@trimetdriver @trimetscanner From the Twitter feed many people think #TriMet be like: pic.twitter.com/8fCVfHtB3r
— Ron (@TelemachusRome) July 31, 2015Friday, July 31, 2015
Classic tweets
It's 2015 and this is how transit buses 'cool off' in hot weather
It's a @trimet hot day salute! Everyone! hatches up! #Portland #Gresham #toohot pic.twitter.com/EjHcFmzmnW
— Dan Christensen (@Dan_Christensen) July 31, 2015A Trimet bus driver writes
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Here we go again. Started this week on AM's, nice work, out early enough
to spend time with wife and sons. Now it's my Thursday and I have a 3pm
report. EXACTLY why I'm leaving the Extra Board. This is insane,
terribly unhealthy, and I'm tired of it. I'm not complaining about hard
work... I've done that all my life.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Trimet taking complaints directly off twitter
They're getting it!
No need to make people fill out anything additional if they give all the info right over twitter!
There's hope for Trimet yet!
All they gotta do now is get rid of Mcfarlane&get someone in the top job that cares about
riders not capital projects.
Always jobs available at the Trimess
And as usual the best paying jobs are the ones that don't actually help the citizens and are non union
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Trimet is hiring
Thanks for the memories
3 #trimet buses that I drove that are long gone now pic.twitter.com/QuqkK277C8
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 30, 2015
Why does Trimet insist on lying to the riders about MAX delays
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The truth about Trimet
They serve corporate interests
#trimet is all about corporate interest pic.twitter.com/ei1mhtiwe7
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 28, 2015Behind the scenes at the Trimet twitter desk
How Public Transit Agencies Deal with All Your Angry, Mean, and Terrible Tweets
The Inequity of Federal Transit Funding
The Dangers of Operating A Trimet bus
The best Trimet 'news release' I have ever seen
The day a missing 5-year-old girl was found on a TriMet bus
Monday, July 27, 2015
Trimet live scanner back on line
(thanks to Lane Jensen for getting this going again)
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Bus drivers need to protect themselves
When I was working at Trimet I used to keep a hidden audio recorder going through my entire shift. I was subjected to numerous phony complaints which made it clear to me that I needed to protect myself. I would encourage all bus drivers everywhere to protect themselves by carrying recording devices.
Remember you are out in the public constantly and anybody can make up anything they want against you! Bus drivers need to be proactive about protecting themselves from false complaints. Notice that Seattle Metro has 'banned' drivers from doing that. I say to them F*K you! If the shit hits the fan you will have the evidence to protect yourself!
Trimet drivers are ripped off on road relief pay
@AlYourPalster $4.50? Isn't minimum wage ~$10? Your on the clock....our road reliefs are part of your shift & is paid accordingly.
— punkrawker4783 (@punkrawker4783) July 26, 2015Friday, July 24, 2015
Trimet twitter officials try to be cute and it backfires
God love these Trimet twitter people.
"They" (whoever they are) are trying to be cutesy but it keeps backfiring on them.
What they don't understand is that people are angry when they tweet Trimet. All they need to do is take the complaints (without making users fill out additional forms) and do what they can to provide answers. Do Not be cute! People are angry and don't want cute.
Today the tweeter used the shrug emoticon in an answer to an irritated Trimet rider!
— Ron (@TelemachusRome) July 25, 2015
KATU hatchet job
You can watch the bullshit fly HERE!
On the heels of the the anti union oregonian story.
As if any of this has anything to do with the bus driver.
Sounds like a TRIMET plant story.
That would happen if they have some issue with the new ATU757 leadership.
Trimet executive assholes take this stuff out on their front line employees.
"Do the right thing" means "fuck with our employees"
Oregon's Answer to the H-Bomb
Neil Mcfarlane is no hero
In less than two months time the vaunted MLR orange line will open.
After spending $1.5 Billion dollars the 7 mile line to Milwaukie will become reality.
This new MAX line will help some people and hurt others.
Bus 33 riders who had a one vehicle ride to downtown will now have to transfer.
Transfers is what makes public transit a horror show.
All this ongoing hoopla about this new line will attempt to canonize Neil Mcfarlane.
Mr Neil Mcfarlane is the man that broke 40 years of past practice that lead to the breaking of our union.
Neil Mcfarlane had no problem breaking promises that were made to current Trimet retirees. We get cut he gets a bonus.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Tin foil hat time
All of a sudden the mainstream media runs a bull shit anti Trimet union employee story about some 5 year old that takes off from their home and gets on a Trimet bus AND John Charles comes out with more bullshit about Trimet Union benefits THEN I end up in a debate with VICTORIA TAFT on Twitter about benefits !
There is a coordinated propaganda campaign underway!
The question is: Why now?
Child gets on Trimet bus and Trimet investigates
WTF is the point of this story? An obvious attempt to vilify yet another bus driver who has done nothing!
Now lets put on my tin foil hat and think why would this story even appear in the mainstream media?
Nothing at all happened to the kid!
Something is rotten
Now lets put on my tin foil hat and think why would this story even appear in the mainstream media?
Nothing at all happened to the kid!
Something is rotten
John Charles blasts Trimet and says employees still to expensive
He's talking out his ass on the employee benefits part. We have substandard benefits now especially when compared to PERS employees. Have no way to verify the rest of his claims against Trimet.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Another misguided TriMet management decision
TriMet management has a track
record of making poor decisions time and time again, while operating the
largest public transit system in Oregon.
In recent years, the Oregon Secretary of State issued a scathing report
about TriMet leadership with recommendations to improve management of the
agencies transit system. Just when
TriMet claimed it had cleaned up its act, another management decision leaves you scratching your head.
Over two months ago, TriMet
received information that one of its transit operators had criminal
convictions, and that he lied about his name and convictions when he applied
for work at TriMet in 1989. It was also
reported that in 2006, the operator, Daniel Martin, had been convicted of
defrauding the federal government of $78,000 for three years while he was
employed by TriMet. TriMet tried to
brush off the allegations about Martin’s criminal past claiming it was a
“union” dispute and chose to do nothing.
But when the Oregonian and
Willamette Week broke stories about Martin’s criminal past, TriMet finally
decided to at least appear as though it was doing something, and is why the
decision they made, has caused a great deal of controversy. Once again the wisdom of TriMet management’s
decision is being questioned. The
firestorm began when TriMet management issued Daniel Martin a notice of
proposed five (5) day suspension without pay and conditions for continued
employment dated June 23, 2015. This is
the punishment TriMet deemed adequate for Martin’s lying about his name and
felony conviction when he applied for work at TriMet.
TriMet confirms that Daniel
Martin lied to Executive Director Shelley Lomax on May 12, 2015 when Martin
claimed that he never went by the name of Daniel Overby and that he was not
convicted of any sex abuse crime in the 1980’s.
TriMet confirms that on May 13, 2015 Martin again lied to Executive
Director Lomax when he denied ever going by the name Daniel Overby. On June 18, 2015 however, Martin admitted to
Powell Garage Transportation Manager Lyle Pereira that his given name was
Daniel Overby and that he changed his name to Daniel Martin in 1993.
Daniel Martin was shown his 1998
TriMet job application and asked why he failed to disclose his real name and why he wrote “no” to the question….have
you ever been convicted of a criminal offense other than a traffic
violation?. Martin said that not
reporting his true name and his felony conviction for Sexual Abuse in the 2nd
degree in 1986 was an oversight. Martin
claims that he had disclosed his name and conviction to TriMet Director of
Transportation Clyde Earl and TriMet Labor Relations Director Mike Savage during
the hiring process in 1998 and that Savage told him “This is the last that we
will speak about this.” This is why
Martin claims he lied to Executive Director Shelley Lomax on May 12 and 13,
2015.
Clyde Earl and Mike Savage left
TriMet many years ago. Did TriMet
management contact both Earl and Savage to confirm that they knowingly covered
up a felony conviction for sexual abuse for a prospective employee, Daniel
Martin? Obviously the answer is that no
one from TriMet management attempted to confirm the veracity of Martin’s claim. And a question for TriMet management would be
“why not?”
Page two – TriMet misguided
decision
Powell Garage Manager Lyle
Pereira claimed in his notice of proposed five (5) day suspension that because
of Martin’s many versions of the truth, it was clear to him that Martin lied
and intended to deceive TriMet about his criminal history. Manager Pereira also wrote that because of
Martin’s lack of credibility, he seriously questioned whether Martin ever had
any conversation with TriMet officials about his convictions during the hiring
process in 1998. Manager Pereira also
acknowledged that because Martin lied on his TriMet application, it may have
prevented him from being hired by TriMet in 1998 because obviously, TriMet
would not hire a new employee to be a transit operator who had a felony
conviction as an adult for sexual abuse.
Because Martin kept his real name
and felony conviction a secret from TriMet, but, because of Martin’s reported
17 years of service and overall job
performance, manager Pereira decided to give Martin a three day unpaid
suspension and permit a convicted sex offender to continue driving bus for
TriMet. Unfortunately, manager Pereira
in citing Martin’s 17 year overall job performance, forgot to mention that
Martin was convicted in 2006 of defrauding the federal government of $78,000
over three years while employed with TriMet.
And of course Martin claimed management was aware of this conviction in
2006, which not surprisingly, TriMet has been unable to find any manager that
would admit to Martin’s disclosure.
The problem for TriMet is they have
terminated a number of employees dating back to 1989 after determining that the
employee made false statements on their application. And one can assume that these employees were
terminated for making false statements, most likely much less severe than
failing to disclose a felony conviction for sexual abuse. TriMet needs to answer the question, “why were
those employees terminated, and what false information did they provide?”. Another problem for TriMet is that now they
are setting precedent by permitting a known sex offender to continue driving a
bus, not to mention an employee who lied to get hired in 1998, and the same
employee convicted for defrauding the federal government as recent as 2006
while employed by TriMet.
So the question begs, has TriMet
really learned from repeated bad management decisions for which they were
criticized in the recent Oregon Secretary of State report?
(Shirley Block-President ATU 757)
Monday, July 20, 2015
Classic Tweets
Nothing like getting your own personal waterfall on your commute home. Thanks @Trimet #pdx #portland pic.twitter.com/eGIw7um2ON
— Harrison Dougal (@HarrisonDougal) July 21, 2015Saturday, July 18, 2015
The "Don" of the Portland light rail mafia to speak at Trimet beer festival
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| This guy's 'act' is unreal |
What: Congressman Blumenauer will talk about how our region became a leader in transit and livability, (aka crony capitalism) and about what the future might hold.
Where: Hassalo on Eighth – Outdoor Plaza
1088 NE 7th Avenue in Portland
http://news.trimet.org/2015/07/join-congressman-blumenauer-for-transit-on-tap/
3 excellent current Trimet bus driver twitter feeds
T.M Driver has become the most prolific of the latest crop of Trimet drivers on Twitter.Actually he is the most prolific EVER. He tweets like a mad man. There has been some discussion between us Trimet critics as to the genuineness of this guy but I think he's for real. Some of my fellow tweeters think he is a plant. God knows Trimet will do anything to manipulate public opinion and they have definitely made changes to their social media procedures which most likely include 'plants' but I don't think this guy is one of them.
Captain SassyPants has a very enjoyable and thought provoking feed. I really enjoy reading his observations about Trimet and the people he drives around.
Dan Christensen of course, the grand master himself. He's been around about as long as I have. Unlike me however, Dan is very well liked in the Trimet community. You may remember his excellent "Trimet confidential" blog. Trimet fascists made him take down the blog after he wrote that short story 'kill this bicyclist' which enraged the very organized bicycle community.
Friday, July 17, 2015
Chuck has left the building
Chuck was a regular on this blog in the past. Enjoy your retirement Chuck!
1 of my fav #trimet drivers has left the building! pic.twitter.com/dci41dwsG6
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 17, 2015Thursday, July 16, 2015
Never ending pro light rail propaganda
It's public transit.
It's not 'cool' or 'sexy'.
Anybody that has actually ridden on Trimet light rail knows its a trying experience at times, full of sketchy people, overcrowded trains and trains that just don't show up.
It was a $1.5 billion dollar project that went 7 miles from Portland to Milwaukie. That's $40,000 per foot! You'd think the mainstream media would write something about the absurd cost of this project.
Not a word of course. The mainstream media just does Trimet's bidding republishing Trimet press releases.
Look at this fluffy crap from the Portland Tribune aka mouthpiece for Trimet. The copious use of the words BRIDGE OF THE PEOPLE is almost enough to make me puke. Trimet has been pumping this crap out for 2 straight years now.
Those solar panels on top of the multi-story park-and-ride structure at the Park Avenue Station store enough energy to run the lights, elevator and mechanical functions for an entire year, Fetsch said.
Not only that, but “70 percent of the whole site is dedicated to improving water quality and native habitat restoration,” Fetsch said.
As the MAX train passed by the Southeast Bybee Boulevard Station, riders were treated to views of the Eastmoreland Golf Course and green spaces beyond.
At this site, TriMet, the city of Portland and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collaborated to restore more than an acre of the Crystal Springs Creek wetlands.
They are “safety ambassadors who are out when the trains are doing test runs, urging pedestrians and cyclists to be cautious,” Fetsch said.
And then it was on to the OMSI stop, where riders had their first view of the pure white cables of the newly built Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People.
The bridge allows for breathtaking views of downtown Portland and the Ross Island Bridge. On this sunny day, sailboats headed for Ross Island, while traffic, the lifeblood of the city and beyond, traversed all the visible bridges.
But the Tilikum Bridge is practical, as well as beautiful, with pipes that capture and send stormwater off the bridge and into swales that filter it, before the water gets into the storm system.
The Bridge of the People is the first of its kind in the United States to carry light-rail trains, streetcars, bikes and pedestrians, but no private vehicles.
The plaza next to the station platform features benches made from local river rock, inside galvanized wire baskets, and a gazebo is under construction that will be decorated with over-sized metal oak leaves as an homage to Oak Grove.
“You can’t see nature from McLoughlin Boulevard, but with this alignment, you get to see nature” at this stop, Fetsch noted, adding that at the highest point here, you can see downtown Portland in one direction, and all the way to Oak Grove in the other.
As they waited to re-board, riders could see an art piece made of red “balloons,” the cables of the Portland Aerial Tram, one of the OHSU buildings, and in the distance, Mt. St. Helens, in the gauzy light of early afternoon.
READ THE FULL FLUFF PIECE HERE!
Even Jonathan Maus understands the Trimet reality
good comment by Jonathan Maus
#trimet pic.twitter.com/zdxyrlgPAB
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 16, 2015
Trimet ridership plunges in June
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Portland area citizens continue abandoning the Trimet system.
June saw the biggest drop in ridership that I have seen in quite a while.
MAX ridership plunged 6%!
And Trimet's white elephant called WES continues its plunge down 8.9%!
By all objective measures the management at Trimet has been a dismal failure.
Yet there they sit, firmly entrenched with their massive six figure salaries looking forward to nice easy retirements of luxury.
Trimet is truly a Trimess.
And the public keeps eating shit day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.
I wonder how much Trimet crony Carolyn Young made off this
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| Young was a Fred Hansen crony |
And now GlobeSherpa has been purchased by some other entity, someplace called RIDE-SCOUT.
You know big money was involved which means all the principles (Young) made a killing.
And the light rail mafia marches on, the public doesn't get any of it either.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
This years "Trimet youth" program about to begin
The Trimet Youth go around to the various transit centers preaching the wonderfulness of the cult of Trimet!
Bruce Hansen on Facebook!
I find it fascinating that Bruce completely abandoned Facebook while he was ATU757 president but now that he is trying to lead a Coup d'état he has returned to Facebook.
Why was it OK for him to ignore everyone of his Facebook pals (me included)when he was the president but now its ok for him to use Facebook for his Coup d'état?
ATU757 discord continues
Losers never take their losses quietly like they do in American politics. Union officials virtually always challenge election results.
The lack of solidarity at ATU757 is pretty shocking actually. While the 2 factions in power continue to feud over who should run this union less than 50% of union members even bothered to return their ballot. That's a shocking statistic.
Currently there are six challenges to the latest election. I have information on three of those.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Stand strong Shirley
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| Shirley Block took over one of the weakest transit unions in the country and is trying to rebuild the power that ATU757 once had. |
The darts are flying fast and furious at the new president of ATU757 continuing the long tradition of union members attacking other union members.
Whining and complaining is what Trimet union members do best.
Shirley Block is now in charge. She will shake up the internal structure as she sees fit.
We (the majority) support president Block and whatever changes she thinks are necessary to get this union on the right path again.
Stand strong Shirley, we support you!
Use all the tools available to you to suppress the sore losers!
Trimet Station managers are just flunky hatchet men
Bruce Hansen supporters create minor ruckus at last nights union meeting
So we have a newly elected president for our union and what's the first thing she ends up dealing with?
A subversive movement by the ex president and his little band of supporters.
Wonderful, such solidarity at our union it makes one disgusted to even be a union member in such a dysfunctional union.
Some of us are finding it quite incredible how Bruce is mobilizing his troops to fight against his own union.
Not once did he mobilize his supporters to demonstrate or protest anything against the tyrants that run Trimet.
As a matter of fact he gave the Trimet executives EVERYTHING they asked for!
(hours of service, block signups, health care givebacks, Bruce really screwed us big time)
(hours of service, block signups, health care givebacks, Bruce really screwed us big time)
And so the truth about Bruce Hansen finally comes out, the only thing he cares about is himself.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Trimet anarchist Bob Cummings calls it quits
Good old Bob has been my 'partner in crime' for quite a few years now.
A real fighter for justice Bob produced and directed the PLIGHT OF THE TRIMET RETIREES , an excellent video production telling the true story of how the Trimet benefit cuts actually impacted current retirees.
That story was never told in any other media.
In his parting photo he gives the Trimet salute!
He hit the magic 58 years old and bailed out of the Trimess!
He hit the magic 58 years old and bailed out of the Trimess!
#trimet anarchist Bob Cummings calls it quits! pic.twitter.com/cJjMe6CUVI
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 13, 2015
Bruce Hansen refuses to accept his defeat
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| Bruce thinks that a new election will put him back in power. |
I suppose this is part and parcel to the way unions work. People don't accept defeats gracefully. Unions are about people gaining positions of power and those in power don't give that up willingly.
Bruce only garnered 35% of the total votes so he has no 'real' support.
Bruce only garnered 35% of the total votes so he has no 'real' support.
The vice presidential election can be grieved because Dan Martin wasn't technically eligible to run for office but the presidential election was totally on the up and up.
Bruce lost fair and square.
Notice his 'platform' is:
HOW LONG BEFORE RON HEINTZMAN IS BROUGHT BACK AS A CONSULTANT?
(hopefully immediately)
(hopefully immediately)
That's Bruce's platform. Attacking another union man. Wonderful Bruce, just dandy.
He's also upset that Shirley fired the lawyer he hired .
If I were Shirley I would dump everyone aligned with Bruce and get my own people in there.
That's her right as president, just like Bruce did with Ron.
He's also upset that Shirley fired the lawyer he hired .
If I were Shirley I would dump everyone aligned with Bruce and get my own people in there.
That's her right as president, just like Bruce did with Ron.
Who is it that is keeping this union divided now?
That'd be Bruce Hansen.
I'm all in favor of having another election. Bruce can lose a second time.
Maybe then he will get behind the wheel of his bus and leave the rest of us alone.
Shirley Block takes over the leadership of ATU757
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| Shirley is the 1st black female president of ATU757 |
I am excited to see Shirley take over leadership of the ATU757.
Here are some of Shirley's past writings.
Shirley has been a real fighter against Trimet tyranny and that is exactly what we union members need right now!
No more compromises, no more concessions! We have a fighter at the helm now!
Beware Stedmen, Mcfarlane, and Lomax. We are not going to take your bullshit any longer
Beware Stedmen, Mcfarlane, and Lomax. We are not going to take your bullshit any longer
Here are some of Shirley's past writings.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Friday, July 10, 2015
Portland Light Rail Mafia
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| Trimet has always been a tool for the rich to get richer |
Dan Wieden recently did something few Oregonians can do: He bought a dollar for 75 cents.
Wieden, co-founder of Portland’s Wieden+Kennedy advertising agency, purchased a $1.8 million state income tax credit from TriMet in April. To get the credit, he paid only $1.35 million—saving $450,000 on his taxes.
Mcfarlane is such as asshole
Why is #trimet's Mcfarlane so happy? He's gonna retire a rich man after cutting my pension 30% pic.twitter.com/hEVjT3EDA2
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 10, 2015
ATU International president on "hours of service"
If
your employers are seeking to negotiate or impose new rules about the
hours of service, be assured that this is their wish to get ahead of the
federal government, NOT a directive of any kind from any government
source.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Trimet finally invests in operator training
They purchase a bus simulator.
Better late than never right?
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
I know that Trimet doesn't promote based on competence but give me a break
What kind of moron would mount a camera here?
#trimet #trimess pic.twitter.com/r2bRdv8SFz
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 8, 2015Bruce back in the 'blues'
You know he's hating it!
Former #atu757 president back in a #trimet uniform pic.twitter.com/BaAL1LXbKN
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) July 8, 2015Tuesday, July 7, 2015
"From the driver's side" tackles the new trimet animal policy
Not much of a change, per se, except they made it easier for passengers
to lie about their pets being "service animals". And lie they do. Not
only do they lie about Fido's status, but they encourage others to
follow their lead. "Just say it's a service animal," I overheard someone
say on my bus recently. "Then they have to let you ride."
One operator recently suggested a rider's pet had to be in a carrier. Another passenger immediately began berating the driver about not knowing the rules. Poor operator was trying to tell the lady she could ride but had to keep Fido on her lap. Snobby Sally insisted on their getting off the bus and threatened to complain about the driver, citing his "attitude". We can't win, it seems.
This new wording encourages more deception from the riding public. Some people bask in the glory of giving us grief at every opportunity. Now, everybody's dog can be a "service animal", and even if they're not they can sit in their lap or at their "handler's" feet. Riiiight. I've seen people struggling to keep their dogs under control on the sidewalk, then drag them onto my bus and insist it's their service, or companion animal.
Read the whole post: From the Driver Side: Service Animals, or Animal Service?
One operator recently suggested a rider's pet had to be in a carrier. Another passenger immediately began berating the driver about not knowing the rules. Poor operator was trying to tell the lady she could ride but had to keep Fido on her lap. Snobby Sally insisted on their getting off the bus and threatened to complain about the driver, citing his "attitude". We can't win, it seems.
This new wording encourages more deception from the riding public. Some people bask in the glory of giving us grief at every opportunity. Now, everybody's dog can be a "service animal", and even if they're not they can sit in their lap or at their "handler's" feet. Riiiight. I've seen people struggling to keep their dogs under control on the sidewalk, then drag them onto my bus and insist it's their service, or companion animal.
Read the whole post: From the Driver Side: Service Animals, or Animal Service?
Monday, July 6, 2015
Bus drivers thinking they are fare inspectors will always lead to violence against bus operators
Lynn Bowersox, Metro’s assistant general manager for customer
service, said at a recent Metro board meeting that bus operators under
pressure often mishandle situations.
“Eighty times last year, our employees made the wrong choice,” she said. “They confronted a fare evader. And 80 times they were spat upon, slapped, punched and twice stabbed as a result of fare-collection disputes that escalated.”
Bus drivers’ fears of assaults rise to the top of Metrobus challenges - The Washington Post
“Eighty times last year, our employees made the wrong choice,” she said. “They confronted a fare evader. And 80 times they were spat upon, slapped, punched and twice stabbed as a result of fare-collection disputes that escalated.”
Bus drivers’ fears of assaults rise to the top of Metrobus challenges - The Washington Post
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Portland's world class transit agency
Portland's World Class Transit #TriMet pic.twitter.com/2fjwLvdiQB
— Ron (@TelemachusRome) July 4, 2015I've not been on #TriMet in two weeks and it's been amazing. Fuck TriMet and their anti-customer agenda. #HaveCar pic.twitter.com/jP2wNfuW4R
— Ron (@TelemachusRome) July 4, 2015Friday, July 3, 2015
Trimet is a fascist environment
It's legal to smoke marijuana for citizens of Oregon.
But employees of Trimet are not actually citizens of Oregon!
They are employees of Trimet first and citizens of Oregon second!