Jack Bogdanski

Tri-Met's money, five years later

Here's a flashback to 2007 that makes pretty interesting reading today.

"There is a finite supply of operational funding, and anyone who says otherwise is not telling the truth," Newman said.

Also, TriMet is under pressure to invest in bus service to reverse a decline in spending, frequency and ridership in recent years. Some transit advocates fear that devoting all the increase in payroll taxes to rail projects will leave bus service out in the cold.

"First and foremost, bus service should be improved," said Jim Howell, a former TriMet planner and member of the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates.

Now, isn't that a cruel joke.

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