Excellence in Bus Stop Planning

As I got off my bus this morning at 6th and Market, the rear door of the bus was lined up with this little patch of mud.  As the bus was standing room only, a few riders had to step off of the bus to let others off, so our only choice was to walk through the mud.

Next to the mud patch was a little sign that says to help protect the landscaping and not to walk on it.

What were we supposed to do?  All file out through the front door?  This is a brand new bus stop on the Transit Mall!  Shouldn't the size of a bus and the placement of the doors have been a consideration towards the design of the bus stop?  Would a MAX stop be built with this where the door would be located?

Why buy new buses, when you can paint the old ones like new?

Did Neil McFarlane really say THIS?????

Those who know our business know that the MAX system has been the best thing that ever happened to the bus system…

Great Bus Stops of Portland

The sad part is that this isn't even in the automobile-centric suburbs of Beaverton and Lake Oswego - this is right smack in the middle of downtown Portland and the Portland State University campus.  Where are you supposed to board the bus?  If you're in a wheelchair or other mobility device, what are you supposed to do?  Wait in the right lane of 4th Avenue?

TriMet should not be tolerating this.  If this were a MAX stop, there'd be cops and tow trucks here PRONTO.  What is the difference between MAX and a bus?  There should be cops and tow trucks here PRONTO...and the idiot that actually authorized the placement of two parking spaces in front of the shelter should be fired.  This is Portland, for pete's sake!

New proposal for Lake Oswego-Portland transit

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Lewis & Clark College Gillig Phantom on the "Pioneer Express"