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

Friday, July 1, 2011

Trimet general manager is "proud"

http://www.thoughts.com/HR202/trimet-general-manager-is-proud

Greyhound Dreams

http://www.portlandurbanista.com/?p=4082

I'm all for it!

"Bunchie" for new TRIMET LOGO!

Trimet-overcrowded, not available nights and weekends, old rickety buses, but these fools pretend everything is W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L

TriMet's specialty--screwing bus riders time and time again

Fond memories, huh?

oh hell no

Dispatchers are bugging Al

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBOJYgFTptQ

Echo in here?

http://bojack.org/2011/07/echo_in_here_5.html

Attention operators sign needs attention


http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post_01.html

Another Idiot Cyclist

Hit by bike on Portland sidewalk? Don't expect a cop.

Don't take TriMet to the Fireworks this Monday!

Ya can't get anywhere with TriMet's bare Sunday service! Just stay home or drive says TriMet.

Do you have a terrible boss?

Workingamerica.org: BadBoss - My Bad Boss Contest, Tell Your Bad Boss

GOODBYE WILLIE MOORE!

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/07/goodbye-willie-moore.html

TriMet's Bridge School!

Portland Transport

Beware of the Angry White Shirt

 http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post_7644.html
Picture is not Al's!

Not To Be Out-Done

http://maxredline.typepad.com/maxredline/2011/07/not-to-be-out-done.html

Craigsbest: Our favorite TriMet missed connections of June

Portland AFoot
These keep getting stranger and stranger...

Here comes mayhem

Bike restrictions on the tram this summer | Portland AFoot

67! 67!

Problems on the Hawthorne Bridge

Bridge closes because of a malfunction
Now it's open again

Southeast Portland's cookie stop; TriMet holiday schedules; hit-and-run cyclist: Commuting roundup

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/07/southeast_portlands_cookie_sto.html

No they don't

State, local officials say Milwaukie needs light rail...
This is getting almost funny

In downtown Portland, lawyer re-creates 'Up' with lots of balloons

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/06/in_downtown_portland_a_lawyer.html
Now that is cool!

And so the boondoggle begins!

Work begins on Milwaukie light rail bridge | KGW
How exciting! (not)

Congratulations to the latest TriMet Way Award Winners!

Several new TriMet Way Award winners were recognized this week. Congratulations go to:

Mary Streifel, client service database administrator
Adriana Britton, coordinator Marketing programs 
Tom Strader, senior fare policy program coordinator
Chris Tucker, Customer Service manager
Fred Polsky, software systems engineer V
Michael Crino, systems engineer II
Freya Isbell, IT systems analyst
Guy Tinat, software systems engineer II
Harold Hutt, software development lead
Pete Aleman, systems analyst programmer IV
Brooke Taylor, drug and alcohol testing program administrator

(interesting that NOT ONE OPERATOR, rail, streetcar, or bus, got an award)