Saturday, October 1, 2011
Kaiser endorses longer TriMet transfers; AORTA says TriMet would come out ahead
And Howell made his group’s first public endorsement of OPAL‘s proposal, coolly brushing off TriMet’s careful projections that longer transfers would cost the agency upwards of $2 million annually.
The amount of money involved is just too small to predict precisely, Howell said after the meeting.
"They make it sound like a big deal," Howell said. "It isn’t. It’s pocket change in a billion-dollar operation."
http://portlandafoot.org/2011/09/kaiser-endorses-longer-trimet-transfers-aorta-says-trimet-would-come-out-ahead/
The amount of money involved is just too small to predict precisely, Howell said after the meeting.
"They make it sound like a big deal," Howell said. "It isn’t. It’s pocket change in a billion-dollar operation."
http://portlandafoot.org/2011/09/kaiser-endorses-longer-trimet-transfers-aorta-says-trimet-would-come-out-ahead/
Trial Attorney comments on Trimet
We’re #1 … not
September 23rd, 2011This is kind of a funny story. We often find fault with TriMet, our local transit authority, but apparently TriMet thinks very highly of itself. When a U.S. News & World Report article rated Portland as “the nation’s best city for public transportation,” TriMet interpreted that to mean the agency was the nation’s top transit agency and took the ball running. TriMet spent some $8,000 on signs for its buses and trains that proclaimed “#1 Transit.”
Unfortunately for TriMet, U.S. News & World Report changed its mind, or rather, a correction noted that the original article had been incorrect, and just like that Portland dropped from #1 for public transportation to #5.TriMet plans to take down all 168 signs.
Posted in Public Safety | No Comments »Unfortunately for TriMet, U.S. News & World Report changed its mind, or rather, a correction noted that the original article had been incorrect, and just like that Portland dropped from #1 for public transportation to #5.TriMet plans to take down all 168 signs.
The Good, the Bad, and First Student
First Student, Inc, announced the unilateral change that effective September 30, 2011, it was cancelling the current health plan, Health Net of Oregon and replacing it with coverage provided by Kaiser Permanente in Salem, Oregon effective October 1, 2011. The impact of this unlawful change is devastating to city transit workers. These workers, who are currently receiving services from Corvallis area physicians participating in the Health Net of Oregon plan, will lose their physicians and be forced to travel an hour one-way to Salem, Oregon to receive all services provided by Kaiser Permanente. Some of these workers and family members are currently receiving medical care for and are recovering from various forms of cancer and other major medical conditions.
http://www.atu757.org/firststudentarticle.html
http://www.atu757.org/firststudentarticle.html
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