Wednesday, August 19, 2009
ROSS RACER UPDATE

I changed my plane tickets today. I will be returning on Friday Aug. 28, which means I should be back to work on Monday Aug. 31.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
$173,000,000 ABOUT TO BE SPENT
Bus Purchase: $1,465,000
http://trimet.org/meetings/notice-opportunity-public-hearing.htm
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
TRIMET BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
LET THEM EAT CAKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUOtjHglAzA
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Mild civil disobedience at TRIMET board meeting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LViT2rS4-cw
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TRANSIT ADVOCATE JASON BARBOUR SPEAKS ABOUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RiQCZNl7oU
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FRED ON THE FARE LESS ISSUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxmAEzUeQM
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Trimet director Lynn Lehrbach makes passionate defense of fareless square
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fzUexj36Og
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TRIMET DIRECTOR WILLIAMS MAKES THE BEST ARGUMENT AGAINST FARE LESS
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FRED BS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnzN3qL32gA
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
TRIMET ISSUES INTERNAL PLAN IN CASE OF STRIKE (1985)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
THIS COULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 1/3 OF OUR FLEET BEING CLUNKERS WITH NO AIR?
ttp://www.oreg
WES-THE DEBACLE CONTINUES
Sunday, August 9, 2009
REED GROUP FAXES FORMS TO THE RACER....from ross:
CELL PHONES
A Cleveland, Ohio bus driver, who was using a cell phone when she hit a pedestrian and killed him, has been indicted on aggravated Vehicular Homicide charges reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Angela, Williams, age 49, was making a left turn while using her cell phone when she hit and killed Patrick Merrrill, age 59 who was in a crosswalk at the time of the pedestrian accident.
If Williams is convicted of Vehicular Homicide, she could serve up to five years in prison.
This bus accident was not the first pedestrian accident that Williams was involved in. In 2006, Williams hit a pedestrian with her bus, causing minor injures. After the 2006 accident, Williams was fired but she was re-hired after her union appealed.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority changed their protocols after each accident. After the first accident, they required bus drivers to pause before making a left turn. After the second accident, they required drivers to honk before making left turns.
In Washington State, Vehicular Homicide can be charged if a person was killed when a driver was driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol or driving with reckless disregard for the safety of others.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
LIGHT RAIL SONG-from "engineer scotty" of the PORTLAND TRANSPORT blog.
Let me tell you the story of a man named Charlie
On those sad and fateful tracks
He put a dollar in his pocket, kissed his wife and family
Went to ride on the Tri-Met MAX
Charlie handed in his greenback at the
And he changed at
When he got there the inspector told him "two more quarters"
Charlie could not pay that fare!
And did he ever return, no he never returned
And his fate is still unlearned
He's doomed to ride forever on the rails of
He's the man who never returned
Now all night long Charlie rides through the station
Thinking "What will become of me?"
"How can I afford to see my sister in
Or my cousin in
Charlie's wife goes down to the Rose Quarter station
Every day at quarter past two
And through the open window, she hands him a latte
As the train comes a-crawlin' through
Now motorists of
That the people have to pay the tax?
Fight the fare increase, vote for Jack Bogdanski
Help get Charlie off the Tri-Met MAX!
Or else he'll never return, no he'll never return
And his fate will be unlearned
He's doomed to ride forever on the rails of
He's the man who never returned!




