Friday, December 21, 2018

Trimet contractor FIRST TRANSIT makes Scrooge of the year

and big thanks go out to the Oregon leader in public sector union busting behavior TRIMET for keeping them in business 

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Trimet Deke’N Blue on outsourcing the Powell shuttle

https://fromthedriverside.blogspot.com/2018/12/kiss-my-hard-working-union-ass.html

When our "Bored" of Directors (a nickname I chose after being to a few of their meetings, in which they appear as wax statues with recording boxes in their collective larynx emanating predictable corporate soundbites that echo "Yeah, whatever he says") steamrolled the hiring of a new GM. 

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Kelsey is just another union busting overpaid hack

TriMet’s latest union busting maneuvers

Jason Mchuff

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Chris Day

ATU757 has posted on their website this post http://www.atu757.org/check-your-check-its-pay-raise-season-at-trimet/ and they are patting themselves on the back for all the hard work they have been doing and attempting to convince the members that they are doing a good job for them. There are many things I would like to point out in what they are telling members and I hope members take a good look at the information.

Monday, December 10, 2018

This is freaking over the top

Look who I ran into today

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Trimet is the leader in technology my ass

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Red state Arizona

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Light rail fail!

Monday, December 3, 2018

Train operator from NYC talks about his job

This sure sounds familiar doesn’t it ?

https://progressiveaction.info/2016/07/19/this-job-isnt-what-i-thought-it-would-be-member-submitted/

4. As for the depression issue there really isn’t anything you can do as a transportation agency. They run this place like it’s the military with no regard for their employees as human beings and other agencies will have to be involved to change this

Ohh Steve

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Eli Richey INNOCENT!

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Neal Berlin

This clip illustrates what TriMet and its Boarof Director (Portland,Oregons public transit agency) is doing in a very well orchestrated public relations campaign.  For all those who give their three minutes of public testimony before the Board, for all those who attend the TriMet public out reach meetings,for all those who serve on the numerous TriMet advisory committees;you are being played for fools.  Your opinions,your facts and your concerns are really not considered in the final, preordained agenda by this appointed group.  They refer and think of themselves as the guardians who have the "legal authority " and the "the common good" at the heart of every decision they make to  keep, what as I refer to as "The Capital Project Ponzi Scheme" on track and rolling right into the taxpayers wallets.  The foundation for the taxpayers approval of the 2020 Bond, for the construction of SWCorridor Rail project is now playing;  see we at TriMet how great and generous they are with taxpayers money.  Do not dare bring up waste, passenger or employees safety,large management salaries and more than generous retirement compensation.  These issues are for another time: never, or least until they can put together a fancy PowerPoint presentation to dupe most of us that the " common good" is being well served. The track record of how taxpayer money is being spent, would get most people kick out of a job,let alone in Trimets eyes there is never enough money for them to spend.  We, the taxpayers, should call for a complete overhaul of oversight of TriMet.   I fear that nothing will be done.  My three minutes are up.  So it goes... Two Bells.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=7aXv1J9ewjY

Friday, November 23, 2018

BANTA was doing what they all do. He’s a scapegoat

Thursday, November 22, 2018

From the Trimet Drivers side

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Kelsey got $497,000 when he got fired from TransLink

So much corruption involved with North American public transportation. The technocrats that have control over these public transportation Districts have created little fiefdoms for themselves and reward each other absurdly


https://biv.com/article/2016/06/severance-packages-provide-soft-landings-translink

Mainstream media declares Kathy Wai a hero

In yet another bizarre twist in our information stream the mainstream has declared Wai a hero. Mind you her only accomplishment was delaying the vote two weeks. She even voted yes with all the rest of the sock puppets to continue the unconstitutional  fare sweeps.

The fake news never ends.
https://www.oregonlive.com//news/2018/11/immigrant-advocate-daughter-kathy-wai-trimets-youngest-ever-board-member-shakes-things-up.html

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Steve Banta news

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2018/11/07/former-valley-metro-ceo-stephen-banta-fraud-sentencing-postponed-until-nov-20/1896285002/

The Attorney General's Office began investigating Banta shortly after The Republic in November 2015 found he routinely flew first class, stayed in a nearly $600-a-night hotel room and bought alcohol for himself and guests at restaurants while running the transit system.
The Republic obtained Valley Metro documents through the state's Public Records Law and found that Banta on several occasions was reimbursed for dinners up to $470 in which the people he claimed to have entertained did not attend.
His expense and credit-card records show he flew first class on eight of the 11 trips he took while representing Valley Metro on business and at conferences in places such as Munich, Germany, and Milan, Italy.
(I liked Steve, a lot. Too bad he enjoyed the pork a little to much in a place like Arizona where they care about that sort of thing. Now if he done this in a ‘blue’ state he most likely would still be running the show)

BANTA GETS PROBATION

https://www.oregonlive.com//news/2018/11/immigrant-advocate-daughter-kathy-wai-trimets-youngest-ever-board-member-shakes-things-up.html

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Trimet unconstitutional fare sweeps passes the Trimet board unanimously

https://youtu.be/NgPGVO-EBEs

Imagine if the American police state started randomly pulling over cars and checking to make sure that each driver had “valid” drivers license, valid car registration and valid car insurance. I wonder how the citizens would react to that? That’s exactly what the police state is doing to transit riders.

Thursday, November 15, 2018

While Trimet operators suffer endless torture the trimet aristocracy lives In a bubble all its own

Public transportation corruption laid bare

Read the entire thread
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Kathy Wai sold us out

She was a fraud all along

John Gardner- Boot licker

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Sock puppets


Monday, November 12, 2018

Great moments in Trimet history


Sunday, November 11, 2018

People just don’t get it

I’ve spent a good portion of my free time on social media and most of my focus has been on public transportation and Trimet. One thing I understand about social media, in many cases it’s just polarized our society even worse than it was before it became popular.  Everyone is in their own little ‘thought bubbles’ which they share with people of like mind. The thought bubbles don’t react with each other and when they do it never brings about any change of opinions, it just brings conflict.

 I was trying to have a Twitter Debate, and that’s just a fools errand so I then decided to put my thoughts together via video. Needless to say the other person didn’t even bother to watch it

https://youtu.be/BbwtgW8GZZ4

Friday, November 9, 2018

Apply today.

Truth to power

Why bother having any board resolution at all

The Trimet police state does what it wants anyway

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Neal Berlin and I actually sat through the entire 4 1/2 hour Trimet board meeting

Its an amazing feat and I never would have been able to do this had Neal not been watching with me

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Trimet Fascists declare state of emergency!


Monday, October 22, 2018

Best sweatshirt ever

Me and Scott

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Don’t worry about fares?

Kelsey member of the 1%

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Trimet tries fear

https://trimetpdx.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/trimet-tries-fear/

A Transit officer that demands fare production is enforcing Trimet POLICY. Trimet policy is not law. Period.

Walking away when a TriMet fare inspector asks to see your fare may technically be an option, but it comes with serious risk. When an inspector checks your fare, you aren’t being detained in any legal sense — but if you walk away, a nearby law enforcement officer could see your flight as reasonable suspicion to stop, cite or even arrest you.
Simply put, it’s not worth it.


I call bullshit. The right of avoidance, the right of retreat, the right to remove from a consensual conversation, I don’t recall those being ended. Trimet is flat out telling you that you should be afraid if you choose to exercise your right to avoid self-incrimination in the form of leaving the scene. That’s bullshit

Friday, October 12, 2018

Monday, October 8, 2018

Fascists haven’t changed a thing in clear violation of a court order

And people in Portland have the nerve to complain about Trump when we have this illegal police state right here!

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Kelsey-Trump, they are all the same

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Trimet lawless fascists brazenly flouting their power and lack of accountability


MAX operators suffer their abuse silently


Trimet is hiring





Trimet board meetings

I fear I’ve reached my level of tolerance when it comes to watching that farce called the Trimet Board meeting. I find myself actually getting angry at this group of entitled elitists that make all The decisions that affect the rest of us with zero regard to what the citizens think.  The never ending bullshit and verbal dirreah is just to much for me to bear any longer

It’s very similar to the rage I feel when listening to that orangutan called President Trump speak. The man just gets up there and spouts lie after lie after lie and we are forced to live with it. At least Trump makes me laugh with his insane clown act.

I already know the truth about government. It’s a predator on ‘we the people’. Weather Trimet or Trump, it’s all the same shit show.

If you want to to watch those offensive board meetings do it on the Trimet YouTube site. I’m done with them

(I’ll still post public testimony but I don’t want to listen to those overpaid elitists speak anymore)


Monday, October 1, 2018

Trimet bus vs Trimet max

Pretty good example of failed engineering. The bus hit the train on the way out of the garage. That shouldn’t even be possible




Kim Sewell takes over for Stedmen

believe or not I actually know this person. I met her during one of my McFarlane lawsuits. Instead of McFarlane across the table I had her. I didn’t bother perusing the case became I wasn’t interested in fighting with her. I lost and ended up paying that piece of shit McFarlane $150 bucks!

Anyway I don’t know enough about her to know how she’ll be as the new HR Director. One thing I do know, nobody can be worse than Stedmen

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Banana republic called Trimet

Those of us who have been tracking Trimet for years know they are basically unaccountable  to anyone and that includes courts of law. This is not the first time we’ve seen these awful immoral technocrats ignore court decisions.

So here we go again, this time they’re not stealing money out of employees paychecks illegally, this time they are terrorizing their riders

http://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport/index.ssf/2018/09/officers_still_participating_i.html

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Trimet steals employees time with impunity



Doug Kelsey states that he doesn't follow court rulings and doesn't respect the rights of Trimet riders

How is it possible for Trimet to employ a general manager who doesn't respect the rule of law or the rights of Trimet riders? 
Well we know how don't we, Trimet is its own country and doesn't care about rule of law.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Son of Hightower was right all along


He’s been fighting Trimet fascists a long time. 
Now it turns out he was right about all of it

Monday, September 17, 2018

Monday, September 10, 2018

Putin on trimet electric buses

Trimet Electric Buses: The Winding Road

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Trimet execs blow it again

Trimet moved all these runs to Merlo garage now there is no place for late night drivers to park

More brilliance by the overpriced executives

They are unable to see reality because they are so removed from it


F. A. I. L.

Henry Beasley

Brothers and Sisters,

Last year in our district, we’ve had record levels of attacks on transit workers and the district has done nothing but put Band-Aids on gaping wounds and in some cases done nothing at all.

Nationally, assaults have soared in recent years, without any real action to stem the problem other than grand-standing, cheap alternatives, and pacification of transit workers while the numbers have steadily increased.

When will we say, “Enough is enough?”

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

The August Trimet board meeting part 7 with Neal Berlin

The first 4 minutes of Gardner's comments were blanked out I was wrong about the reason

Friday, August 17, 2018

The brutality that is Trimet in one scanner call

I don’t know of too many places that fire employees for being sick but Trimet does it as a matter of routine

http://www.rosecitytransit.org/radio/2018/8/7/100538-102-2528.mp3

Monday, August 6, 2018

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Dispatch/Control calls going back to twitter

i just don’t have enough time to continue posting the calls to this blog. If you’re interested in hearing Trimet radio calls you will have to scroll through my twitter account

Monday, July 9, 2018

Calls July 6-7-8 (00:00-08:53)

Very quick scan falling too far behind

From the Driver Side: This ATU Member Stands for Unity

From the Driver Side: This ATU Member Stands for Unity: In careers past, I wondered what it would be like to have a union job. Throughout my life, I've  wished for a career in which I felt ...

Editorial by Neil Berlin

Just trust this TriMet management and its Board of Directors?  Look at their current, let alone past record of spending of tax dollars,the results, low ridership and more crime.  The solution to our,your problems,is just let us get into your wallet.

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Calls June 29 (13:02-24:00)

no mechanicals or other common incidents

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Regarding the max vs fire truck that happened 11 years ago

Oh my goodness!  The String Theory must be true!  The Hillsboro Fire Truck and the MAX train collision in Hillsboro about 11 years ago with MAX operator Bill Wagoner.   Unfortunately for Bill he was the scapegoat for TriMet and Hillsboro Fire Department.

Another corrupted institution rules for the oligarchy

In a decision that surprised nobody the "Supreme Court" (😾💣🙉) ruled against public sector unions in the united states . 
 Just one more step in turning this country into just another 3rd world tin pot banana republic. 

Trimet management contInues abusing operators

I’ve written several posts regarding the brutality  of the American public transportation industrial complex. A complex owned and operated by a class of over paid aristocrats who really have no idea what it’s like to operate or ride transit on a daily basis.  I even get to the point where I think that transit management INTENTIONALLY creates a system that pits riders against drivers so as to focus public scorn away from the corrupted management. A executive management that reaps in obscene salaries and pensions and doles out billions in corporate welfare while letting riders rot waiting for buses and trains that never show up due to malfunctioning equipment. Management that throws unprepared operators out on the unfamiliar roadways to sink or swim on their own after a few weeks of ‘training’.

 The American public transportation model is a complete and Utter failure and needs to be reorganized. That will never happen  because American public transportation is a function of government and we all know who government serves.

It’s not ‘we the people’

https://fromthedriverside.blogspot.com/2018/06/managements-unhealthy-expanision.html?m=1

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Calls June 22

No mechanicals or other common incidents

Calls June 17

Even a quick scan takes a long time

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Calls June 16

No mechanical or other common incidents

Calls from June 15

Very quick scan. So many incidents even a quick scan isn’t quick

Control/Dispatch June 14

No mechanicals. Just too many. Quick scan

Be on the lookout for unmarked road supervisor vehicles

It was reported to me by an on duty bus operator that supervisors are using unmarked cars in a similar fashion as police unmarked cars. 
You have been warned.


Thursday, June 14, 2018

Trimet ‘leaders’ don’t really know much about Portland Metro

So the Top Dog At Trimet (Kelsey) has been in Portland for 2 years after getting the boot from Translink in Vancouver and his new assistant top dog (Henderson) has been in Portland for 3 years...

Ummm...

I guess it doesn’t take long to understand a city

Right?


Scary!

And the winners are


Shirley Block President
Jonathan Hunt Vice President
Mary Longoria Treasurer 

Stupid

i know that there are plenty of Trump supporters at Trimet and I personally don’t give a rats ass, but for Christ’s sakes you are operating a transit vehicle in PORTLAND OREGON, ONE OF BLUEST CITIES IN THE USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸!

Friday, June 8, 2018

Control/Dispatch June 7

No mechanical or other common incidents

Dispatched out

Going back to twitter with calls till I get undispatched out

Dispatch/Control June 2 (17:10-24:00)

fast forward as I can’t keep up with these calls

From the Driver Side: The Stench Factor

From the Driver Side: The Stench Factor: For some reason, I can drive a route with relatively few problems until the last day of a signup. After three months of the route, the reg...

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Dispatch/Control. June 2 (00:00-17:10)

Just a few, no Mechanicals or other common calls

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Dispatch/Control May 30

Quick scan. No mechanical, trespassing , sleepers or lost and found etc

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Guest post by Chris Day

Not happy with Deke... He is not appearing as impartial..

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Is Trimet really in the process of change?

Mcfarlane slinked out the back door (to his tax funded six figure retirement) and three board members got "fired".  Some of the activist groups see these moves as evidence that things may be 'changing' at Trimet.

 Personally I'm not buying any of it.
 Obviously our masters are aware that Trimet has a public relations problem. 
Trimet officials knew they couldn't get the citizens to open their wallets. 
 It was so bad they turned the whole thing over to Metro hoping that they can coax the citizens into ponying up their hard earned cash for that horrible southwest corridor project. 
The masters have plowed 100's of millions of payroll tax dollars on that damn project, they don't need voters approval for that.
 Any citizen capable of rational independent thought knows that all of these Trimet capital projects serve the elites that are involved in the projects. 
 From the planners, engineers, construction contractors, managers, coordinators  etc etc on and on.  This project will do nothing to help the citizens anymore than that  Division gentrification project will. 
 Meanwhile Trimet on the ground services continue to struggle

The "leadership" has basically remained the same at Trimet.  
Kelsey is Mcfarlanes hand picked successor and Bruce Warner remains the president of that sock puppet board. 
None of the three new board members know anything about transit from what I've seen.  

Our 'masters' are experts at fooling us. 
All they want is our money.
Government today serves only the interests of the elites, you see it at all levels.
Don't buy the hype.