A TriMet Rider: July 19, 2011

You can't make this stuff up. Portland's transit agency is the laughingstock of the fare-dodging public, and it's needed many, many more fare inspectors for years now. So what does it do? Hire six new supervisors. Gee, Neil, how many actual fare inspectors could you get for the cost of six supervisors? Nine?
BoJack
Oh yes. TriMet is skilled at that stuff.

Fare Evasion Crackdown?

So adding 6 people? supervisors of fare inspectors? Now how does that make sense? How about 10 more fare inspectors??
TriMet will boost fare inspections | Portland Tribune
TriMet plans crackdown, major 'education to enforcement' shift with fare evaders | Oregon Live
Oooohhh. Fare evaders beware....

The New Topic of Discussion--Fare Jumping

And so here is Portland AFoot's post about it.

No summer for us, scorching heat across the USA

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/07/no-summer-for-us-scorching-heat-across.html
Suddenly I like Portland's summer a whole lot more this year.

A Humble Suggestion to Improve Beaverton Transit Center

By a different way, Trimet means the way they prefer. Just last month, Maus summarized results from a large study in Los Angeles that concluded,

Survey respondents overwhelmingly said that being allowed to take their bike on the train influenced their decision to travel by bike and rail. Of the 477 people who responded to the question, 65 percent chose “allowed to take bike on train” as a factor that influenced their decision. (my emphasis)

http://johnochwat.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/a-humble-suggestion-to-improve-beaverton-transit-center/