WEIRD TRIMET ALERTS

 Is it any wonder why so many drivers get lost or go through 'street closed' signs



Line 4 inbound: stop closure, Mississippi at Failing closed until 1pm, passengers are directed to go back to Beech to catch the 4th inbound.
[In the inbound direction Beech is ahead of Failing; the same message was sent for both directions]

Line 4 inbound. stop closed at Mississippi and Failing until 1pm passengers are directed to go 1st block north to board a inbound line 4 near side failing.
[if the regular stop is at Failing, is the "near side" of Failing really a block north?]

Starting Friday, December 13 through Tuesday, December 31, C-TRAN may not serve Jantzen Beach due to holiday traffic congestion and instead run a shuttle bus between Jantzen Beach & Delta Park MAX Station. Service will be about every 15 minutes and only when traffic conditions require it. C-TRAN Operators will make announcements. To Vancouver: Riders wanting to transfer to a northbound C-TRAN Route 4 Fourth Plain bus may need to board a C-TRAN shuttle bus at Jantzen Beach and transfer to Route 4 at Delta Park. From Vancouver: Riders wanting to transfer to a southbound TriMet Line 6 bus may need to board a C-TRAN shuttle bus at Delta Park and transfer to Line 6 at Jantzen Beach.
[So you have to go north to Jantzen Beach into the traffic congestion, transfer to the shuttle, get out of the traffic congestion and go south to Delta Park, transfer to the regular bus, go north past Jantzen Beach and finally get to Vancouver]

Line 17 Northbound detour: Regular route to 27th and Sumner, right Sumner, left Killingsworth, right 27th and regular route.
[Sumner and Killingsworth run parallel and do not intersect, was missing "left 30th"]

#1 No Chestnut Drive; buses stay on Bertha between Barbur Blvd and Vermont St. No Shattuck Loop. No Maplewood Loop. Buses turn around at Idaho Dr and Vermont.
[this was sent at 9:15 PM, well after service ended for the day]

LINES 12,64,94: the inbound stop at Barbur & Luradel is CLOSED! DO NOT STOP - CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE BEING ENDANGERED!
[and it's not even a stop for the 64 or 94]

Line 15 detoured Southbound on 15th: regular route to 15th and Prescott, right Precott, left MLK, left Fremont, right 15th and regular route reverse Northbound until further notice.
[should be for Line 8]

MAX Green/Yellow line trains delayed due to signal outages in downtown Portland caused by damaged PGE transformers. Power also out to ticket machines between Jefferson and Burnside.
[what if you want to purchase tickets?]

MAX Green/Yellow lines are disrupted due to a fire in downtown Portland. Use regular bus service on 5th and 6th avenues or catch Green/Yellow line trains on Yamhill Street or 1st Avenue north of Yamhill Street.
[well, I don't know of any tracks south of Yamhill Street; should say "at Blue/Red Line stations east of SW 11th Ave"]

Update at 5:50pm Line 57 operators back to Regular route at Forest Grove Transit Center.
[Where is the "Forest Grove Transit Center"?]

LINES 31, 33, 70, 75 pls return back to regular route at Milwaukie Transit Center effective 5:00p.
[It hasn't been a transit center since the reconstruction as there is no longer room buses arriving early to wait]

Line 70: Train Is Gone!! Back to Regular route@ Division and 11th.[Yay!!]

Lines 93 and 94 detoured Northbound regular route to Main and Pacific Hwy continue Pacific Hwy, right Main, left Commercial and regular route reverse Southbound until further notice.
[Line 94 doesn't ever go down Commercial, so this doesn't make sense for it]

MAX Blue and Red lines are experiencing delays up to 30 minutes afer and earlier mechanical issue in downtown Portland. Expect delays thru 6:15 p.m.["afer and earlier"?]

Hawthorne Bridge is closed. Buses are using the Morrison Bridge. Stops near the Hawthorne bridge are bypassed.[which stops exactly?]

Line 6 Operators, buses are authorized to leave your Jant. Beach Layover 3rd early only if you need to due to heavy traffic congestion. However, do not run early at your other time points. Thx you, Wendy.(LOL)

WES trains are experiencing minor delays due to efforts to fight a fire in the Pacific Northwest Railroad yard in Tigard.[That's not the name of the railroad]

Due to a power outage caused by a blown transformer near 82nd and Fremont, buses must stop at all intersections with dark traffic signals. Expect delays.(LOL)

Bus lines 4, 8, 17, 33, 35, 44 and 77 may be experiencing major delays due to congestion from events at the Rose Quarter.[Why would the 33 be affected as it's across the river on the mall?]

Line 75 detoured north Bound only: regular route to 33rd and Dekum, left Dekum, right MLK, right Columbia to 21st and regular route until further notice.[should be for Line 70]

LINES 8,66,68: please RETURN TO Regular route via Campus Drive BOTH directions as of 7:10a.
[there is only service in one direction on Campus Drive]

LINES 8,66,68 to OHSU: Regular route to Sam Jkson & Terwilliger, continue-Sam Jkson to Campus Drive & Regular route to CBD: Regular route to Sam Jkson & Terwilliger, continue-Sam Jkson into Terwilliger & Regular route.[the "to CBD" directions don't make sense]

Line 79: to Oregon City: Regular route to Hwy 224/82 Drive, left Back onto 82nd Ave. Northbound, right 82nd, right Sunnyside Road, right 205th Southbound, right 212/224Exit, right 82nd. Drive and regular route until further notice.
[go past Sunnyside Road, down to 82nd Drive, back up to Sunnyside Road (even when Sunnybrook would do) and then back down towards 82nd Drive; a better detour would be: left from 82nd onto Sunnybrook, right I-205 south, to Hwy 212/224]

Line 77, Your Jonemore detour is clear, buses are regular route, area Supervisor is working on taking signs down. Thank you.(???)

Due to MAX shuttle bus traffic, line 15 stops near Gateway Transit Center on Pacific across from Fred Meyer. No service to the northbound stop on NE 102nd at Glisan.
[it's not clear that it does not stop at the normal Gateway stop]

Line 72 west bound traffic from Killingsworth to Greeley is open to all traffic - disregard street closed signs.(????)

From 8 a.m. Saturday until 1 p.m., no service to stops between SW Hall at Allen and Beaverton Transit Center, due to Beaverton Ugly Sweater Run.[who wants to go near that?]

LINE 35 Northbound: Regular route to Oregon & Interstate, RIGHT Interstate into Lloyd, left Grand, left Broadway, right Larrabee into Interstate & Regular route
[should say "right Lloyd" as Interstate only goes north of there]

Lines 79 and 152 are not running due to the processional for fallen officer. Service will resume at about 11 a.m.
[it was later corrected to be Line 154; Line 152 goes nowhere near Oregon City]

Line 70 Due to obstruction on 9th NE Holladay Southbound detour as follows regular route to 11th NE Holladay, left 11th back to regular route, until further notice
[should say "to NE Multnomah and 11th, left 11th, cross Holladay and regular route]

No service near SE Duke and 82nd, due to police activity. Details to follow.
Line 19 82 and Duke blocked due to police action look ahead an act according ly detour to follow, thx.[huh?]

Line 14 to foster and 94th:regular route to Woodstock and 96th, left 96th, left foster and regular route to layover, until further notice.
[it would be clearer to say "I-205 north ramp" instead of "96th"]

No service to the westbound stop on SE Baseline St at 5th, due to gas leak.
[was only sent for Lines 47 and 48, and not Line 57]

Line 6 to Jantzen Beach: Regular route to Vancouver way and 6th, right 6th, left Middlefield and layover nearside vancouver way until further notice.
[no info on how to get to Jantzen Beach, or what to do after the layover]

Line 12 buses are to remain on your Veterans Day detour until Dispatch clears you to return to regular route routing at 11:14.(?)

Parade-9:15-11am, Line 12 outbound: regular route to Sandy & Halsey, veer right Halsey , left 57th, right Sandy, & regular route. inbound: Regular route to Sandy & 57th, left 57th, right Halsey, right 39th, left Sandy & regular route.  [this was sent to Lines 9 and 15, not Line 12]

Paving - Lines 12 & 19 Westbound: regular route to 5th & Burnside, continue Burnside, right 6th, right Couch, right 5th to Burnside & regular route. All Hours.
[there is a "no right turn" sign on 6th at Couch, and it's a pretty tight turn]

Line 17 to 134th and Holgate, due to construction, buses are detoured as follows: Regular route to Burnside and Broadway, left Stark, left 6th, right Burnside then regular route routing until clear.
[should say "continue Broadway, left Stark"]

Line 17. Due to large trailer on 27th between dekum and ainsworth, use caution when passing it. It is a wider than normal trailer.(LOL)

To OC or Clackamas Town Center: Regular route to 21st & Wash, left Wash , right 27th, left Lake Road and regular route.
[this was sent to Line 29, which does not go to "OC"]

Line 72 fire blocking on Killingsworth use Prescot between 42nd and 60th until we get a detour thx(huh?).

LINE 6 - please leave J.Beach 3 mins early due to power outage & signals out - USE CAUTION!(LOL!)

Line 35: Tree down & blocking right lane on Greeley Southbound, just south of Going. Use caution.(LOL)

MAX Yellow Line is disrupted due to an auto on the tracks at N. Interstate and Kilpatrick. Expect delays.[5 minutes later, it was at Alberta]

Lines 4, 8, 35, and 44th. Start your part 2nd of steel bridge detour now. They closed the Eastbound. early.(LOL!)

Line 17 Northbound: Due to accident: regular route to Mcloughlin and 18th, right 18th, left Schiller, right 17th, left Holgate, right Mcloughlin and regular route until clear Southbound is being flagged thru.[should have been for Line 33]

MAX Blue/Red Lines disrupted due to a person struck by a train in downtown Portland. Shuttle buses to serve station between 11th and Sunset Transit Center. Expect delays.
["downtown Portland" is not where the incident happened]

No service to stops on SW Columbia at 18th or 12th.[ it should have been "between 18th and 12th"]

The westbound stop on NE Sandy at 206th Place will be closed from 6 a.m. Tuesday through 4 p.m. Saturday, due to bus pad construction. Use temporary stop 200 feet north.
[Sandy runs east/west, so a stop north would be away from the street]