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

Sunday, June 5, 2011

A weird TriMet video

TriMet PSA

Average rides per trip per line

 I question the accuracy of this chart...less than 20 rides per trip on 51? That isn't even close to correct!

How to die in Oregon

http://vimeo.com/24705033

MAX LIGHT RAIL CONTROLS

http://gildefilm.de/max-light-rail-controls&page=7

Union Station Layover

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/06/layover-at-union-station.html

And Baby Makes Three (or More)

What's with all the baby carriages on Tri-Met? They take up enough space for 3 more people and most of the time the "drivers" of these large space sucking pieces of future landfill are just using the damn thing to lug around more crap then they'll ever need. Ever try actually holding your baby? S/he wants more than anything to be held and not some excuse for you to over-accessorize. So yeah, don't do it for me and all the other passengers who have nowhere to sit because you got spunk in your vag and popped one out. Do it for the kid. Peace.
And Baby Makes Three (or More) | Portland Mercury

BUSES LEAKING COOLANT

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/06/buses-leaking-coolant.html

Shut Up, TriMet!

I realize you are interested in not having any more buses crash into innocent pedestrians, but do your fucking buses have to talk so damn loud? I dutifully commute on your buses everyday, and all I want to do is read a book in peace. But your buses have to loudly announce every stop inside AND outside of the bus. Not only must I tolerate every semi-bathed rider of the bus along with poorly-parented ill-behaved children, crazy people talking too loud, cell phone chatters and other horrible dregs of society, now your stupid buses talk too! Can't you just teach your drivers to drive instead of making your buses yell in two different languages?
Shut Up, TriMet! | Portland AFoot
I can relate to the hatred of those talking buses. It gets immensely irritating after a few minutes. Makes me wish TriMet didn't have talking buses, but it makes sense why they do.
But it can feel like TriMet just has those in their low floor buses just to irritate the hell out of us passengers and drivers...

Union Blues

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/06/union-blues.html

MAX was crazy last night

Flash-Rave on Max Train

Portland MAX Rave

Only in Portland!

Starlight Parade

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/06/starlight-parade.html

This just might be why TriMet doesn't have a lot of new bus shelters like these...

BoJack

Save the public schools: call them prisons
Welches con man working Doug Fir area

About the videos...

It is now finally looking like i'm going to be able to get some videos edited and posted up here! I finally got the software i needed to be able to edit and post the videos, so soon (earliest, Sunday night) I hope to post videos of various things involving transit/Portland (generally).
Wish me luck!