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

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Brilliant Job, TriMet

Leave it to TriMet to fire the person that actually understood safety. Great job, guys. You should be given an award for stupidity or something.

More misspending of taxpayers' dollars? Not really.

A Perspective of Portland, Oregon

Wow.

Milwaukie Light Rail project in "salvage" mode | BoJack

Civic Drive

Max Faqs

A smart transit system and management:

Express Buses placed ahead of LRT | Calgary Herald

While TriMet freaks out and chains buses at the slightest chance of snow, NYC Transit does the complete opposite and the transit system falls apart in the winter weather

Article is Here!

C-Tran Seathogs

Rantings of a Regular C-Tran Rider

TriMet trainer Stewart Jolliffe clears up some lies put forth by managment

Here!

TriMet's Performance Dashboard

A Perspective of Portland, Oregon

Cameron Johnson's next board meeting speech

That One Portland Transit Activist Kid

Portland Atwitter: this week in microblogging

Portland AFoot

Dispatch Excitement:

Latest excitement from dispatch-Disaster of 2011| Al M, Rantings of a TriMet Bus Driver

Streetcar Bus Shuttle Jan 13-16th--no fares required!

TriMet.org

brilliant trimet. great way to increase revenue. Fareless bus shuttle.

Improve public transit=Not as many people driving according to this.


  1. If there were more options in my area, such as public transportation, car sharing or convenient carpooling, I would drive less than I do now. 64% 55% 49% 41% Strongly Agree Millennials Want Transportation Alternatives Somewhat Agree
  2. If there were more options in my area, such as public transportation, car sharing or convenient carpooling, I would drive less than I do now. Millennials Want Transportation Alternatives 67% 64% Among post-college Millennials fully 67% would drive less if there were viable transportation alternatives.
    From http://www.slideshare.net/colleenmccormick/millennials-survey-5861342

Rethinking River Transport in Portland

Portland Transport
humm...interesting idea

Has TriMet been denying the truth? BOTH Max and Bus ridership is actually falling according to this graph

Debunking the Propaganda | Rantings of a TriMet Bus Driver

Larson accuses TriMet of investing too much with the prospective returns being too little

TriMet is "spending 4.2 million in fed funds to save $168K per year."
PolitiFact

Beseiged by an UnWell UnRegulated Militia; Homage to the Fallen, & An Exhortation to Love

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered because he knew what to do and was willing to do it. Robert F. Kennedy was murdered because he knew what to do and was willing to do it. Jack Kennedy was murdered because he knew what to do and was willing to do it.
Words of Power