Monday, April 25, 2011
How not to rob a house
DON'T leave your drivers license at the house you just robbed unless you want to get caught.
The Banana Peel of Destiny
For those of you interested in the reality side of things, here's the scoop: The price of oil is going to go way up, and way down, and way up again, and way down again until everyone is too broke to ask for any, and companies are too ruined to go get it for them, and governments are too broken to interfere in the process.
Clusterfuck Nation
Clusterfuck Nation
So, I was thinking about this yesterday...is the number of stops along a bus line taken into account when looking over ridership numbers--by stops, I mean bus stop signs, used or not. Because there are quite a few bus stops along the 51 line that are never used because TriMet has placed them so badly.
Boy, speaking of the 51, bus 1608 just passed me running on the 51 and that bus sounds terrible! Sounds like it could die at any minute. The engine sounds so rattily and grinding. Poor old 1600s...
This is what TriMet needs for some of their bus lines that get a lot of bikes.
A front rack with three bike spaces and a back rack with two or three. It works for the Lewis and Clark bus, why couldn't it work for TriMet? (Or something similar at least.)
Why wouldn't it?
If the I-5 bridge "allow[s] state leaders to collect $1.25 billion in federal Columbia River Crossing funds", then of course the I-5 bridge choice will be approved... It's all about getting money into the pockets of the big officials and leaders.
Lake Oswego: Go by streetcar, but close schools
Isn't it just great how LO has their priorities straight?
TriMet Email Updates: Focus Group Opportunity on Saturday, April 30, 2011
Metro is currently recruiting TriMet riders to participate in a focus group about walking, bicycling, and transit use. TriMet is helping to extend this opportunity to participate in the focus group to be conducted on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The group will be facilitated by the non-partisan research firm Davis, Hibbitts and Midghall (DHM) in Downtown Portland.
DHM is specifically looking for TriMet riders who live in either Washington or Clackamas County. Participants will be joining residents from Multnomah County.
If you think you might qualify for this paid research project, please call DHM at 503-220-0575 Monday through Friday 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. and ask for Jenny or Rebecca.
~TriMet
IPhones aren't all glitter and gold
The Wall Street Journal reports today that the iPhone is collecting and storing location information, even when location services are turned off.
http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/04/they-can-always-find-you.html
http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/04/they-can-always-find-you.html
The news nobody's reading
The world's attention span is short, and the mainstream news media have grown bored with the story of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima. But for those with an interest, lots of alarming news can be found from over there.
BoJack
BoJack
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