IS TRIMET IN THE DEATH SPIRAL NOW?

MAX RIDERSHIP DOWN 14%
To:   General Manager 

Board of Directors     
From:   Michael Dohn       
  Timothy Kea
Subject:   December 2012 Monthly Performance Report

Trimet training videos

Joyce Lift Plate Installation
Post Puller Operation
Scissors Lift ECO 60-part 1 of 2
Scissors Lift ECO 60-part 2 of 2
Sky Drill Operation
WES Compressor-part 1 of 2
WES Compressor-part 2 of 2

You wanna see some bureaucracy?

Well check THIS out

Neil's Bullshit!

Healthcare? When we need new offices? Forget it!

WHERE DOES 31 STOP?

BRUCE PEEK ON THE OREGONIAN ATU COVERAGE

Trimet internal communications

Commendation of the Week (from November)
Another Commendation of the Week
The moustache-jugging contest
Last year's Bike Commute Challenge at TriMet
About those cameras on the new buses
Walk that way at Center Street
Commendation from the service change

Oregonian Editorial Board predictable story

Oregonian
My response

Hit-and-run driver flees into Center Street garage

MTA WANTS TRAINS ON SCHEDULE

Even if it means lives are lost:

State Rep Tobias Read comes out against Trimet workers

A democrat comes out against labor (of course)

TriMet is interested in this happening," said state Rep. Tobias Read, D-Beaverton, chairman of the committee, "and we want to make sure the issue gets a fair hearing." 

Oregon bill seeks to end 'binding arbitration' for TriMet operators, mechanics | OregonLive.com

New York Juan Gonzalez Gonzalez: Mayor Bloomberg should stop blaming bus workers for the strike and look for creative solutions

The mayor's( a billionaire who bought the mayors office) claims that he wants to protect competitive bidding seem hypocritical after his history of violating or ignoring such rules. He also fails to look at the reasons for rising bus costs that have nothing to do with the workers trying to protect their livelihood.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gonzalez-mayor-stop-blaming-bus-workers-article-1.1242198#ixzz2IRK8lfqx

Then read: The Business Model and the Bus Strike in NYC « Diane Ravitch's blog

Then watch this: Union representing striking drivers on day 2 of walk out - New York News | NYC Breaking News