Trimet capital projects marches on

I find it odd indeed that Trimet has completely failed to deliver adequate service now to the corridor and as a matter of fact has made transit worse and worse over there as the years have gone by yet somehow they will be in charge of improving it. Of course that means another capital project for them doesn't it?

TriMet looks to improve SW Corridor transit

LATEST SEEN AND HEARD ON TRIMET

But not seen on TRIMET'S HOW WE ROLL BLOG!

 TRIMET SCANNER TWEETS HERE!

I need a car. I hate that Trimet rules my life.
 @NotMykalaMorgan

CLASSIC TWEETS-MEET OUR LEGAL SYSTEM

When your part of the ruling elite you get action far in excess of what is needed when you an average citizen you get shit until your dead

Automated SMSes to @trimet board members? Cops: no-contact orders, arrest. Threaten to violently murder? Cops: Meh. http://t.co/dvj9ibqg4r
— maxp (@maximus_freeman) October 24, 2013

MAX SCREW UP OF THE DAY

@bkerensa @trimet Check my tweets. Signal problem.

— Joseph Rose (@pdxcommute) October 24, 2013

VERY LIVELY TWITTER DEBATE ABOUT LANE GOING ON

It seems that we are debating Lane over at Twitter several times a day. I made the following tweet.

@ubrmel poor poor managers, got those nasty cell phone texts, i sure hope they recover soon from the shock of it all

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) October 24, 2013

TRIMET BOARD MEETINGS ARE A COMPLETE BORE WITHOUT LANE JENSEN

Lane was banned from the meeting so we will play a past appearance of Lane

BART WORKERS WIN THE STRIKE

The power of labor is strong with the right to strike
Mercury News editorial: BART caved with 16.4% pay increase, few gains on rules

Union's Response to TriMet's Strategic Financial Plan

Today, the Amalgamated Transit Union hand delivered its response to the TriMet Strategic Financial Plan (SFP) that was recently released by the agency. The Union noted in its letter that, despite the fact its members total 87% of the TriMet workforce, the Union was neither informed of the planning process nor invited to participate. After addressing some issues of concern about the SFP, the Union offered to participate in a collaborative approach to address the issue of unfunded retiree benefits. “We’re hoping the Board takes us up on our sincere offer to work as a team to discover the best and fairest SFP approach to what has been a long term and complete failure to fund retiree benefits,” said Union president, Bruce Hansen.

Patrick Stanely and Vivian Satterfield

2 LONELYGUYS PRESENTS

Jason and Al are the 2LonelyGuys Production studio

The complete meeting of the Trimet board of sock puppets

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

This production is made at the 2 LonelyGuys time and expense as a service to the public

I'd be embarrassed to drive a bus that did this

JOE ROSE ARTICLE
Trimet official release

MAX SCREWUP OF THE DAY

YELLOW LINE BLOCKED http://t.co/5JEKnqAONz

— TriMet Scanner (@trimetscanner) October 23, 2013

Trimet continues to misuse the word 'frequent'

"Frequent service" is not every 15 minutes. It's every 8 minutes or less. However, this being Portlandia words are always used to fool people into thinking something they are not. Anyway some lines are getting '15 minute service' which is better than '20 minute service' for sure. Mr Wonderful slings his usual bullshit

Lines 4 and 72 already offer 15-minute "midday" frequent service. In March, riders on 10 other lines will get the same service: 6-Martin Luther King Jr Blvd; 8-Jackson Park/NE 15th; 9-Powell/Broadway; 12-Barbur/Sandy Blvd; 14-Hawthorne; 15-Belmont/NW 23rd; 33-McLoughlin; 54-Beaverton/Hillsdale Hwy/56-Scholls Ferry Rd.; 57-TV Hwy/Forest Grove; 75-Cesar Chavez/Lombard.

JOE ROSE HERE!

Bill Wimmer president of ATU 757 retirees

Most likely the only thing worth watching at today's puppet meeting

Trimet's dirty litle secret

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I am writing this with a preface of hoping that I am wrong, but I have checked with a number of members on the Company’s “dirty little secret,” theft of money from bus operators.  In the first installment of HOS part one; the question was concerning the money lost from the “log-in and the log-out” not being recorded for operators to get the correct pay that you are owed, regardless of a time-slip or not.

OREGON HELD AS THE EXAMPLE OF HOW MANAGEMENT CAN BREAK UNIONS

This is an interesting article since Mass Transit magazine is basically for transit management. They hold up Trimet as the example of how to to the no strike thing. What they have failed to point out is that Trimet has a very passive employee base. Virtually no real activism goes on there, no real solidarity  and the union is fairly weak. A 'winner take all' approach is devastating to the labor movement. Personally I think the union destroyed itself when it signed on to this bull shit.
Since the union workers essentially get no say in their contract, why shouldn't it be a 'right to work' union membership which means join if you want and don't join if you don't want.

In Oregon, where strikes by transit workers have been banned since 1995, there has generally been labor peace, said Henry Drummonds, a law professor at Lewis and Clark University in Portland. He helped install the system.

If contract talks don't work, Drummonds said, the two sides go to an arbitrator, who picks one proposal or the other — winner take all.

Strike bans bring issues - Mass Transit

THIS TRIMET HAIKU GETTING VERY BAD REVIEWS ON TWITTER

I'm sorry, but if you like this TriMet haiku, we can't be friends anymore. pic.twitter.com/G9DZSwEtOB

— Jessica Roberts (@jessicaroberts) October 23, 2013

CLASSIC TWEETS

@GaryRidesBikes @jessicaroberts Trimet tries so hard/Falls flat like an autumn leaf/They give me a sad

— Christopher Kidd (@BikeBlogChris) October 23, 2013

MAX SCREW UP OF THE DAY

#TriMet MAX service disrupted due to earlier mechanical issue on the #SteelBridge. Expect possible delays through 11:30 a.m.

— Joseph Rose (@pdxcommute) October 23, 2013

Reading the Trimet statistical reports

Make Him Learn

The common theme right now is Lane Jensen's telephonic mishap. Again, there are about 7.1 billion people in the world, and all of them would agree that he shouldn't have done what he did. But there is a lot of debate as to what the consequences should be. Here I offer my take.

Transit Rider PDX: Make Him Learn

Chicago's Electronic Fare System debacle

And this is what TriMet wants - instead of a TESTED, PROVEN system like Orca Card that is a simple electronic fare system that has over 99.9% reliability over ten years:

IT'S OFFICIAL-RIDERS ABANDONING TRIMET

Trimet officials have been trying to convince us every single month for the last year that the decrease in ridership was due to the loss of fareless square.

Well we now have the first month to month comparison after the fareless square was eliminated and guess what, Trimet is still losing riders.

No more lame excuses Trimet officials. You've treated people badly, cut the heck out of the bus service, and people don't really want to ride your system. It's official now. Transit ridership is up to record levels around north America, but Trimet its the opposite

I got an idea for you guys, how about  a couple more deputy general managers to study the problem, that will fix it right?

On a positive note, WES served 300 more people this September than last September. Hahaha! (sorry didn't mean to laugh)

WHEN YOUR BUS SERVICE SUCKS YOUR DRIVERS GET ATTACKED

MORE DOWNTIME FOR TRIMET'S BRILLIANT INVENTION

Because ORCA and/or Clipper Cards make too much sense and don't cost enough money!