Wednesday, August 19, 2009

SWINE FLU UPDATE

http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/swineflu

67 POTENTIAL DATE GOES BAD....(not my 67)

TUESDAY AUGUST 18, 2009-3 videos in a playlist..

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.

I learned this morning that one of my aunts passed away last night. (My Mom's sister) Her funeral is on Saturday so I should be able to attend that.

Today the humidity dropped into the comfortable range.....finally! Oh my god!!! I'm turning into an Iowan, I'm talking about the weather!!!


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 FARE LESS SQUARE

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC7CuM2kKik

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FRED BS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnzN3qL32gA







KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AT BART!

http://punkrawker4783.blogspot.com/2009/08/bart-strike-info.html

Sunday, August 9, 2009

NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT LIGHT RAIL AND CRIME ARE CONNECTED!

http://adronbhall.com/blogs/my_transportation_obsession/post/2009/08/06/Low-Cost-Transit-Floods-City-With-Crime.aspx

AM I A PRISONER?

HAVE YOU SEEN RON HEINZMEN LATELY?


THIS IS FROM THE LATEST IN TRANSIT MAGAZINE

CARAL

GREAT PICTURES-pps

http://www.box.net/shared/static/nvauv7vp2f.pps

CARTOON CLASSICS-great pps

http://www.box.net/shared/static/7z19vx06uk.pps

BRUCE PEEK

ASSORTED CLIPS

FROM OUR MARKETING DEPT

GREEN LINE PREVIEW RIDE

GREEN LINE PREVIEW RIDE-dave stubblefield from al m on Vimeo.

THE RACER GETS HIS CHECK RIDE!

TYPE 4 LRV'S-dave stubblefield

THE TYPE 4-DAVE STUBBLEFIELD from al m on Vimeo.

REED GROUP FAXES FORMS TO THE RACER....from ross:

After calling the Reed Group again this morning, they did fax the forms to my wife's office this morning.

ATU CALLS FOR PROTECTION!

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Amalgamated-Transit-Union-Canadian-Council-1027631.html

ALWAYS HIRING COMPUTER SPECIALISTS AT THE TRANSIT DISTRICT

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/trimet/default.cfm?action=viewjob&JobID=178074

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.

DAS BUS- full length feature about the Kansas City bus drivers

DAS BUS from al m on Vimeo.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Friday, August 7, 2009

FRIDAY AUGUST 7, 2009

BUS DRIVER FOUND NOT GUILTY!

http://trimetofficialinformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/bus-driver-found-not-guilty.html

I'm Special

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R79uJA3KU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKii9v-F-0

NEW MAX TRAINS-poor quality video

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 Gateway Transit Center

And he changed at Pioneer Square

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 Portland

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 Gresham?

Or my cousin in Milwaukie?"

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 Portland, isn't a scandal,

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 Portland

He's the man who never returned!

TriMet MAX Red Line Timelapse - Lloyd Center to PDX

PDX BUCKEYE DURING THE WINTER STORM

THUIRSDAY AUGUST 6, 2009

ROB

ROB from al m on Vimeo.

CHUCK

CHUCK from al m on Vimeo.