In Colorado Springs to be exact where the weather is gorgeous.
Trimess
Monday, September 30, 2013
A READER WRITES
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| "I am not a crook" Neil Mcfarlane explains |
A DRIVER WRITES
Sunday, September 29, 2013
'HB' ON THE TRIMET STATEGIC PLAN
They did that before with the "Contingency fund" and had $20 million stored there, while claiming to have a $14 million in shortfall, while cutting service, while taking a 3% raise for the top 50 (all non-union of course) wage earners, while blaming the union contract for the shortfall (made up all that), while continuing to expand beyond the capacity of Portland metro area, while ridership falls, while spending UN-godly like sums on the newest and liability ridden items, while ignoring the constant complaints from those riders, while robbing the union pensions to pay for the "many" shiny things, while can't keep a dime to their name, while beholden to WallSteet and Shareholders' call for return on their investments, while......WELL YOU GET THE POINT.
HB
Friday, September 27, 2013
NICK GETS NO SATISFACTION
I'll bet this bus is a no show like the three max trains and two other buses. This is out of fucking control. Trimet can suck my dick.
— Nick (@tehnick) September 28, 2013
LATEST SEEN AND HEARD ON TRIMET
But not seen on TRIMET'S HOW WE ROLL BLOG!
TRIMET SCANNER TWEETS HERE!
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| frick kitten @fetalkitty
I hate Trimet so much right now I could cry. I'm about to feel very irrational.
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TRIMET PULLED ANOTHER ONE OVER THE PUBLICS EYES
Oh Trimet management, you wonderful devious slobs, we love how you just love to pull the wool over the eyes of your beloved public.
Before the ticket printers everyone on buses got transfers, You either got one or two hours from the end of the line.
Then the wonderful printers came into being (at the cost of several million dollars) and somehow the Trimet code got amended, nobody knew about the change in trimet code until today!
They just snuck it right through. Basically that wonderful board of directors, composed of the elites of the Portland scene, decided they would rip off riders yet again. No more time from end of line, you get the transfer from the time you get on. Too bad if the bus gets stuck, or breaks down, you, the rider lose again.
Sorry, but that is HOW THEY ROLL
Before the ticket printers everyone on buses got transfers, You either got one or two hours from the end of the line.
Then the wonderful printers came into being (at the cost of several million dollars) and somehow the Trimet code got amended, nobody knew about the change in trimet code until today!
They just snuck it right through. Basically that wonderful board of directors, composed of the elites of the Portland scene, decided they would rip off riders yet again. No more time from end of line, you get the transfer from the time you get on. Too bad if the bus gets stuck, or breaks down, you, the rider lose again.
Sorry, but that is HOW THEY ROLL
AT TRIMET ONLY EXECUTIVES ARE ALLOWED TO ROB THE BANK
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| Fred is smiling for a reason, he's RICH off Trimet |
But decent health insurance for current and retired employees, NO WAYYYY!
See only the executives are allowed to rip off the tax payers, everybody else has to eat shit and die
THAT WONDERFUL PHONE APP IS MAKING PLENTY OF PEOPLE MISERABLE
Nearly received my second ticket just now in 10 days on @trimet using their mobile app. Please educate your agents!
— reggiewideman (@reggiewideman) September 28, 2013
TRIMET OLIGARCHS COME UP WITH THEIR USUAL BULLSHIT
Implementing the bus ticket printers was not a fare hike, rather it was an operational improvement
Trimet lame ass shit here
TRIMET'S PHONY 'STRATEGIC PLAN'
Look closely at the 'priorities' they list:
ROBERTA ALDSTADT DOESN'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT TRIMET RULES
TriMet spokeswoman Alstadt is wrong about bus fare transfer times always being 2hrs (http://t.co/E4DzwViudt) See SOP: pic.twitter.com/DBsaIN7468
— MAX FAQs (@maxfaqs) September 27, 2013
Ticket printers rip off riders
Members of the local bus rider's union say the change did something else: It cut the value of a weekend bus transfer by an hour.
And organizers with Bus Riders Unite say that amounts to a quiet fare hike for TriMet's poorest riders in East Portland, who are no longer able to travel downtown and back on a single $2.50 bus transfer.
"They're stealing our precious time," says Nicole Johnson, youth organizer for OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon, which runs Bus Riders Unite.
WILLY WEEK HERE!
Joe Rose Here
MERLO MARS HAS TO RETIRE
Mars Bringas, one of the more colorful characters to drive a Trimet bus is now retired after 32 years It appears he was given an offer he couldn't refuse!
Mars gets an offer he can't refuse from al m on Vimeo.
HOW TO KILL THE STREETCAR
To help fill the streetcar revenue gap, board members are discussing a fare hike. One option would take a ticket from $1 to $2.50 — the same as a TriMet two-hour ticket.
While the goal is to increase revenue, a fare hike may hurt ridership. In June 2011, when the streetcar began charging for tickets, ridership decreased despite the opening of a new eastside line.
“Increasing the price can always make ridership go down,” Gustafson said. “There is well-documented information about that.”
Do people ride if Streetcar fare rises? | KOIN.com
State treasurer Ted Wheeler knows the whole reborn CRC is a bunch of hooey
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These agreements must withstand economic and political changes over three decades. These provisions must be satisfied before an Oregon-led project could be considered financially viable.
Wheeler Kicks CRC Can Down the Road
Virtually impossible to stop the light rail mafia
The C-Tran Board of Directors on Thursday approved a hastily prepared plan to operate light rail in Vancouver as part of the Columbia River Crossing.
The 5-4 vote allows C-Tran to move forward on a set of draft agreements with TriMet under the proposed Interstate 5 Bridge replacement. That includes a plan to pay C-Tran’s annual share of financing a light rail extension to Clark College.
The vote came over strong objections by Clark County Commissioner David Madore and other CRC opponents on the board and in the audience. It also came after some confusion, as actual copies of the resolution — summarizing a proposal made public earlier this week — were passed out minutes before the vote was taken.
“I hardly know what to say. This is about the most stupid thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Madore said. “Big decisions of this magnitude, this is not the way you make them.
C-Tran board approves light rail financing plan | The Columbian
TRIMET PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN SCREWED UP SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF FRED HANSEN
@trimet: "Sure we cancelled your bus, but look at the pretty pictures on your phone!" http://t.co/GsTKi6IPsd
— Jack Bogdanski (@bojack54) September 27, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
TRIMET SERVICE SURVEY
No I did not take the survey, nothing there that would benefit me. No equity in this proposal at all
Feedback: Frequent Service Restoration Survey
Feedback: Frequent Service Restoration Survey
THE MCFARLANE GANG
Mcfarlanes million dollar staff sitting behind him at the last board meeting, there were more 6 figure executives to the right that are not in this shot
LOOK AT THIS TRIMET PROPAGANDA
It's incredible! It's a constant bombardment of ongoing propaganda coming out of there! Their influence is HUGE!
FOR REAL
if u gonna read this #trimet press release http://t.co/T2IQ9DcgrU you better watch this--> http://t.co/qJR1EmfjqA
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) September 27, 2013
CLASSIC TWEETS
Saw a guy get pulled off and cited for no @trimet ticket at #gresham tc he tore up ticket and hopped on next max #pdx pic.twitter.com/YVYkATPZx9
— Benjamin Kerensa (@bkerensa) September 26, 2013
ATLANTIC CITIES DEBUNK THE NOTION THAT LIGHT RAIL SPURS INVESTMENT
So what's the lesson here? Well, the basic takeaway is that cities
seeking TOD investments should build that desire around a strong plan
for government intervention first and foremost, then identify a corridor
with great potential as a secondary act. The type or quality of the
transit system itself need only be a third consideration; indeed, ITDP
concludes that light rail, BRT, and streetcars "all led to similar TOD
investment outcomes under similar conditions."
The Surprising Key to Making Transit-Oriented Development Work - Eric Jaffe - The Atlantic Cities
The Surprising Key to Making Transit-Oriented Development Work - Eric Jaffe - The Atlantic Cities
LATEST SEEN AND HEARD ON TRIMET
But not seen on TRIMET'S HOW WE ROLL BLOG!
TRIMET SCANNER TWEETS HERE!
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| Manuel Magaña @manuel_mg
@HoracePhairy aeroplane itinerary confirmed. is TriMet still fucked?
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@trimet you should consider posting stop closures more that 1 day in advance.
— Kassiane (@UVGKassi) September 24, 2013
“@_courtnaayy: Trimet should invest in wifi”YEEEEESSSSSSS
— Yung Goat Hunta (@wizardkelly300) September 24, 2013
I'm trying to figure out if it is worth it to continue my $50 monthly trimet pass or not.
— classic narcissist (@lemon_love) September 24, 2013
Someone on my train just got a fine for having a valid mobile ticket. What the everliving fuck, @trimet? #quotas
— Svën-Gørän Ølåfsøn™ (@pyratejack) September 24, 2013
Getting on #trimet and finding a crying baby and a non caring mother... #Portlandproblems
— Jay benitez (@jas0nbc) September 24, 2013
I hate Trimet so much right now I could cry. I'm about to feel very irrational.
— frick kitten (@fetalkitty) September 24, 2013
Hey @trimet could we maybe let all the religious group in Oregon know that harassment on trimet property is NOT ok.
— Dani (@Destynnee) September 24, 2013
I hate everyone. Trimet here I come alone in the dark.
— Anna (@AnnnaMarie15) September 24, 2013
Stumbling along in a #Trimet 99 that must be 20 yo, in the pouring rain, with failing wipers, no heat, fogged up windows. Yay me.
— Mike Rigsby (@mikerigsby) September 25, 2013
And I refuse to get on TriMet
— Shayy Gibson (@SG_Beautiful7) September 25, 2013
Why is the heater never on when I want it to be #trimet #portland #cold
— Kaitlyn Miranda (@mylovelykatie) September 25, 2013
If the train is 2 minutes early...then don't close the fcking doors and sit there while people stand in the rain. @trimet #trimetyousuck
— Klayton Andrew (@klaytonandrew) September 25, 2013
But seriously where is the bus. Portland @trimet , come on now.
— katiedel (@katiedel) September 25, 2013
Rebooting MAX car 417 at Kings Hill due to door issue. #trimet
— Nonpartisan (@nonpartisantoo) September 25, 2013
Multnomah will be using trimet advertising space in the future... How are we going to beat this Scientology ad? pic.twitter.com/wE0ZXSpcou
— Tyler Marple (@tylermarple) September 25, 2013
Now, this is technically not breaking the rules... #TriMet http://t.co/qJW5cqOJpV
— Adri C (@PDXtrimetrider) September 24, 2013
If a child is singing on #trimet is it more appropriate to smack them or their parent? #TheParent #ShutYoKidUp #portland #portlandia #pdx
— High on Trimet (@HighonTriMet) September 24, 2013
Time to start wearing a mask to drive. It's September and the bum coughing fits are already extra juicy. + nobody cleans #trimet busses.
— Buster Brown (@DriverYouNeed) September 24, 2013
@trimet transit tracker isn't working! Stepped out to catch the bus at 11831and it said it was still a minute out but it was already past!
— Bonnie Hildebrand (@BikeVegan) September 25, 2013
@trimet says 1500 average daily riders. I'm sure not seeing it! pic.twitter.com/fegwsVMXYo
— PDX Transit Lane (@pdxtransitlane) September 25, 2013
Bus driver gave me an "honored citizen" ticket. Like for seniors and people with disabilities. I get it trimet. You don't give a shit.
— Jana (@mossymossymoss) September 25, 2013
The blue line MAX is a Dumbnado this afternoon... #PDX #Trimet
— Damascus Steel (@Damascus_Steele) September 25, 2013
Turns out that the doors wouldn't close...#trimet #portland #pdx
— Parker Smith (@Parker_Smith_22) September 25, 2013
I have no idea what time I should leave my house, and the Trimet website is fucking stupid.
— Doug Dimmadab (@titlefightmeirl) September 25, 2013
Awful experience with @trimet app. Active passes don't travel with the account and my 30-day is not on my new iPhone. Unacceptable!
— Patrick Foss (@patrickwfoss) September 26, 2013
Pitbulls and Popeye's on the 6 today, oh lawd #trimet
— Kathleen Plant (@KathleenJanine) September 26, 2013
@trimet your outbound 12s to Tigard are...let's just say not providing reliable service. #wedeservebetter pic.twitter.com/T2V0trQCuO
— Erik Halstead (@sp_redelectric) September 26, 2013
Standing room only on #trimet, can't accommodate any more with wheelchair or stroller. Real nice driver. #opalpdx
— Joseph Santos-Lyons (@radicalhapa) September 25, 2013
Almost got a ticket on trimet for saying I don't have an ID...wtf lame ass people and their BS hahaha
— Caty (@_kd_09) September 26, 2013
@pdxcommute trimet is spending 128 mill for special buses not counting upgrades to yards, but no money for services? logic in that?
— Sean Matthews (@scminpdx) September 26, 2013
.@pdxcommute Count me among those who've been hosed by #trimet mobile app. Just lost $12.50 in tix via iOS 7 upgrade. @globesherpa
— Justin Stranzl (@jstranzl) September 26, 2013
If I had to rate my trimet experience today, I'd give it three bananas out of five.
— Jason Short (@ctor) September 26, 2013
Maybe trimet should think about giving free hot drinks and having a heated waiting area.for us.
— Natalie Hall (@natali_brooke) September 26, 2013
@trimet machine t117 is not issuing tickets...
— nathan alan (@_nathanalan) September 26, 2013
Do you prefer to travel by train, bus, plane or ship? — Train. Easily. Not like trimet, or tram. I'm talking rea... http://t.co/aIXeir3jyQ
— Regular Guy (@Real_ZacWasula) September 26, 2013
YEA DRIVE SLOWER MAKE ME EVEN MORE LATE TO SCHOOL #Trimet Fuck
— Jay benitez (@jas0nbc) September 26, 2013
@trimet your closure of stop 170 means folks are walking on the shoulderless part of barbur. #safetyfirst
— Kassiane (@UVGKassi) September 26, 2013
@havi oh my. Trimetizing indeed.
— Rhiannon Laurie (@RhiannonLaurie) September 26, 2013
On a new #trimet bus, the seat is comfortable only if I sit up straight. Damn you and your concern for my posture, #trimet!
— Ms. Four (@msfour) September 26, 2013
@trimet MAX train 211's stop displays seem to be stuck on displaying the Oregon Zoo stop.
— Robert Allen (@Unh0ly_Tigg) September 26, 2013
The usually worst driver on Trimet passed me at my stop. Should I be happy to feel safe? Or mad he made me late?
— Shawn Fleek (@shawnfleek) September 26, 2013
TRIMET SCREWS UP THE ALERT
TriMet thinks Line 77 stops at the NE 60th Ave MAX
Station. It actually stops a little ways north.
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 7:38 AM
Subject: Service Alert: Elevators out at 42nd Ave and 82nd Ave MAX
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DAN THE BUS DRIVER MAN
Working for #Trimet is sort of like living in an Ayn Rand story of incompetent government managed corporations. ARGH!
— Dan Christensen (@Dan_Christensen) September 10, 2013
ADVICE FOR THE INCOMPETENT TRIMET HR DEPARTMENT
Might be best to do that during driver hiring RT @pdxcommute: #TriMet driver training will also focus on better customer service.
— Trimet Diaries (@TrimetDiaries) September 25, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
A CAREER AT TRIMET AWAITS YOU!
Work in the agency that publicly calls you UNSUSTAINABLE!
Watch the movie below to find out what your missing by not being a Trimet bus driver!
Watch the movie below to find out what your missing by not being a Trimet bus driver!
MCFARLANE WONT BE HAPPY TILL HE DECIMATES TRIMET DRIVERS MEDICAL COVERAGE
Mcfarlane could never perform the duties of a bus driver.
Watch this video and see if you could handle this job. This is actually the dispatch call that ended up ending my career at Trimet. While the public can post this sort of thing Trimet employees cannot. When you work at Trimet you agree to give up your civil rights
Watch this video and see if you could handle this job. This is actually the dispatch call that ended up ending my career at Trimet. While the public can post this sort of thing Trimet employees cannot. When you work at Trimet you agree to give up your civil rights
THE TRIMET YOU DON'T READ ABOUT
I know I know, people are tired of hearing me complain about Trimet but this stuff is important.
It's hard to open the eyes of some people but the truth is TRIMET has plenty of money for all the things the executives want, like rehabbing buildings and giving themselves raises, but when it comes to a three hour transfer or increasing bus service they have to 'dig' for it. In the item below you see they were able to come up with $9 million for the dumb 'moving together' project which includes this little line item: "professional services". Some nice bonus for one of their cronies I am sure.
It's hard to open the eyes of some people but the truth is TRIMET has plenty of money for all the things the executives want, like rehabbing buildings and giving themselves raises, but when it comes to a three hour transfer or increasing bus service they have to 'dig' for it. In the item below you see they were able to come up with $9 million for the dumb 'moving together' project which includes this little line item: "professional services". Some nice bonus for one of their cronies I am sure.
THANK GOD I AM DONE PUTTING UP WITH TRIMET BULLSHIT
“TriMet’s core value is safety and it guides each decision we as an agency make, and it needs to guide each decision our operators make on the streets,” says TriMet Executive Director of Safety, Security and Environmental Services Harry Saporta.(AKA HARRY 'THE HACK' SAPPORTA)
The goals and objectives of the annual recertification are to:
- promote safety,
- encourage exceptional customer service,
- reinforce/update standard operating procedures and driving and ADA laws,
- increase caution around pedestrians and cyclists.
TriMet bus operators retrain, recertify with focus on safety and customer service | TriMet News and Media Releases.
THE WONDERFUL TRIMET PHONE APP AND THE FARE NAZI'S
Well. I just witnessed
some poor guy on the MAX get hassled by ticketing enforcement as he
begged them to please let him get to a work meeting. From what I
saw/heard the app had crashed on his phone & the ticket wasn't
showing. He pretty obviously had paid his fare beforehand &
validated. He got cited. Enforcement obviously didn't care about there
being a legitimate issue.
Damn I am glad I don't bother with the new app. Yeesh.
Be really careful using the new TRIMET ticket app. : Portland
Damn I am glad I don't bother with the new app. Yeesh.
Be really careful using the new TRIMET ticket app. : Portland
Decent article on the Trimet drop in ridership
TriMet ridership declined 5 percent over summer, even as more workers took WES | OregonLive.com
Still, she said, total recorded bus rides of just under 60 million during fiscal year 2013, which ended June 30, was almost exactly the same as the year before.
As for the increase in WES ridership, TriMet said the relocation of the Stream Global Services call center to Wilsonville played a major role.
Stream offered a 100 percent commuter benefit subsidy for the first 6 months of the relocation from Beaverton, TriMet said.
Still, she said, total recorded bus rides of just under 60 million during fiscal year 2013, which ended June 30, was almost exactly the same as the year before.
As for the increase in WES ridership, TriMet said the relocation of the Stream Global Services call center to Wilsonville played a major role.
Stream offered a 100 percent commuter benefit subsidy for the first 6 months of the relocation from Beaverton, TriMet said.
TRIMET OVERPAID EXECS CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THEY ARE LOSING RIDERSHIP
@LindaGinenthal @Oregonian @car2goPortland @trimet Not to mention overcrowding and horrible service. It's Car2go for me, too.
— Whiney Shitehouse (@Robert18) September 26, 2013
SHAMELESS PROPAGANDA ABOUT A LITTLE TRAIN THAT CARRIES NOBODY
TriMet's commuter rail reaches record ridership | TriMet News and ...
WES
ridership jumps 10.3 percent during summer quarter; Systemwide
ridership down for the quarter. WES Commuter Rail ridership set a record
this past ...
news.trimet.org/.../trimets-LANE SPEAKS ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE RETIREES
And he blasts the nepotism involved with the Auxier family
TRIMET BRAGS ABOUT ITS PUNY WES RIDERSHIP
WES Commuter Rail ridership set a record this past quarter with weekly
ridership jumping 10.3 percent compared to 2012. WES averaged 1,930 (800 riders per day round trip is nothing to brag about)
rides per weekday during the summer quarter (June through August).
Additionally, weekend bus ridership saw minor gains.
TriMet’s commuter rail reaches record ridership | TriMet News and Media Releases
TriMet’s commuter rail reaches record ridership | TriMet News and Media Releases
ATTENTION CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES
Trimet is planning on cutting your medical benefits by 50%! That's huge and should not go unchallenged. The greed monger executives, who have no problem handing themselves raises while screwing the public and their employees are attempting to decimate their previous contractual obligations.Wake up and smell the coffee. This has been brought to the your attention numerous times now. From the Trimet 'strategic financial plan' (code for 'how we plan to screw our workforce)
Funny how Fred Hansen's $16k a month pension is sustainable but the people that do the actual work is unsustainable.
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Trimet ridership still falling
Bucking national trends Trimet ridership is actually going down. This time they can't blame it completely on the loss of fare less square as even bus ridership has decreased. Where is the media on reporting this trend that has gone on for quite awhile now.
In the real world people get fired when their performance is lacking, at Trimet bad management gets raises. Oh yea WES ridership is up, but there ridereship on that is so low that it really shouldn't be counted at all but you know HOW THEY ROLL.
In the real world people get fired when their performance is lacking, at Trimet bad management gets raises. Oh yea WES ridership is up, but there ridereship on that is so low that it really shouldn't be counted at all but you know HOW THEY ROLL.
TRIMET SOCK PUPPETS MEETING TODAY
a question. It's pathetic.
What you do see there is the real Trimet, and it has nothing to do with transit.
TriMet Board of Directors Meetings
Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 9 a.m.COINCIDENCE OR ANOTHER PROPAGANDA PUSH
Interesting this comes out after the uproar in Washington state about the Trimet light rail programs. Citizens of the greater Portland area are pretty fed up with Trimet BS cutting services but installing light rail . Can't fool the public forever.
The Blue Line — TriMet’s light rail route from Gresham to Hillsboro — attracted the biggest real estate investments of any surface transit system in the country, according to a new study.
The study doesn't mention the decimation of Trimet bus service, nor does it mention that Trimet is bucking national trends and actually losing ridership.
Handing public money to facilitate developers is how our government has been hijacked by special interest. Trimet is no longer a transit service, but a real estate development company. Everybody involved with Trimet gets rich along the way, but the poor citizens that actually need transit eat shit, hey, its the American way. The rich get richer and the poor, well, you know how that story ends.
Study: Portland's 'Blue Line' Attracts Most Investment Of U.S. Transit Projects - WNYC
Years after Steve Fung recommended it, Trimet is considering 'clean fuel'
And it would be the Merlo Garage that would have the honor of having the natural gas buses housed there. Steve Fung gives advice on purchasing buses
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
20 million to renovate a building, 2 million to provide bus 'improvements'
Trimet priorities are definitely not transit related no matter what the propaganda machine tries to pump
WES is still a joke
@trimet WES ridership skyrockets to 10,300 boarding rides per week.OMG! That's almost 1500/day, meaning maybe 1000 people are using it #fail
— Jack Bogdanski (@bojack54) September 25, 2013
TRIMET PLANNERS ALWAYS THINK BIG
Where they are going to get the funds to double service in 20 years when they have said previously they were going to cut service by 70%
Tigard voters will decide if they should approve high-capacity transit
Tigard voters will decide if they should approve high-capacity transit | OregonLive.com
Tigard residents are poised to vote on whether the city should
oppose a high-capacity transit corridor, accommodating the likes of a
MAX line or a bus rapid transit system. The citizen-initiated measure received
the necessary 4,122 signatures to go on the March 11 ballot. Chief
petitioner, Arthur Crino, fell 46 votes shy of enough signatures to put a
similar measure on the 2012 ballot.
This comes amid the Southwest Corridor Plan,
a Metro-led regional planning effort to improve transportation
connections between Portland and the cities to its southwest. Under this
plan, government agencies are studying potentially bringing light rail
or a rapid bus system from Portland to Tigard.
The latest measure goes beyond the anti-light rail measures
approved by voters elsewhere in the Portland-area. It prohibits Tigard
from amending its comprehensive plan or land use regulations to
accommodate either a new light rail line or high-capacity bus system,
unless voters approve with a pricetag and change in road capacity and
housing density explained.
But in August 2012, Tigard already updated its land use regulations with high-capacity transit in mind. City Manager Marty Wine said earlier this summer she wasn't sure how the measure, if passed, would affect those plans.
Tigard voters did approve a measure last year requiring a public vote on increased taxes or fees to pay for light rail.
Councilors will vote on formally referring the measure to the ballot at its Tuesday night meeting. Check back oregonlive.com/tigard Wednesday morning for more information.
But in August 2012, Tigard already updated its land use regulations with high-capacity transit in mind. City Manager Marty Wine said earlier this summer she wasn't sure how the measure, if passed, would affect those plans.
Tigard voters did approve a measure last year requiring a public vote on increased taxes or fees to pay for light rail.
DAN THE BUS DRIVER MAN
On #trimet bus 3128 sickly plastic smell... Check, mini seats build for Tyrion lanister... Check, bus driver with sore knees... Check
— Dan Christensen (@Dan_Christensen) September 24, 2013
Overheard on my #Trimet bus: "Look at these idiots driving like crazy goats. Wish I still had my license..."
— Dan Christensen (@Dan_Christensen) September 21, 2013
Guy on my #Trimet bus, with the bill of rights tattooed on his arm. Been arrested 8 times.
— Dan Christensen (@Dan_Christensen) September 13, 2013
#Trimet dug out dusty, dirty old nasty busses for East side Streetcar service. Enjoy!
— Dan Christensen (@Dan_Christensen) September 13, 2013
It turns out Trimet didn't break the law on notices
They published the required notice at the required time, just not on line which is curious since most people learn about public meetings on line not through the cumbersome legal notices section of the newspaper.
'ART TECHNICIAN' IS 'MISSION CRITICAL' TO TRANSIT OPERATIONS
| Number | FO140289JB |
| Title | Art Technician Services |
| Bids Due Date/Time | 10/07/2013 2:00:00 PM Pacific |
| Contact | Jackie Blyn Tel (503) 962-2218 Fax 503-962-2298 blynj@trimet.org |
| Solicitation Type | Formal Quote |
| Description | Request for Formal Quotes for an Art Technician |
TriMet: Bidding Opportunities
JUST LOOK AT HOW MUCH $$$ GOES OUT THE DOOR FOR SUB CONTRACTS
I like the 'on call market research services', all sorts of nonsense there, millions and millions and not a drop for bus service
DO TRIMET MANAGERS DO ANYTHING AT ALL?
Why is it necessary to contract out this? This should be an internal function.
TriMet: Bidding Opportunities
| Number | RS140280BW | |
| Title | TriMet Continuity of Operations Plan | |
| Bids Due Date/Time | 10/14/2013 2:00:00 PM Pacific | |
| Contact | Brian Woodall Tel (503) 962-3055 Fax (503) 962-2298 woodallb@trimet.org | |
| Solicitation Type | Request for Proposal | |
| Description | The Tri-County Metropolitan transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) invites sealed proposals for a TriMet Continuity of Operations Plan |
TriMet: Bidding Opportunities
WTF IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE?
Trimet always has millions and millions to fund all sorts of things, except actual transit.
TriMet: Bidding Opportunities
| Number | RO140267JF |
| Title | Buy America Audit and Vehicle Inspection Services |
| Bids Due Date/Time | 10/18/2013 2:00:00 PM Pacific |
| Contact |
Jim Fronk Tel (503) 962-4953 Fax (503) 962-2298 fronkj@trimet.org |
| Solicitation Type | Request for Proposal |
| Description | The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) requests proposals from qualified firms interested in providing Buy America Audit and Vehicle Inspection Services. |
TRANSIT IS FOR DEVELOPERS NOT RIDERS
Another Oregon rail system came out well in the new report: the Portland Streetcar was among the country's most cost-effective transit systems, with a $41 return per transit dollar spent.
Monday, September 23, 2013
RUMORS
LATEST SEEN AND HEARD ON TRIMET
But not seen on TRIMET'S HOW WE ROLL BLOG!
TRIMET SCANNER TWEETS HERE!
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| Why do I keep giving Trimet a chance? It was TWENTY fucking minutes late and the job crew had to leave without me. Fuck my life. @_BlaknBlu_ |
ANOTHER DAY-ANOTHER TRIMET 'NEWS' RELEASE
Completely of no actual value or concern to anybody its not news.
Shelter installation begins for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project
CLASSIC TWEETS!
@trimet Really? The machine is dead, the entire transit center is out of power, and you're sending out maintenance? #trimet #gimmeabreak
— Nonpartisan (@nonpartisantoo) September 23, 2013
TRIMET BREAKS THE LAW-AGAIN
Our top Trimet 'reporter', LANE JENSEN has once again discovered that the beloved oligarchs in charge of Trimess are breaking the law, this time they are breaking their very own Trimet code. The board meeting is next Wednesday and Trimet just published its notice 2 days ahead even though the Trimet code specifies no less than 4 days ahead. Will there be any penalty? Of course not, Trimet doesn't follow rules or laws, they just do what they want. Try to stop them, you can't.
THE MYTH OF THE MAGICAL PHONE APP HAS BEEN SHATTERED
In the end it turned out to have plenty of problems as I expected. As usual Trimet takes no responsibility. The article below offers a very close look at this new app.
Rules & Rhetoric - Thoughts on Trimet’s Imperfect Mobile Payment Experience
And how about that registration experience? It would have been nice if they’d considered social registration to make that process a little easier (shameless plug for my line of work) and offered options like making Amazon or Paypal as payment method or making it an in-App purchase. Sure, they’re sharing revenue at that point, but they’d also gain more customers through convenience.
As for me, I’m still hopeful that this app will reach it’s potential, but it’s been a bitter pill so far. Even if the judge is lenient, I’m likely to get my fine cut in half at best and I’m going to miss a half-day of work to boot. That’s a hell of a way to treat a loyal and engaged customer. It’s also one hell of an expensive commute.
TRIMET-WHERE SECRECY RULES
@trimet hey, where's the agenda? Less than 48 hours till the meeting! pic.twitter.com/VHDbrfCGHk
— PDX Transit Lane (@pdxtransitlane) September 23, 2013
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CAREFULLY HIDDEN ANTI UNION PROPAGANDA
Just take a look at this piece TriMet looks at service improvements, cleaner buses (sorry about the wrong link being posted earlier)
When you read through it you see this zinger: According to McFarlane, the service increase will be funded by $1 million in non-union health care cost savings and $1 million in additional revenue from a new advertising contract. TriMet fares will fund the balance of $800,000, McFarlane says.
That is an obvious attempt to paint unionized workers as 'bad guys' as has been MCFARLANES standard operating procedure since he became the new czar of Trimess.
The man and his methods are a plague against the union workers, the fact that he has total support from the sock puppets and the governor is very disturbing. And of course Trimet workers have no right to strike so what the hell does he think he is accomplishing with his never ending union bashing?
Oregon government damage cap protects the careless:
ESSAY HERE!
TriMet's news release after the settlement said it "accepted responsibility for the negligent driving of the bus operator." TriMet omitted to say that, by law, the responsibility it accepted was for a fraction of the harm it actually caused.
Oregon state and local officials want these damage-responsibility caps to protect their budgets from catastrophic claims. But that is the job of umbrella insurance, which is the most inexpensive liability insurance on the market
TriMet is a unit of local government, and the Oregon Tort Claims Act at that time capped TriMet's liability at $500,000 per person and $1 million for all injuries and deaths resulting from one crash -- whichever is less.
TriMet's news release after the settlement said it "accepted responsibility for the negligent driving of the bus operator." TriMet omitted to say that, by law, the responsibility it accepted was for a fraction of the harm it actually caused.
Oregon state and local officials want these damage-responsibility caps to protect their budgets from catastrophic claims. But that is the job of umbrella insurance, which is the most inexpensive liability insurance on the market
TriMet is a unit of local government, and the Oregon Tort Claims Act at that time capped TriMet's liability at $500,000 per person and $1 million for all injuries and deaths resulting from one crash -- whichever is less.
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