THE URBAN DICTIONARY'S DEFINITION OF BUS DRIVER

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bus+driver

TICKET FORGERY RING BUSTED

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/portland_police_arrest_two_in.html

TRIMET HEARINGS

http://trimet.org/news/releases/july7_openhouses.htm

BYE BYE 39TH AVENUE

City Council approves naming street for Cesar Chavez

In a unanimous vote, city commissioners approved renaming 39th avenue for the late labor leader.

GREAT AMERICAN THINKER NOAM CHOMSKY-PART 5

PORTLAND'S KING OF BLOGGERS CANS THE TRANSIT MALL!

http://bojack.org/2009/07/one_thumb_down_on_the_new_tran.html

STREETCAR PORK

http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/07/07/streetcars-will-each-cost-450000-more-than-portlanders-were-told

JULY 7,2009

WES TO SALEM

Will it actually run on a reasonable schedule?
State studying WES possibilities

Cassandra M. McIntyre

12:47 a.m. – Cassandra M. McIntyre, 24, was charged with concealing a weapon and excluded from TriMet for 60 days.

ARRESTED!

Portland man arrested in assault of TriMet fare inspector

EVENT CANCELED TILL AUGUST

SUE ME SUE YOU BLUES

SUE ME SUE YOU BLUES from al m on Vimeo.

New MAX hurts bus riders

I cannot rejoice over the new MAX line from Clackamas Town Center to downtown because bus riders are being shortchanged.

First, TriMet cuts bus lines and frequency of service. My own line has been cut so much -- only running a few times each week day -- that it's essentially worthless. I now have to walk more than half a mile to catch a bus.

Then, TriMet downgraded the world-class transit mall by cutting the number of bus stops in half. Now, TriMet proposes to eliminate Fareless Square for bus riders but not for MAX riders. The agency is demonstrating that it considers bus riders second-class citizens.

JEANNE ROY

Southwest Portland

Fareless Square: There's no such thing as a free ride

Fareless Square: There's no such thing as a free ride

GREAT AMERICAN THINKER NOAM CHOMSKY-PART3

JULY 6, 2009

TriMet Line 76 Tualatin Short Ride

WOULDN'T YOU BELIEVE IT!

MANAGEMENT SHAKEUP!

Date: July 1, 2009

To: Operations Division Employees; Business Forum

From: Peggy Hanson

Subject: Staff Announcements Within Transportation Operations

Steve Banta announced in April 2009 a process of evaluating every part of Operations to find areas

where we could do with less, and where we could do without. Given the required level of service and

staff reductions, Steve challenged all of us to seize the opportunity to approach our customers in a new,

refreshing and ultimately more effective way.

Effective July 1, 2009, Transportation Operations has a strong, yet streamlined management team in

place that is focused on our core service:

Field Operations Rail Operations Center Powell Merlo

Jay Jackson

ManagerDon AllisonManager

Hayden TalbotManager

EvelynWarrenManager

Lyle PereiraManager

Dan StokesAssistant Manager

James BrownAssistant Manager

Ruth TillsonAssistant Manager

Ken JensonAssistant Manager

Greg LarsonAssistant Manager

Vic KandleAssistant Manager

GregoryDonavonAssistantManager

Robert RomoAssistant Manager

Phil DavisAssistant Manager

Jean CookAssistant Manager

Dan Stokes, formerly assistant manager rail transportation, will join Field Operations in the important

work of overseeing field supervision and fare inspection. Gregory Donavon, most recently an assistant

manager at Merlo, will now support rail operators assigned to Elmonica. James Brown will move from

Elmonica to Ruby Junction, where he will support rail operators and the daily activities of Bus Dispatch

and Rail Control. Ruth Tillson and Robert Romo join the management team at Center Street, and Jean

Cook will join the team at Merlo.

I believe this offers an extraordinary opportunity to broaden the breadth and depth of our experience as a

transportation management team. I am also proud that we have been able to maintain our commitment to

minimizing the impact on our frontline employees.

Thank you.