YOUTUBE MAKES ME WATCH A STUPID MOVIE

Because things that have been posted for years are all of  a sudden getting busted for copyright infringement. I hate YouTube and never use it as my primary host anymore.
http://youtu.be/ZLq1i6KCFbk

Mcfarlane makes a joke to the sock puppets

He is explaining the crash in the tunnel to the puppets, they just have a gay old time Neil and his merry band of sock puppets. Laughing away at all the events that screw up peoples lives.

Haha!

TriMet – New Max Line

HERE IS YOUR TYPICAL TRIMET RIDER

Kidding of course

BOARD OF SOCK PUPPETS BRIEFING

Brought to you from the efforts of Jason Mchuff who gets ZERO for covering these Trimet meetings. He even asked for a pass from Trimet management for doing their job for them but they ignored him, which is what they do

Watch the sock puppets here!

Latest SEEN and HEARD on #TRIMET (aka #Trimess)

TrimetScanner Tweets are HERE!

fare inspector trying to accuse me of using an expired ticket. Fuck you, you illiterate prick. Learn to read.

Classic tweets

I suppose it could happen, it is Trimet after all!

Driver has problems with supervisor

Yup, I remember having the same problem back when I started

A little history of MLR

http://library.oregonmetro.gov/files/faq_history.pdf

TRIMET IS FAILING ITS MISSION

Read the Bike Portland post HERE!

Here's what shut down MAX this time

Trimet has NOT answered a tweet since November 9!

What the heck is going on over there? They turn off their social media and go into LOCK-DOWN?

Only 50K?

Seems awfully cheap for the amount of damage:
Click Here!

TRIMET BUS FORCES LIFT BUS TO BACK UP

It is possible to deal with budget issues WITHOUT cutting services

Not at Trimet however, where a dysfunctional union combined with an arrogant management along with its bloated bureaucracy makes everybody miserable. (everybody that uses the service and works providing the service that is)

 Chicago’s Pace Bus finalizes 2013 budget - News - METRO Magazine

Steve seems to be enjoying his newly found freedom

PORTLAND TRANSPORT EXAMINES THE 'BUS BRIDGES'

A bus bridge consists of a fleet of busses transporting passengers between two out-of-service segments on the line. Nobody likes it--it is inconvenient for rail passengers, who have their trip times lengthened considerably (but certainly preferable to being stuck). It is inconvenient for bus passengers, who often see runs cancelled due to the need to service the bus bridge, and it is expensive for TriMet, who may have to pay operators overtime due to the unplanned additional service need, as well as pay for lots of unplanned deadheading.
Read the rest of this excellent essay HERE!

IN 2009 PORTLAND TRANSPORT LOOKED AT THIS

Has anything changed? NOPE!
Portland Transport: Fare is Fair? A look (back) at TriMet ticket machine performance

WHY IS IT THAT NOBODY THAT WORKS AT TRIMET KNOWS ANY FACTS?

From Trimet's website:Upgrading 1-Zone and 2-Zone tickets

Through December 31, 2012, you can upgrade your leftover 1-Zone and 2-Zone tickets to All-Zone for 40 cents, either on the bus or at the TriMet Ticket Office at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
HERE!
Now listen to this: (and yesterday some dumbass threw a rider off for drinking KOMBUCHA)