RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: Jan 31, 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

GUSTAFSON LEFT BEHIND!

Rick Gustafson gets burnt!

https://vimeo.com/58695380

Latest "seen and heard on Trimet"

But not seen on TRIMET'S HOW WE ROLL BLOG!

TRIMET SCANNER TWEETS HERE!

Van SantoRi ‏@vnnsss

Fucking TriMet is 30 minutes late. I'm going to miss my first fucking class. Fuck you TriMet.

Our 51st through 55th new buses this year are some of the most technologically advanced hybrid buses out there. I joined in a great event at PCC Cascades Campus with Campus President Gatewood, Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith, and Carmen Rubio of the Latino Network to launch the new buses into service.(I bet those people ride the buses all the time, NOT)

Fear of Trimet hegemony

Clackamas County commissioners decide to send letter to TriMet asking to stop Portland-Milwaukie light rail in Portland | OregonLive.com

Cameron Johnson goes on a TRIMET rant

‏@CamOfPortland

@trimet @PDXtrimetrider @AJHTriMet @pdxtransitlane @sp_redelectric if the bus was making people ill, then obviously something was wrong.

‏@CamOfPortland

@trimet @PDXtrimetrider @AJHTriMet @pdxtransitlane @sp_redelectric fixing it now doesn't explain why you put it back in service the 2nd day

‏@CamOfPortland

@trimet @PDXtrimetrider @AJHTriMet @pdxtransitlane @sp_redelectric for a culture supposedly geared on safety, you dropped the ball and the

‏@CamOfPortland

@trimet @PDXtrimetrider @AJHTriMet @pdxtransitlane @sp_redelectric riders and drivers pay the price. The simple fact that your negligence

‏@CamOfPortland

@trimet @PDXtrimetrider @AJHTriMet @pdxtransitlane @sp_redelectric makes drivers sick and their medical is being unjustly attacked as well

‏@CamOfPortland

@trimet @PDXtrimetrider @AJHTriMet @pdxtransitlane @sp_redelectric as their pension is just... Telling. We'll stick with telling.

And if you missed Cameron's latest 5 star performance at the last board meeting see it HERE!

IF ONLY WE COULD ALL BE TRANSIT EXECUTIVES

Where you make obscene salaries no matter how screwed up your organization is and get ridiculous severance when you totally fail.

Eyewitness News obtained a copy of the separation agreement which state publicly funded RIPTA will pay Odimgbe $130,000 in severance pay. He will also be able to cash in on unused sick and vacation time. REcords show Odimgbe will be cut a check for an additional $15,558 for 25 sick and vacation days

Odimgbe out as RIPTA chief executive | WPRI.com

Bojack Trimet related posts

When a bus runs a red light with a camera
Push coming to shove on trains in Clackistan
Good news for Tri-Met bus drivers
Clackistani rebellion nicks the rest of us
In with the bus pass, some train porn

3 deer killed by WES

So says this tweeter:

A WES hit 3 deer this a.m. south of Tualatin. Reminder that safe wildlife crossings aren't on very many agendas. Costs public $1B+/yr.
— Joseph Edge (@josephedge) February 1, 2013

Sam Adams mismanaged the PDX transportation bureau

Breaking news: Sam Rands were bad managers (Jack Bog's Blog)

BEST COVERAGE OF LATEST TRIMET PROPAGANDA EVENT

Coverage by, Jason Mchuff of course

KGW report on safety and the new buses

He's only using the Trimet bus for lunch but his tweets are just as colorful

‏@sp_redelectric

Old crappy @trimet bus meets new but not hybrid bus. @SWCorridor pic.twitter.com/YLIvjE5S

2012 bus ranking overview

http://t.co/9Kk80woK

MY PUNY PENSION GETS WHACKED 21%

Meanwhile back at PORK HEADQUARTERS they are hiring six figure executives like there is no tomorrow, moving into new plush offices with brand new furniture , and building a $1.5 billion dollar train to a town of 20,000. And they wonder why I don't have much nice to say about Trimet these days?
(I bet ya Fred Hansen's pension has not gone down)Did I mention that not only is my pension disappearing but I have to meet large deductibles on my 'golden' health care policy. The scamming liars are killing their retirees