RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Calls chosen at random and are a tiny % of all calls

Dispatch/Control- April 12

Random clips represent about 5% of all calls

Dispatch/Control April 11 (12:00-23:59)

Dispatch/Control-April 11 (00:00-12:00)

Dispatch/Control- April 9 (11:28-23:59)

Dispatch/Control April 9 (6:46-11:28)

Dispatch/Control-April 9- 00-6:49

Looks like drug deal (mind your own business)
http://www.rosecitytransit.org/radio/2018/4/9/003347-101-3111.mp3

Max operator wants to make sure riders make connections 👍
http://www.rosecitytransit.org/radio/2018/4/9/005758-1763-22105-22104-218.mp3

Wants trains to slow down
http://www.rosecitytransit.org/radio/2018/4/9/011240-1767-220-35068-21307.mp3

Dynamic brake
http://www.rosecitytransit.org/radio/2018/4/9/015317-1765-22327-22327-219.mp3

Lift bus crash

http://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/two-injured-in-trimet-paratransit-bus-crash/283-537070024

Dispatch Control April 8 + 10th.

Missing dates are on twitter feed

Thanks to Ron Heintzman my father retired from Tri-Met 23 years ago with a pension and health care which also provided health care for my mother. Prior to my mother’s passing she had cancer twice, two aneurysms and 25 years of heart disease including congestive heart failure at the end of her life. There was never any huge medical bills thanks to Ron Heintzman. My parents retired comfortably and my father lives comfortably today because of Ron. I retired at 58, have health care, live comfortably and soon at age 58 my wife will be doing so too, thanks to Ron.

Ron Heintzman fought hard for workers and their families. There are many more families with similar stories living better lives because of Ron and certainly not because of the generosity of the companies we worked for. If the companies and it’s greed driven managers had their way, they would pay us minimum wage, and laugh at the thought of providing health care or retirement, all while management gave themselves higher salaries, better benefits and retirement packages even more obscene than they already are. Ron’s foresight to see the value in health care and his continual fight with management and the companies they represented to keep health care for employees and their families was prominent.

As for the deceitful, intellectually challenged, posterior orifice Ron haters out there… he fought for you too and knew it. This one is for Ron! FUCK YOU!

Ron Heintzman passed away last night.

I am honored to have known him, proud to have called him my friend.

Bob Cummings - Retiree

Sunday, April 8, 2018

The Trimet board meeting part 6

CLICK HERE!

I recorded the last part which was a presentation of trimet public records. For some reason the file got corrupted and I’m not interested in watching it again.
Blue state Oregon rates an F when it comes to transparency and that includes all the agencies within the state of Oregon including Trimet.
They have until something like 2026 to attain some nebulous goals so obviously they are in no rush to attain any true transparency.
They’ve been working on it for the past 8years, as I said Oregon rates an F from independent watchdog groups for transparency so the board presentation was basically another whitewash.

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/09/18502/oregon-gets-f-grade-2015-state-integrity-investigation

Saturday, April 7, 2018

TriMet responds to TriMet alert on Twitter

I guess the wording of this alert (written by a dispatcher for bus operators) does seem like it could have been someone trying to inform TriMet, but a quick check of the account would show that it's not.