The postings contained in this collection were all done BEFORE Trimet regulations were adopted limiting blog activities of all Trimet employees. It's the personal collection of the blog owner:
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As we prepare for tomorrow's grand opening of the Green Line, I want to thank everyone on the Operations team who has worked diligently to make sure that this new line will open successfully and can be integrated into our overall service. After two weeks of fine tuning the operating plans and service delivery methods we are more comfortable with our new operating environment. It has been a collaborative effort with our partners in capital projects, and I want to thank them for their work. While it comes a day before we reduce service on many of our bus lines, it is important to remember that tomorrow is an opportunity for us to put our best feet forward and demonstrate to potential new riders why so many people chose TriMet buses and trains for their commute. Whether you are working on the front line, in facilities, transportation, maintenance of way, or behind the scenes you all play a critical role in making our service a success. More than 25,000 people are expected to attend the celebrations tomorrow. Some of them may be new to riding TriMet service. Please take the time to provide a smile and a welcome to riders, and help make their experience one that they will want to repeat. Thank you again for your hard work and commitment to your customers. Well done!
Thanks, you guys over there at Tri-Met have my respect for what you put up with. Your videos really show an insight onto what public transportation is like in many parts of the U.S. I love your videos, both being interested in buses and public transportation, I am sure learning alot. I sure hope and pray the State of Oregon and Trimet will wake up and restore those buses they cut. Your videos are giving folks who depend on transit hope, because finally someone is speaking out. Thank you so much.
"well I think I'm gonna not persue anything further and let jon handle management I don't wanna make a bigger issue publicly since we have our contract expiring this year.thanks everyone for your support"
TRIMET: A TriMet employee posted the passing of a long-time operator, which is someone... Read More’s right to do. Other operators expressed concerns to the operator’s supervisor because they were upset to learn of the passing in such a manner. We typically inform the supervisors of a passing, who then communicate directly to employees who worked with the individual, we send in grief counselors, etc. We handle these kinds of situations very sensitively. The supervisor approached the operator just to inform that others were impacted by the post. We did not ask to have the post taken down, nor would we have the right to ask him to do so in this situation. We just wanted to alert the operator that other people were emotionally upset.
Garcia, Donia Phyllis 63 11/2/1945 9/6/2009 Donia was born in Beaumont, Texas. She was a TriMet driver for 30 years. Donia is survived by her mother, Phyllis; husband of 45 years, Robert; sons, Herman, Tony and David; their wives, Kim, Ivonne and Gina; and grandchildren, Tosha, Holly, Courtney, Mitchell, A.J. and Brandon; four brothers; and one sister. She was our world and will be missed deeply. Interment will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, in Willamette National Cemetery. A memorial will follow at American Legion Post #1 on Southeast 122nd Avenue and Mill Street.
Misty Davidson There is nothing wrong with sharing information on fb! I appreciate it! about an hour ago Kelli Washburn Kelli Washburn wait the info was wrong or he was saying posting something on a public social network was wrong? about an hour ago Jeannine Simonsen Jeannine Simonsen Khris who would care that we posted something about the death of a friend? None of us would have known and went to work and seen her picture up and have to deal with it while driving a bus. I think you did them a favor. So we are no longer to talk about work here? about an hour ago Khris Alexander Khris Alexander Thanks and so does jon hunt but certain people went to management and its my fault and they won't post anything in garage cause I did damage about an hour ago Kelli Washburn Kelli Washburn khris delete all and any management from your friends list...then they cant read your posts. they dont need to know what your saying to the drivers anyway. the drivers appreciate your information. about an hour ago Jeannine Simonsen Jeannine Simonsen what damage???I am so confused. All you said was she passed away. We are not suppose to know when someone dies at work? OMG about an hour ago Barb Souza Barb Souza who is complaining about what you wrote are they upset cause you thought of it first about an hour ago Roger Knowles Roger Knowles I didn't hear it from you and I found out about it. Someone needs to pull their head out. about an hour ago Kelli Washburn Kelli Washburn what damage did u do? about an hour ago John St. Clair John St. Clair I wonder whose job it is to monitor facebook? BTW thanks for posting it Kris. about an hour ago Khris Alexander Khris Alexander Well by how I keep getting chewed at work must be a new job description for a Nonunion worker 49 minutes ago John St. Clair John St. Clair You should talk to Al Marguiles. He's been down this road... 46 minutes ago Valerie Taylor Valerie Taylor hmmmm...seems to think theres ALOT more important issues at Tri-Met!!! Than whats being posted in FB!!!! Thanks Kris 39 minutes ago JuLi McDannel Nations JuLi McDannel Nations Khris U are very intuitive and hands on with your co workers and its appreciated! :o) 35 minutes ago Khris Alexander Khris Alexander Thanks! I am glad for the support from everyone.teamwork makes for a good working enviorment. 20 minutes ago Al Margulies Al Margulies WAIT A MINUTE! What does this have to do with TRIMET? Did it happen or not? Your not in personnel! Your not a manger!... Read More You didn't sign any sort of confidentiality agreement! If a sister operator died we all want to know! I think they are over their parameters on this one, I'll remove all my posts regarding this until it plays out.
They can "ask" you to remove it, but they can't "force" you under threat of discipline.
THIS IS NOT A TRIMET ISSUE!
BTW- I have no communications regarding this from the management, and they are always good about letting me know when there is a problem on my blog. 8 minutes ago · Delete
"Each time we add, it makes the whole of the system -- not just the rail side, but the bus side of it -- work better and better."
This is the biggest load of crap I've heard come out of Fred Hansen's mouth.
Tell me how 12 years of disinvestment in the bus system has made the bus system "better and better"...tell me how an increasingly unreliable, aging bus fleet is "better and better"...tell me how overcrowded buses (because TriMet won't purchase high capacity buses) or fewer, less frequent buses (thanks to the elimination of "frequent service") will make the bus system "better and better". Tell me how failing to follow its own guidelines for bus stop improvements makes the bus system "better and better". All Hansen knows is how to spend all of TriMet's money on the MAX system, and he's proven his anti-bus attitude each and every day when orders for new buses get cut back; when bus maintenance gets cut back; when bus service gets cut back - all the while MAX has no problem expanding; all the while TriMet can give free money away to the City of Portland (to subsidize the Streetcar) and to ODOT (to install lights on the I-205 bike path), and continue the utter failure known as WES.
Better and better...maybe if Hansen rode a bus. Oh, wait, I have repeatedly asked him to join me for a bus ride - and each time he declines. Hmmm, I wonder why. Because he doesn't want to see what I see every day - a bus system that is FAILING and that even Cuba can do better at.
Due to a truck hitting a train signal at SW 12th and Yamhill, MAX Red and Blue line train service in both directions has been disrupted. Shuttle buses are carrying riders between Galleria/SW 10th Ave and Kings Hill/SW Salmon St stations. Riders traveling through downtown and throughout the system may experience significant delays. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Due to mechanical problems, a train is stuck in the Robertson Tunnel. Shuttle buses are carrying riders between the Galleria/SW 10th Street Station and Sunset Transit Center. Riders on the westside and downtown may experience significant delays until service can be restored.
The website CNet is reporting internet companies and civil liberties groups are alarmed over a Senate bill that appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector telecommunications and internet networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency. A Senate source familiar with the bill compared the president’s power to take control of portions of the internet to what President Bush did when grounding all aircraft on September 11, 2001.
Voters in Japan have ousted the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, ending fifty-five years of nearly uninterrupted rule. In elections on Sunday, the populist Democratic Party of Japan captured a record 308 of the 480 seats in the lower house of parliament. It was the worst election performance for the conservative Liberal Democratic Party since the party was founded in 1955. One analyst described the vote as a bloodless revolution, the first transfer of power from one party to another in postwar Japan. Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama is expected to become Japan’s new prime minister. He is a longtime critic of Japan’s close relationship to the United States.
Al, I just posted this on the Yahoo page too. The text about trading in a MAX ticket for a transfer was a typo in the first printing of the Green Line pamphlet. It has been reprinted to say: "To transfer to a bus, just show the operator your validated MAX ticket as you board."
I talked with the Creative Services department to make sure this error doesn't appear anywhere else.
