MAX SCREW UP OF THE DAY

MAX Yellow Line disrupted due to collision between a train and a deer. Shuttle buses now serving stations between Lombard and Expo Ctr.

— TriMet (@trimet) October 27, 2013

THE TRIMET BRIDGE NAMING EVENT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER TRIMET SHAM TO ME

TRIMET DESERVES NO PRAISE FOR BRINGING BACK 'FREQUENT SERVICE'

SO MUCH FOR TRANSPARENCY

CLASSIC TWEETS

New #Trimet safety features include buses that say "pedestrians, bus is turning." Also, "Look both ways" and "Hold mommy's hand."

— Damascus Steel (@Damascus_Steele) October 26, 2013

2014: Trimet buses achieve enough sentience to avoid running into people. Still can't fix black screen bug on Trimet ticket app.

— Damascus Steel (@Damascus_Steele) October 26, 2013

THE TRIMET GENERAL MANAGER GETS TO NAME THE NEW BRIDGE? WTF?

Trimet is running this huge slick 1st class propaganda campaign around naming the new bridge.
But the final decision is by one man? The Trimet General Manager Neil Mcfarlane?
This entire public process all boils down to one man, I can't even believe that.
At the very least shouldn't the board make that final decision? 
I can't believe this shit.

• Final names forwarded by committee to TriMet general manager
  Spring 2014
• Final bridge name chosen by TriMet general manager
  Spring 2014

TriMet: Name the Bridge: Selection Process

Sorry but I think Neil Mcfarlane is actually a CRIMINAL

Why don't we just name it the "fucking dick head" bridge and put a statue of the dickhead right there

 

Some transit districts stand by their systems or your money back

SEPTA | Service Guarantee

THREE HOURS ON THE TRIMET SYSTEM-THE CONCLUSION

DON'T MISS THIS CLASSIC TRANSIT PROTEST VIDEO FROM LONG ISLAND-IT COULD BE TRIMET

They Didn't Start the Problems from al m on Vimeo.

▶ They Didn't Start the Problems (Ode to the LIRR) - YouTube

TRIMET ACTUALLY APOLOGIZES? CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??

"We apologize to our riders for recent delays surrounding signal issues on the bridge" Angela Murphy

That's the first time we have seen any sort of humility out of Trimet, it's freaking amazing!

Addressing service disruptions on the Steel Bridge | TriMet News and Media Releases

PACK EM AND STACK EM

Which is also known as 'transit oriented development' and its almost a religion in the Portland area. Although Portland likes to think of itself as thinking this up its actually thought up by some much bigger central planners than we have here in the peoples republic of Portlandia. The money to pull off this grand design all comes from big daddy the federal government so that should give you some idea of the type of top policy makers that are involved with this.


Basically here is the idea, you "pack em" into vehicles that can pack as many humans as possible into it.

Light rail fits the bill for the 'pack em' philosophy since buses cant pack as many humans into a small space as a light rail vehicle can. Light rail is accomplished using eminent domain power of the government demolishing whatever is in its way.

The you "stack them" into these types of properties that are developed along these rail lines. Here in Portland most of the properties that have been developed in NW Portland were homes before the were demolished by developers. Developers who by the way make a tidy fortune in this process.

Big long rows of these types of buildings fit the 'stack em' scheme of transit oriented development.

After all this is accomplished multiple fortunes are made by those involved with  the construction, and there is plenty of construction contracts with nice profit margins built into them for the principals.

PACK EM AND STACK EM! 

And there will be places like Wal-Mart on the rail lines for the human cattle to work, its all about herding the humans
into places to work and live

Do you think Jack is correct?

What Milwaukie has to look forward to, very soon... http://t.co/UsNffiG1sH

— Jack Bogdanski (@bojack54) October 25, 2013

Dr Jeff's Trimet humor

Trimet to get $400k for 5 talking buses

Trimet was going to do this several years ago. Jerri Ellsworth, an  electrical engineer, did this great production about the talking bus and what a huge waste of money it is. Notice how the price per talking bus has gone substantially higher than when Jerri made this video

Trimet actually responded to this tweet

I can't wait to see if they actually fulfill his request. I have my doubts.

@mattstransport I've sent your tweet to our Safety folks.

— TriMet (@trimet) October 25, 2013

WTF IS THIS PUBLIC RELATIONS PLOY?

The forums will include a presentation on TriMet’s current equity policies, including the Major Service Change Policy, Disparate Impact Policy, Disproportionate Burden Policy (what in the world is this)and System-wide Performance Standards and Policies.

TriMet hosts community forums on Fair and Equitable Transit | TriMet News and Media Releases

MURDER ON THE MAX

PORTLAND, Ore. - An 18-year-old was arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting at a TriMet transit station earlier this month that left one person dead and another injured.

Silvano Velasquez is facing charges of murder, attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree assault.

The shooting happened Oct. 11 at the MAX station at Southeast 93rd and Holgate.

Abukar Madey, 15, died of a gunshot wound to the head and a second victim, 22-year-old Lucio Alejandro Ramirez-Navarra, a.k.a. Alex Ramirez, survived after being shot several times.

Anyone with further information that can help investigators is asked to call Detective Mark Slater at (503) 823-9319 or Detective Erik Kammerer at (503) 823-0762.  Arrest made in deadly shooting at MAX station | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking News - Portland, Oregon

CLASSIC TWEETS

Not quite sure why I laughed so hard at this rather simple tweet. I guess cause it said it all

"This just in: #trimet MAX is having problems. And now to the weather. Mark?"

— Nonpartisan (@nonpartisantoo) October 25, 2013

It was 'insulated joint failure' that created the latest MAX Mess

DISPATCH HERE!

insulated joint | MAX FAQs

CLASSIC TWEETS

This door on 103 always makes me laugh. #trimet pic.twitter.com/mwChi0aJYz

— Transit Rider PDX (@TransitRiderPDX) October 25, 2013

"@TransitRiderPDX This door on 103 always makes me laugh." Looks like #TriMet went to U-Pull It. Isn't that near that pile of scrapped TVMs?

— Ron (@TelemachusRome) October 25, 2013

MAX SCREW UP OF THE DAY (one of many usually)

There's another #TriMet signal issue downtown affecting some MAX service (again). @superdaisy: "it's vaguely on the alerts/detours pages."

— Joseph Rose (@pdxcommute) October 25, 2013

TriMet crews working to fix Steel Bridge issue causing MAX delays. Green/Yellow lines adjusted in downtown Portland during repair process.

— KOIN News (@KOINNews) October 25, 2013

On October 14th Lane Jensen recorded this interview with me

And on October 17th he was arrested. In this interview he explains what he is doing and why he is doing it. So I put it to you, was Lane's actions intentional harassment or unintentional stupidity brought on by ignorance of the law.

I don't remember hearing about this either

GOT OFF MAX ONLY TO FIND THIS GUY

BRUCE HANSEN SAYS BART STRIFE SHOULD BE CAUTIONARY TALE FOR TRIMET

“The tragedy of two deaths in the San Francisco BART strike has its origins in the same management attitudes we see demonstrated by TriMet’s top level management,” says Bruce Hansen, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union. He’s referring to the death of two BART workers, struck by a train being operated by a manager driving during a labor strike. The BART workers were on strike primarily because of work rule changes, benefit takeaways and safety issues. That strike ended last night when the company and the union reached a tentative agreement.

The strike happened because BART’s management team proposed many changes in work rules and employee benefits. Just like TriMet, the management team contended that the transit agency’s workers held relatively unskilled positions, were overpaid, and did not deserve their benefits. “When I read BART’s public relations push, I thought I was reading a Portland newspaper,” says Hansen.