Friday, March 13, 2009

WEIRD AWARDS

Here we see FRED giving the SUSTAINED MANAGEMENT AWARD?

Too bad the service we provide the public IS NOT SUSTAINABLE!

ROSS WREDE

Did TriMet ever consider using the stimulus money to finally update and fix all of the broken fare machines on the MAX platforms.
How about updating the bus fare boxes and go with a card reader system that would put the district into the 21st century?
Fare revenues would increase, which would preserve jobs and maintain service levels.

SOUTHRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL THANKS TRIMET OPERATORS

WILLIE MOORE SAYS-"violent incidents are rare but confrontations are not

TriMet: Bound by rope and tape

MARY FETSCH ALWAYS HAS THE ANSWERS

Thursday, March 12, 2009

KATU Covers MAX Ticket Machine Issue

LARRY NORTON

http://blog.oregonlive.com/oldtown/2009/03/trimet_bike_lockers.html#preview

International bus news

http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/2009/03/3112009.html

PICTURE OF THE DAY

FAMOUS BUS DRIVER "JACK" WITH HIS TRUSTED COMPANION

The nobidlity class of America continues ripping us off!

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/pge_defends_retiring_ceos_comp.html

fare evader INNOCENT

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2009/03/judge_dismisses_ticket_against.html

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

HEADLINE NEWS-3/11/09

TriMet ridership flat in February despite new commuter-rail service
Progressive Rail Roading - Milwaukee,WI,USA
TriMet will use $1 million of federal stimulus for bike parking
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
Sandy man sues Gresham, TriMet
Bus Driver Punched In Face By Teen - Portland News Story - KPTV ...

Aloha teen accused of punching TriMet driver

by The Oregonian
Tuesday March 10, 2009, 10:43 PM

An Aloha teen was accused today of punching a Tri-Met driver he thought had missed his bus stop, the Washington County Sheriff's Office reported.

Deputies were called about 4:55 p.m. to Southwest 149th Avenue and Farmington Road, where the driver on Route 52 had stopped to let a passenger out the front door, said Sgt. David Thompson, a sheriff's spokesman.

The driver said he had not noticed anyone at the rear door. However, the teen contended the driver had ignored him.

The driver said the teen cursed and threatened him, then hit him in the face. The driver let him off the bus and called police.

Byron L. Bearyman, 17, was arrested at his Aloha apartment, Thompson said. The teen was taken to the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center on accusations of assault and interference with public transportation.

-- Staff reports

CITY OF PORTLAND STARTS SQUEEZING!

http://alsinterestingstories.blogspot.com/2009/03/city-of-portland-starts-squeezing.html

AMERICAN HISTORY 101

WES OPENING FOOTAGE-and special bonus/view from THE BIG J!

MARCH 10, 2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

FAMOUS BUS DRIVER MOMS

JOHN LUSK AND HIS MOM IN A TUB WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
(MOM IS WOMAN ON THE LEFT)

DAVES BUS PICS!

http://davesbuspix.home.comcast.net/

CHILCOTE SUES

BIKES GARAGES? 1 million?

http://trimet.org/news/releases/mar9_bike_facilities.htm

Headlines 3/10/09

Light-rail project will be updated at open house
Daily Journal of Commerce - Portland,Oregon,USA
Grace period is over, now you'll get a ticket
KATU - Portland,OR,USA
The Commuting Chronicles: Good trimet article a couple days ago
By ESABATM
• Who's turning U.S. flags upside down in West Linn?

INSANE STUDIOS PRESENTS

DAVE STUBBLEFIELD

Monday, March 9, 2009

SUNSET BOB

MARCH 9, 2009

HEADLINES-3/9/09

Catch up with recent construction activities on the I-205 Light Rail Project (MAX Green Line) by visiting the photo gallery. More

Stimulus funds will provide secure parking for 250 bikes, upgrade 100 older bike lockers. More
(wonderful)

News - Monday 3/9 - TriMet's Gambit On Diesel Fuel Goes Bust
KUIK - hillsboro,or,USA

Is federal spending a helpful silk purse or a sow's earmark?

INSANE STUDIOS PRESENTS

THE WORK OF DAVE STUBBLEFIELD

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Fahrenheit 451

shakespeare

GO TO THE SHRINK

http://daydreamer051.blogspot.com/2009/02/results-of-pshyci-evaluation.html

THE INTELLECTUAL ELITIST SAYS- as much as I can't stand this guy HE'S RIGHT!

More big-time bungling at Tri-Met

Following right up on buying commuter trains from a manufacturer that it knew was about to go under, the wizards running Portland's transit agency went out and bought hedge contracts from a bank, locking in high fuel prices right before they dropped dramatically. Brilliant move!

You've got to wonder who made how much of a commission on that deal. And they're in their bunker today telling us, "It was the right thing to do -- we'd do it again."

Do you ever get the feeling that we need to clean house over there? The geezer board that Governor Ted has overseeing the place (starring Homer Williams's stepdaughter) isn't getting it done. And how much are we paying Fred Goldschmidt-Hansen for his, ahem, remarkable leadership as general manager?

INSANITY IS NORMAL IN AMERICA

Trimet has a $13 million dollar deficit, not including the botched gas futures scheme, and is in line to get $44 million from the BOGUS stimulous package, but they STILL HAVE TO CUT SERVICES, because in AMERICA A SHINY NEW CAR IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING PEOPLE PLACES!

Ore. starts laying out plans for stimulus dollars

The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... said the stimulus package would result in $102 million in projects in the Portland region, including $44 million for the mass transit agency TriMet, ...

89 Passengers object to TRIMET service cuts!

Each person who will be affected is profiled individually here with additions made as more people are added:

http://trimetriders.blogspot.com/

And the complete playlist is here:

89 SHOCKING MOVIE-watch at your own risk!

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67 TAKING TESTIMONY FROM PASSENGERS GETTING WHACKED

I'm taking all the testimonies I have gotten from people who will be affected by Trimet service cuts and posting them to a separate blog.

This will be a living history of the faces and words of the people that are going to get whacked by this latest government rip off.

If you know people who are going to be affected by these cuts and they are willing to put their voice and face out then they can either send me the video or upload the video somewhere and send me the link so it will be added to the other faces and voices.

It may or may not do any good, but it will be a piece of history that will not be so easy to ignore.

alyourpalster@gmail.com
http://trimetriders.blogspot.com/

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67 BLOGGER ZAGREUS MAKES SUCCINT ARGUMENT IN FARELESS DEBATE

The most likely scenario for fareless is for it to be limited to the MAX--now that MAX will be travelling up and down the transit mall.

How many times have drivers had to pass up paying customers at rush hour who wanted to go home because they had full loads of fareless passengers? It happens frequently on the 12 and 9. It happens in the a. m. on the 8, forcing drivers to pass up paying passengers needing to go to OHSU.

People travelling to downtown already have transfers or passes. The primary beneficiaries of fareless as it is now are people living in the Pearl who do not need a free ride, transients, and people boarding in fareless and remaining on the bus as it leaves the zone. No driver can keep track of every person who boards in fareless and drive safely at the same time.

Why should taxpaying passengers living outside of fareless, who may seldom travel downtown, subsidize the minority who live downtown? Service is being cut on outlying lines and elderly people without cars will be without transportation so that downtown Portlanders can have free rides. How logical is that?