cuts - Telegraph
YouTube - Athens on Fire: Video of night clashes, Greek capital smoked
Riots herald a 'dark day' in Greek history as MPs vote through austerity cuts - Telegraph
YouTube - Athens on Fire: Video of night clashes, Greek capital smoked
Chris Smith wants to know: What's Up with the FTA and PMLR?
The FTA released their latest round of New Starts funding, and Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail was not on the list.
According to some sources, $200M was anticipated.
We've queried TriMet to get their take on this.
PORTLAND TRANSPORT HERE!
According to some sources, $200M was anticipated.
We've queried TriMet to get their take on this.
PORTLAND TRANSPORT HERE!
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