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

Monday, August 8, 2011

Remember this guy?

stealthwavef22raptor
Yup. That guy.
The fun begins again.
Well, I commented on this latest video saying that the videos made no sense and were weird (yet i do like them) and here's his response:
It is controlled by higher ups. It is a way to attack targets minds. I am a Target. It is a government program. They do much more like. Intersection interceptions. If you art not a gang STALKER or a Target you now can get the true facts from my vid collection that is ongoing
He cracks me up! (And by the way, what is a gang stalker or a target?)

SPY CAMERA SHOWS BUS AVOID 4 YEAR OLD

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/08/spy-camera-shows-bus-avoid-4-year-old.html

New Contracts for New Flyer

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/flyer-pacts-worth-38m-127059478.html

Rail keeps failing, but this time it's the streetcar


Riverfront streetcar tracks shift due to heat | NOLA.com

Do We Have Enough Cabs?

Portland Transport
I like this comment:

August 8, 2011 11:00 PM
zefwagner Says:
Taxis are a great form of public transit because cabbies are really good at figuring out where and when the demand is in a way that public transit is not so good at. For example, it wouldn't make sense for Trimet to run extra buses just to serve some concert letting out at 1am, but taxis will line up to grab drunken revelers. However, this only really works if you aren't artificially restricting the number of taxis and keeping prices artificially high. This is a public safety and health issue, too, since it cuts down on drunk driving.
There is no reason for any limit, it's just a case of restricting competition. It's like a government-sponsored guild system, where the whole point is to protect already established cab drivers by making it really hard to start out and to provide a system for cab companies to exploit people for profit. Cabbies have to pay huge amounts of money (millions in NYC) for the right to operate a taxi, so they usually borrow the money directly from a cab company and then work it off. This is a form of indentured servitude. It's inhumane and bad public policy.

Change You Don't Have to Believe In


     Everybody is broke now: national treasuries, giant banks, pension funds, insurance companies. The wonder so far is that credit default swaps have not yet been triggered by interest rate changes or some other silly shit, but when that comes to pass there is no way the counterparties can settle their contracts. Ruin will thunder through the financial system like winged death. Everybody is broke and there's a lot less real "money" (whatever it is) out there. Everybody's quailing at the prospect of QE 3, in all its cosmic futility. The United States has already half killed itself at the Golden Corral steam-table of deep-fried debt. I guess we could go all the way and shoot what remains of the dollar in its pitiful, lolling head.


Clusterfuck Nation

DON'T MISS THE EXCITEMENT

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/08/dont-miss-excitement.html

BoJack: Sneak preview?

http://bojack.org/2011/08/sneak_preview_7.html

Should he stay or should he go?

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/08/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go.html
To be honest, I would hate to see Al go. He is a great bus driver in every way and TriMet would lose a great operator.

It's Organic!

MAXREDLINE

This is a photoshopped train to Portland Airport

MAX FAQS

ATU OFFICER RETIREMENTS

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/08/atu-officer-retirements.html

General this, General that.

TriMet: News Release - TriMet names new General Counsel
And this naturally means that this person won't do anything productive at all.

Musical bureaucrats continues at Trimet

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/08/musical-bureaucrats-continues-at-trimet.html

Insane bus crash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTU1JKtAYE&feature=youtu.be

Portland AFoot: How to score the perfect Amtrak Cascades seat

http://portlandafoot.org/2011/08/how-to-score-the-perfect-amtrak-cascades-seat/

Insane auto crashes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXlKjzF8DQE&feature=youtu.be

"Our budget is as tight as a drum"

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/08/our-budget-is-as-tight-as-drum-neil.html
Macfarlane: What 'extensive capital investments for the bus system'? 

Ballad of the Mystery Train to Milwaukie


More Light Rail Failure

A now daily event!


TriMet <subscriptions@trimet.org>

Due to mechanical issues on a MAX train, Blue and Red lines between Rose Quarter and Jeld-Wen Field will be served by a bus bridge. Riders should expect delays.

BREAKING NEWS: small hole in street

http://bojack.org/2011/08/breaking_news_small_hole_in_st.html

Light Rail Fails


Never a good sign when you see 2 @trimet trains that close. on Twitpic

Our Latest TriMet Tweeters

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/08/latest-trimet-twitter-reports-some-good.html

BTC report-3 inside&5 outside

People want to use the darn thing, but they just can't! That is why this bike and ride is performing so badly. If it was easier access to the thing, many more people would use it, per day and it would make the bike and ride being there worth it.

Mystery from TriMet Zone; Steel Bridge grump; top speeding ticket cars: Commuting roundup

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/08/mystery_from_trimet_zone_steel.html