Monday, May 9, 2011
Portland Public School TriMet Passes
You Cannot Take This From Us!
We need those passes! Now, I do not go to a PPS, but rather a private school, yet I am on a near full scholarship and that $26 it takes to pay for one of those youth TriMet passes is a lot for a student with a limited amount of money to spend (now that brings up the $1 increase TriMet wants to impose on us next fall...but that is for another post). Those passes are a necessity. They get a lot of people to school that might otherwise not be able to. Promoting good choices, a good education, ect. starts with getting the kid to school. That is where those TriMet passes come in to play. We need them, and we need them bad. We CANNOT have them taken away! There are some of us who want a good education and for that, we need to be able to get to school, to use those passes. The teen stereotype is simply plastered on anybody with the '-teen' at the end of their age. Everyone thinks and assumes of all teens as what Cameron has described above, but the real truth of the matter is, we are not all like that (grated, there are some teens who do fit that, but those are not the majority of teens in the least). Give us what we need if you won't hear our voice, and hear our thoughts and say in issues that impact us and simply us.
So Much for Supply and Demand: Transit Ridership Spikes, Funding Plummets
Let’s get this straight: skyrocketing gas prices are inspiring people to investigate their transportation options. More and more of them are taking transit. Is this really the time to take the axe to those transit systems’ budgets?
When drivers switch to transit, they should be welcomed with on-time service and affordable fares that reinforce the wisdom of their decision. Instead, they’re finding that their bus routes are being cut, fares are going up, and they’re faced with longer waits for infrequent service.
The Song of Spring
These are the spring sights one encounters in the background of a time in history when a society slides toward change nobody wants to believe in. Not believing is easy, especially when you don't pay attention. Meanwhile, somewhere off in a European bank, an executive reads a computer screen and gags on his lunch. In Shanghai, a Chinese government banking official wonders what it means when he lends money to an army general to buy an enterprise owned by the government. Down in the heart of Dixieland, Memphis drowns and New Orleans once more looks anxiously to the levees. Who was Osama Bin Laden, anyway?
Great writing as always...this guy really gets you thinking, huh?
Getting There: Hybrid buses are worth the extra cost upfront
Gurset told the visitor that the vehicles get 41/2 miles to the gallon compared with 31/2 for diesel buses. MTA officials say the hybrid fleet has been getting 25 percent longer brake life and going three times as far as diesel buses between breakdowns.That's a lot of money when you're talking about 181 buses.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/commuting/bs-md-dresser-getting-there-0509-20110508,0,5892311.story
See, TriMet? You should get more hybrid buses. If you're already going to get a few hybrids for the line 72, why not simply get all hybrids whenever you buy new buses?
See, TriMet? You should get more hybrid buses. If you're already going to get a few hybrids for the line 72, why not simply get all hybrids whenever you buy new buses?
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