Trimess
Friday, July 19, 2013
TRIMET MAX LINES GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS
Of course we all know that was the intent of all this Trimet social engineering. Nothing to do with transit everything to do with property development
“But, the dark side of gentrification is the resulting involuntary displacement which takes a number of forms. In Portland, the impacts are felt most heavily by low-income renters. Homes that were once rented are sold to purchasers who plan on living in the home, displacing the former tenants. New people coming into the neighborhood are willing to pay greater amounts for the homes, rents increase displacing those unable to bear the increase. Residents are forced to look elsewhere for housing they can afford,” the paper said.
Changing neighborhoods fight for balance | KOIN.com
“But, the dark side of gentrification is the resulting involuntary displacement which takes a number of forms. In Portland, the impacts are felt most heavily by low-income renters. Homes that were once rented are sold to purchasers who plan on living in the home, displacing the former tenants. New people coming into the neighborhood are willing to pay greater amounts for the homes, rents increase displacing those unable to bear the increase. Residents are forced to look elsewhere for housing they can afford,” the paper said.
Changing neighborhoods fight for balance | KOIN.com
NEW BUSES
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| Better Late than never right? |
SIX NEW BUSES TO GO INTO SERVICE ON
TUESDAY
TRIMET 'OFFICIAL' NEWS
A: About a month ago TriMet crews finished replacing our oldest ticket machines with new Type-6 machines. Now more than 50 percent of the 213 ticket machines along the MAX and WES systems are new. Thanks to the culmination of the new machines, software upgrades and fixes, and dedicated work groups who identify issues and speed up improvements, complaints about ticket machine transactions dropped 50 percent in June from the previous 12-month average. That’s the lowest level of complaints in at least the past six years. Validators and bill acceptors are also being replaced and upgraded. For more read the news feed at news.trimet.org.
There had been a significant drop in tweets and dispatch calls relating to TVM's over the last couple of months.
But once again I have noticed that these calls and tweets are on the increase so the 'fix' might not be as effective as first thought!
Interview with Fadi Hamad
'I could have been dead today,' says bus driver who was stabbed
(And for laughs you can read the comments of some of the dumbest moron's that know how to use a computer)
(And for laughs you can read the comments of some of the dumbest moron's that know how to use a computer)
Steve Banta makes the Cover of Mass Transit magazine
Our old pal Steve who's career started as a mechanic has climbed the ladder all the way to the proverbial top rung. Not everybody liked him as much as I did but he was part of the 'golden era' of Trimet management.
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| Steve Banta was one of the 'progressive managers' along with Fred Hansen |
Thursday, July 18, 2013
ATTACKER WANTED TO USE BATHROOM
Somehow I knew that was why he stabbed the driver. It's the same reason the other driver got stabbed I believe
Latest "seen and heard on Trimet"
I THOUGHT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO KICK MINORS OFF PUBLIC TRANSIT AND PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING HOME
Trimet police wouldn't let a 12yo kid on the max to go home so I bought his ass a ticket. Thank you officers #protectandserve #bullshit
— DJ Dock Ellis (@Skelitorr) July 17, 2013
CLASSIC TWEETS
@trimet should rebrand to tristapo. A little truth in advertising goes a long way.
— Dan Colish (@dcolish) July 18, 2013
SAPPORTA SCHPEEL
“We take each of these incidents very seriously and are grateful our operator is recovering,” said TriMet’s Executive Director of Safety & Security Harry Saporta. “As we add more patrols along the area where our operator was assaulted, we look forward to working with our community partners on both short-term and long-term solutions to help keep our operators, our riders, and the neighbors feel safe as they go about their daily lives.”
It's rather funny that the life of an operator is valued the same as a piece of EQUIPMENT
Trimet press release HERE!
It's rather funny that the life of an operator is valued the same as a piece of EQUIPMENT
Trimet press release HERE!
PICTURE OF KNIFE WOUND
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| Trimet bus driver stabbed near 94th & Foster says blade narrowly missed vital organs. |
DO THE MATH MCFARLANE
More math: In the last year, number of TriMet non-union employees stabbed=0. Number of union employees stabbed=3. http://t.co/mLuu77KiUT
— MAX FAQs (@maxfaqs) July 18, 2013
THAT'S 3 BUS DRIVERS STABBED IN LESS THAN A YEAR
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Yet that dictator in charge Mcfarlane continues in his war against his own employees! We will never know the exact extent that Mcfarlanes badmouthing Trimet operators has contributed to these vicious assaults. We do know it has had an effect on peoples consciousness. Many people are under the mistaken belief that Trimet operators are overpaid and over compensated hence they have built up resentment towards transit workers.
And that resentment boils over into physical attacks.
The 'richest health care package', you want to be a bus driver you had better have good health care
MORE ON STABBING
Union president for Trimet's operators says bus driver wrestled knife away from suspect. @KGWNews
— Mark Hanrahan (@mark_hanrahan) July 18, 2013
KATU REPORT ON STABBING
Spotlight on homeless camp near where bus driver was stabbed
(if you can stomach it check out the ridiculous comments there, gives you a good picture of why this country is such a mess)
JACK WAS RIDING TRIMET YESTERDAY
Remind me to never, ever even think about taking the MAX train in the afternoon again. Complete fustercluck.
Meanwhile, they've got a
college kid here at the Gateway hell hole hounding people to join the
Tri-Met riders' club. Endless stupidity.
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