Fantastic presentation to the City of Portland

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/watch-portland-man-explains-new-freeways-bad-idea-wonky-catchy-induced-demand-song/

Places where cops DO NOT check transit fares

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2018/04/30/port-authority-drops-proposal-to-check-light-rail-transit-fares-with-armed-police-officers

Cleveland Ohio, where it’s been ruled unconstitutional

https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/11/02/cleveland-judge-has-ruled-rtas-proof-of-payment-fare-enforcement-method-unconstitutional

Control/Dispatch May 8 (10:36-13:37)

Control/Dispatch May 8 (00:00-10:36)

Control/Dispatch May 7 (17:23-24:00)

Control/Dispatch May 7 (15:12-17:23)

Control/Dispatch. May 7 (11:46-15:12)

Control/Dispatch May 7. (9:03-11:46)

Trimet’s Bullshit ‘new’ business plan

Well, it’s a new year and with it, TriMet management has published another “new five-year business plan” to outline their vision for 2019 through 2023, at least on the “business” end of things. Just like the last one, this plan is chock-full of corporate double-speak, screwy assumptions about transit, and a really bleak vision for the future of TriMet. Let’s talk a walk through boss-speak and deconstruct what new General Manager Doug Kelsey and his senior leaders are actually talking about:

https://medium.com/@andrewariley/trimets-bullshit-new-business-plan-redux-cabc07847616

Control/Dispatch May 7 (00:00-9:03)

Control/Dispatch May 4 (12:00-22:07)

Can’t finish May 4th sorry

OPAL’s Transit checklist

http://www.opalpdx.org/2018/03/our-transit-justice-priorities/

Trimet bus operator seniority rules under fire

Trimet has been establishing seniority of bus drivers by putting the names off all training class participants into a hat and then drawing names one at a time. Many newer operators object to this system and would like to see a fairer system implemented.

Like, hire date for example, like the rest of the world does it.

Control/Dispatch May 4. (00:00-12:00)

The Trimet board meeting-part 4-5-6

I hear lots of frustrations regarding operational procedures and expectations over the scanner and there is no reference to any of that during the board meeting. They even roll out some ‘exceptional’ Employees. There are issues going on operationally that are not acknowledged at this meeting. Remember these meetings are scripted

Control/Dispatch May 3

Control/Dispatch May 2

Falling further and further behind means I listen to less and less calls. Impossible to keep up with all the calls

Trimet board meeting part 2+3

Dispatch/Control May 1

Just a handful of random clips

Control Dispatch April 30 (14:14-24:00)

Trimet BS exposed

Every year, the agency conducts a public opinion poll to prove to the community that they are popular and effective. Every year, the results are skewed heavily and represent an unrealistic and ill-informed view of what TriMet does, and how our regional transit system functions.

http://www.opalpdx.org/2018/05/trimets-skewed-annual-survey/

Ron Heintzman memorial

https://twitter.com/atu757pdx/status/991422008549228545?s=21

Dispatch Control April 30 (00:00-14:19)

Dispatch Control April 29

Random selection of calls

Jeff Ackerson retired

Jeff was my main man while battling the forces of evil in my last two years at Trimet.
He had enough, I was told he bailed a month earlier than planned.
We had a falling out after I left Trimet but he was one of the more important characters while I was there.

Happy retirement Jeff

http://www.rosecitytransit.org/radio/2018/4/30/102436-107-3223.mp3

https://vimeo.com/22205712