“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King, Jr

Friday, January 7, 2011

Excellent posts by Portland AFoot!

Transparency improving at TriMet?
Why don't jaywalkers feel guilty about breaking the law?
and then the weekly:
Portland ATwitter: this week in microblogging

Oh. My. God! Let's all freak out now!!! ahhhhh!

Envelope Ignites at DC Postal Facility | KPTV
after laughing at this for a good long while the question came to mind, 'why is this important, now?' It don't seem like no big deal at all.

Shutting up WES!

TriMet: News Release - Shhhhh....Train horns silenced in Tualatin starting Jan. 11th

NEIL MC(the knife)FARLANE LATEST

*       Purchasing new buses to reduce the age of the bus fleet. Even though the ballot measure failed, we still need to replace part of our seriously out-of-date fleet.  In the coming fiscal year, we will receive 55 grant-funded buses and then plan to purchase 40 buses per year with payroll tax backed bonds.
*       Advancing work on the Portland Milwaukie Light Rail Line (PMLR). Although no TriMet dollars will be allocated to PMLR until 2013, the federally funded work needs to continue to ensure a 2015 completion.

TriMet News Reports






and the Rantings of a TriMet Bus Driver post about this here

WES

Here's a question that has been on my mind for a while...
Now, first, I do understand that WES is a commuter rail line and not MAX, but why couldn't TriMet have just used a sort of MAX car for WES instead of wasting thousands on those Colorado rail cars? That way, it might be possible for WES train cars to be used for MAX if needed and the horn would be quieter. Anyways, wouldn't it have cost less?

why don't they just leave it the way it is?? Do they HAVE to build something?

West Linn residents hope concerns over Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project aren't lost in the shuffle | Oregon Live

There's something wrong with this...

24 hours, two people hit (one killed) walking across Division Street | Bike Portland

Justice at work

Man who hit Angela Burke charged with manslaughter | Bike Portland

TriMet Diaries

TriMet Wants Your Love Stories (shouldn't trimet be doing this in February, not January?)
Things You Can't Un-See (Or Un-Read)

Trimet: RiderInsider Newsletter - January 2011

trimet.org

Wow, TriMet...

This just makes me laugh

Huh...

Protect Our Progress

What can TriMet learn from this?

What can they learn?
Common sense is out of the play...that went out the window a LONG time  ago

Buses! Save us!

Shuttle Buses Used for some WES Trips | KPTV
It all comes back to those buses...

MaxRedline

Costco says no (yay!)
Studded Tires: Worse than Second-Hand Smoke?

BoJack

Why the Government is Broke
A Violent Place

The Ministry of Propaganda doing what it does

Rantings of a TriMet Bus Driver
(great post here!)

Portland Transport

Double Deckers as Express Buses
interesting idea...
Getting to WES
Great Job in Washington County