Delay of the day

MAX Green Line is delayed due to an earlier mechanical issue. Expect delays.

— TriMet (@trimet) May 5, 2014

Trimet says they are listening

You think its true?

TriMet: New MAX Trains Coming in 2015

The relics of TriMet's bus fleet - ALL PHOTOS taken today 05/04/2014

Trimet gets it wrong again

I'm not sure if these are intentional lies are just continuous screw-ups by incompetent employees.

TRIMET shameless light rail self promotion

@trimet nice use of ad dollars NOT for increasing bus service pic.twitter.com/sH3aBuAJx0

— Erik Halstead (@sp_redelectric) May 3, 2014

Changing your sox on the MAX

Woman complains about guy taking pictures of her on MAX

KGW

Trimet union labor cost chart is completely bogus

As far as I can tell these numbers are  completely bogus  unless I'm missing something!

Delay of the day

MAX Green/Yellow lines delayed due to an earlier auto crash in Ptld City Center. Expect delays up to 40 min thru 8:45a.

— TriMet (@trimet) May 3, 2014

TRIMET OFFICIALS HAVE NO ETHICS AT ALL

SCANNER WINS AGAIN

Why can't Trimet put out real time alerts like the little bloggers that they insist don't exist?
Trimet has never once acknowledged the existence of Trimetscanner

854 people follow Trimet Scanner and get real time information

12.6 thousand people follow trimet and get late information

ATU launches pay gap petition

TAKING IT TO THE STREET!

Kirk Reeves Bridge Photo's

Also known as Bridge of the Bureaucrats

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152092888268715

THE LIES THAT TRIMET MANAGEMENT GETS AWAY WITH

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Trimet propaganda-yellow line

It's pretty widely accepted, even by myself, that these light rail lines do create a more inviting atmosphere for private developers to sink down money in their attempts to make more money. I have no reason to question the validity of this recent claim of the wonderfulness of light rail

Bridge of the bureaucrats

The lastest thing to screw up rail service

Portland firefighters respond as smoke pours from manholes in downtown | OregonLive.com

Man defends bus driver

Classic clip from NYC!

But there were plenty of good times at Trimet

Remembering Trimet

Driving a bus at Trimet turned out to be a hell of a lot more than driving the bus. Although things ended badly Trimet officials were pretty tolerant of me for several years as blogging was just coming into its own. Things started going down hill fast though. Here I remember the very first disciplinary action taken against me. Once Steve Banta and Peggy Hansen left and then Mcfarlane took over my demise at Trimet was solidified.
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Trimet 'private' calls

Trimet scanner wins again-20 mins advance notice over Trimet

Max is blocked on 5th due to manhole fire
— TriMet Scanner (@trimetscanner) May 1, 2014

MAX Green/Yellow lines in downtown Portland are disrupted due to a manhole fire. Expect delays.
— TriMet (@trimet) May 1, 2014

Government contracts is the easiest way to get rich

Get in on the action HERE!

This is normal but we do love the light rail

Trimet attempting to get in on the Google publicity

Pretty pathetic if you ask me

Portland posted its response to Google’s checklist late Tuesday or early Wednesday, more than a day ahead of schedule. A couple highlights:
On the utility cabinet issue, Portland told Google that “cabinets are allowed,” but that restrictions may exist on siting, visual mitigation and the size of the cabinets.
And TriMet, not formally a part of the city of Portland, made a submission to Google anyway.
“TriMet believes that its existing conduit runs and associated facilities could serve as a plug and play environment for a Google Fiber ring (or backbone) and hut sites,” the transit agency wrote.
TriMet said it has 80 miles of fiber running under MAX light rail lines, plus park-and-ride sites that could be suitable for Google’s fiber huts.
 Google Fiber says all 34 cities still in the running at checklist deadline; TriMet offers to help | OregonLive.com