TRIMET TICKET PRINTERS-GOOD OR BAD DEAL FOR RIDERS?

Now riders get a 2 hour transfer when they use the bus. Previously riders would get a 1 hour transfer from the end of the line now they get a 2 hour transfer when they get on.

Is this a good deal or a bad deal. Lets take one example, bus 20.

Say you get on the bus at 8:11AM in Gresham and you need to get to Beaverton Transit Center. Lots of people prefer the bus and lots of people don't want to be bothered transferring to the MAX so they just stay on the bus. Your arrival is scheduled at 9:47AM.(if the bus is on time which it probably is not)  That leaves approximately 20 minutes left on your transfer. Previously you had an hour at Beaverton, the riders have actually lost riding capability with the new changes.

It's the weekend bus riders that have really taken a hit with Trimet's new policy. Previously that same person riding that 20 bus would have 2 hours from Beaverton Transit Center on weekends, when Trimet service is particularly bad. Now they only get 20 minutes thanks to Trimet's policy of screwing bus riders.

See how Trimet management has fooled people into thinking they were getting more with the new ticket policy?
As is standard procedure with Trimet management, they distorted the facts to make something look different than it actually is.

If Trimet management allows the OPAL 3 hour transfer they only bring back what they have taken away for bus riders. What a scam.