As always Mcfarlane is just spewing his bullshit, none of it is ever true and not in the case of the biggest disaster is Trimet's history. As usual the executives have laid everything at the feet of the operators, SOP for management. They have instituted and brag about their 'operator re certification' as if one day in a class room is actually something that would change habits. They have done nothing about structural problems such as bad scheduling, absurdly long shifts and spread times, and there is plenty of defective equipment still in use
MUCH WORK TO BE DONE... "This is an agency of executives that are routinely talking out of both sides of their mouths about safety." – from victims' attorney Rick Pope after the TriMet settlement was announced yesterday. 12 hours ago
I also suggest you view DAN CHRISTENSENS VIDEO examination of this incident
Settlement reached over 2010 deadly TriMet bus crash
More information about the incident is available HERE
An excellent comment on the situation is HERE!
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SP Red Electric
It is absolutely correct that TriMet's "top-to-bottom safety review" was essentially a farce; and even I continue to see TriMet's bus Operators forced by agency protocol and procedure to make unsafe movements; TriMet continues to route buses on dangerous turns that are avoidable with a simple re-route, and TriMet's bus schedules continue to pressure operators into rushing, increasing the chance for another fatality.
The Oregonian - despite my specific examples I have given them - refuses to investigate and provide the investigate journalism that we have counted on for years. They are complacent and simply treat TriMet's press releases as "news"; while our elected Senators and Representatives have done little to force change at TriMet; our Governor has so little concern for TriMet given his nominees to TriMet's Board of Directors, a bunch of people who have treated him well during the last election campaign.
There's only two ways we can reform TriMet now: either abolish the agency (leaving cities and counties to start up their own transit services), or put a CITIZEN ELECTED Board of Directors in place, and not a bunch of Kitzhaber political donors.
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