Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
WES DEBACLE
For Monday morning, October 12, 4 of 16 WES trips will be served by shuttle buses. Additional maintenance work is needed for one of the trains.
The trips departing the Wilsonville Station at 6:19 and 7:49 a.m. and the trips departing the Beaverton Transit Center at 6:56 and 8:26 a.m. will be provided by shuttle buses. Riders can take the shuttle, ride the local bus or take the next WES train, and should add up to 30 minutes to their commute.
Afternoon WES service may also be affected. Service updates and trip planning is available on trimet.org or call 503-238-RIDE (7433) weekdays between 7:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
GET AMERICA OUT OF........
BRING THE TROOPS HOME!
American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned, according to the chaplains of two US battalions that have spent nine months on the front line in the war against the Taleban.
Many feel that they are risking their lives — and that colleagues have died — for a futile mission and an Afghan population that does nothing to help them, the chaplains told The Times in their makeshift chapel on this fortress-like base in a dusty, brown valley southwest of Kabul.
click for the rest of the story
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Unemployment Rises To 9.8%; Number of Unemployed Reaches 15 Million
In economic news, the nation’s official unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent last month. The Labor Department said 263,000 jobs were eliminated in September bringing the total number of workers unemployed to 15 million. Another nine million people have been relegated to part-time work because their employers had scaled back their hours or they simply could not find full-time jobs. The unemployment rate has doubled since December 2007.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
KHRIS ALEXANDER ATTENDS TRIMET TRAINING PROGRAM----here is his comment!
today I get to watch the training dept show a driver " the right way" to fill out a timeslip.I didn't know there was a wrong way either.I learn something new everyday.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
THE RACER CALCULATES RUN RATIO'S
I made some calculations comparing the number of runs between the three garage from the fall signup to winter. I only looked at the weekday runs, don't know if weekends were cut too. Here's what I came up with:
CENTER
Fall Winter
108 (PT) 118 (PT) +10
243 (FT) 224 (FT) -19
POWELL
Fall Winter
83 (PT) 76 (PT) -7
185 FT) 190 (FT) +5
MERLO
Fall Winter
53 (PT) 50 (PT) -3
117 (FT) 115 (FT) -2
NET: PT runs: even
FT runs: -16
CENTER
Fall Winter
108 (PT) 118 (PT) +10
243 (FT) 224 (FT) -19
POWELL
Fall Winter
83 (PT) 76 (PT) -7
185 FT) 190 (FT) +5
MERLO
Fall Winter
53 (PT) 50 (PT) -3
117 (FT) 115 (FT) -2
NET: PT runs: even
FT runs: -16
Friday, October 2, 2009
FLEEING ON THE BUS, HIT BY THE MAX-"the racer" report
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/man_hit_by_max_train_in_north.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/10/man_robs_aloha_store_with_knif_1.html
Ross
Fred needs to cut more bus service. Then these robbers couldn't get away.
Ross
Fred needs to cut more bus service. Then these robbers couldn't get away.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
TEXT FROM DRIVER
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FWD: Short of buses at Merlo. 5 runs canceled
JACK BOGDANSKI
When people complain about local government wasting money on frills while letting basic services decay, one of the stock responses is the "pots of money" song. It goes something like this: "You see, the money we're wasting is in a special pot that can be spent only on frills. It can't be spent on essentials. So don't complain about the essentials being neglected -- this money can't be spent on them." It's especially galling when the people giving you this line are the same people who drew up the separate pots, or who have the power to pour their contents all into one big pot at any time, if they wanted to.
Read more: http://bojack.org/#ixzz0SS1E5QXx
Another great excuse line is "That's not in our jurisdiction -- that's somebody else's jurisdiction." Just complain to Portland City Hall about the schools, the bridges, the lack of a decent mental health system, aircraft noise, or thinning bus service, and it won't be long before you hear, "We're not in charge of that. That's done by [the county, the school board, Tri-Met, etc.]."
Read more: http://bojack.org/#ixzz0SRxlikRG
FEEDING THE PARANOIA
Due to the arrest of individuals suspected in terrorist activity in the Denver area, employees are asked to review the H-O-T protocol on the back of TriMet ID badges. While there is no specific indication of security threats in the Portland metropolitan region, employees should always be aware of their surroundings and follow these guidelines:All TriMet employees and contracted operations personnel have a basic security responsibility to serve as "eyes and ears" for the system and report all security issues. They are expected to report immediately to the Operations Command Center upon observing:
Safety hazards and security threats, including suspicious items, persons or behavior; and
Criminal behavior and unbadged persons in a TriMet workplace who do not belong.
Maintain heightened vigilance: report Hidden, Obviously suspicious, and not Typical packages or objects, persons acting suspiciously on the transit system, and unbadged strangers at TriMet facilities to the Operations Command Center at 503-962-6000.
Safety hazards and security threats, including suspicious items, persons or behavior; and
Criminal behavior and unbadged persons in a TriMet workplace who do not belong.
Maintain heightened vigilance: report Hidden, Obviously suspicious, and not Typical packages or objects, persons acting suspiciously on the transit system, and unbadged strangers at TriMet facilities to the Operations Command Center at 503-962-6000.
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