30 dumb inventions

http://www.life.com/gallery/25371#index/0

Photos of tsunami striking Japanese nuclear plant

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110519/ts_yblog_thelookout/photos-of-tsunami-striking-japanese-nuclear-plant

5 Big Products Invented by Accident

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/112765/products-invented-by-accident-street?mod=career-leadership

Current Service Alerts (as of 11:00pm, 5/19/11)

• TRIMET

  
  

  1-Vermont

  No service to the stop on SW Custer at 13th due to construction.

• 10-Harold St

  Due to construction at Lents Town Center, buses are not able to adhere to current schedules at stops along SE Foster and Woodstock between 92nd and 94th. For the best connection to service, board at the temporary stop on Woodstock at 96th.

• 14-Hawthorne

  Due to construction at Lents Town Center, Line 14 trips will end at SE Woodstock and 92nd. To transfer to MAX, walk from this stop to SE Foster/Lents MAX Station. Allow time to make your connection.

• 16-Front Ave/St Johns

  The Slough Bridge at N Lombard and Marine Drive will be closed through the summer. Starting Monday April 18, stops along Marine Drive will be served by a shuttle bus from Jubitz and Expo Center. more

• 35-Macadam/Greeley

  No service to the stop on SW Naito Parkway at Arthur from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. weekdays.

• 36-South Shore

  No service to the stop on SW Naito Parkway at Arthur from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. weekdays.

• 39-Lewis & Clark

  No service to the Templeton Student Center stop at Lewis & Clark College through 5 p.m. Friday due to construction.

• 71-60th Ave/122nd Ave

  Due to construction at Lents Town Center, buses are not able to adhere to current schedules at stops along SE Foster and Woodstock between 92nd and 94th. For the best connection to service, board at the temporary stop on Woodstock at 96th.

• Marine Drive Shuttle

  The Slough Bridge at N Lombard and Marine Drive will be closed through the summer. Starting Monday April 18, stops along Marine Drive will be served by a shuttle bus from Jubitz and Expo Center. more

Future TriMet Service Advisories

TRIMET

There was no news release about this (as of now)...was TriMet going to say anything about it?

Or was TriMet just planning to let people find out the hard way and simply not tell anybody unless they were looking around on their webpage for no reason (like i was)?

TriMet: June 2011 Service Changes

||SERVICE ON 12 BUS LINES TO BE ADJUSTED, AND MAX MALL SHUTTLE CANCELED STARTING JUNE 5, 2011||

TriMet: Linking to trimet.org

http://trimet.org/help/linking.htm
Apparently, TriMet has some 'rules'.

MR. HAPPY FACE

NEIL MCFARLANE HERE!
Watch it if ya wanna laugh hard! :)
Hilarious!

Talking Bus Fail

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/05/talking-bus-fail.html?showComment=1305866342414#c8697339701072574381
Again, check out the comments. :)

Transit seat hog of the day: A TriMet driver

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/05/transit_seat_hog_of_the_day_a.html
The online world is these kind of guys' downfall.

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/05/houston-chronicle.html
One thing to say: check out the comments.

Throwing the Tea Party Under the Bus

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/05/throwing-tea-party-under-bus

Taking it to the extreme

Oregon woman booted off train after allegedly talking 16 hours on cell phone
16 hours??

Transit News Outside Of Portland

Two in custody for shot fired on Metro Bus
Airline worker killed, 10 hurt after city bus crashes into car near Kennedy Airport
Teen Shot On Brooklyn MTA Bus

TriMet (Light Rail) Tour

Really Cool Pix Here!

BoJack

A blogger to be reckoned with
City of Portland 911 board says it can meet in secret
And another thing...

Amerika's Failure

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

Anyone surprised?

TriMet is all safety!

Safety having some prolems at Trimet lately

MARY FETSCH ON LSD?

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/05/mary-fetsch-on-lsd.html

More thumbs down for "close to perfect" 911 computer

http://bojack.org/2011/05/more_thumbs_down_for_close_to.html

That's sad

If you're a user of the back areas of Tryon Creek State Park in southwest Portland, you'd better enjoy the scenery while you can. It looks as though Portland sewer crews are going to be ripping the place up pretty soon.
Birds, bees about to be disturbed
:(

TriMet: Rail work will disrupt Yellow Line MAX service in North Portland on Saturday

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/05/trimet_rail_work_will_disrupt.html