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

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Portland's roads were either designed by a wild psychopath or a brilliant blind man

Even the cops laugh at the couplet | Jack Bogdanski
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TriMet Tweeters


 Heather 

Made the last bus of the night by 30 seconds w00t! 
 edwartica 

Trains are being delayed in East county due to power fluctuations. Thought all the other  riders might want to know. :) 
 Suddenly Deny 

Excellent driver on  2651! Murmurs from other passengers (tourists!) to that effect as well! :) making pdx look good!


 MAX FAQs 

And this one goes out tonight to everyone who has been left behind by a  MAX train 
 Joseph Rose 

Huh? RT : Trimet driver just asked girl to wrap her apple up or throw it out before she got on the bus. 

 Melanie Johnson 

Go figure, the first day I start riding the bus is the last day before a fare hike.  
 OPAL Oregon 

We ♥  bus drivers. Who do you ♥ this ?  
 Monica 

A group of guys on this train is discussing how much they had to pay to get their photos removed from pdxmugshots  



 Dan Christensen 
Overheard on my  Bus: "There is no way I can pay I have just got out of jail, I was in jail cause the pulled me off a Max train."
 
 Dan Christensen 
little girl w/pink bunny got on my bus. she was so proud of her bunny & looked at me wide eyed & told me "He eaths" meaning he eats, so cute
 
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King County Metro Transit offers safe space for youth


Through the program, if a young person in crisis needs help, all he or she has to do is approach a Metro Transit bus driver and say, “I need a safe place.” The driver then makes a call to trigger contact to a youth service provider. The organization then arranges to meet and transport the youth to safety.
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2011/08/31/king-county-metro-transit-offers-safe-space-for-youth/
One of those great things that make you smile, huh? :) I like King County Metro
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MAX turns 25 on Friday, with TriMet celebrations planned in Portland and Gresham


PX00182_9.JPGView full sizeThe OregonianA MAX train along the eastside portion of the Green Line that travels from downtown to the Clackamas Town Center.
By Joseph Rose

MAX -- also known as the Metropolitan Area Express -- turns 25 with not one but two parties on Friday.

The 15-mile Eastside MAX Blue Line between Portland and Gresham was the first to be built in the region, and only the third modern light-rail line in the U.S. at the time. 

Here’s a look at how it’s grown over the years:

  • 1974: After fierce neighborhood revolts, planning for the planned eight-lane Mt. Hood Freeway through Southeast Portland is scrapped. The federal freeway funds are exchanged for light rail and other transportation improvements.

  • Labor Day weekend 1986: The Portland-to-Gresham segment of the Blue Line opens with 200,000 trips taken the first weekend.

  • November 1998: 52 percent of Metro area voters reject Measure 26-74, seeking $475 million to build a light rail line from Clackamas Town Center to the Kenton neighborhood in North Portland.
  • Sept. 12,1998: The westside Blue Line extension from Portland to Hillsboro opens. The line includes a three-mile, twin-tube tunnel under the West Hills.
  • Sept 10, 2001: The $125 million Airport MAX Red Line starts rolling after four years of construction. TriMet adopts a color-coded light rail system for the future.
  • May 1, 2004: Four months early and under budget, the 5.8-mile, $350 million Yellow Line to the Expo Center in North Portland opens.
  • Sept. 12, 2009: Clackamas County finally gets light rail with the $575.7 million Green Line, which promises trips from the Clackamas Town Center to Portland State University in 39 minutes.
  • MAX boardings since 1986: 483 million.
  • Trips on TriMet buses during the same period: 1.4 billion.
  • Average weekday MAX trips:128,000.
  • Number of miles now in the MAX system: 52.
  • Development numbers: TriMet says more than $6 billion in development has occurred along MAX lines since the first plans were drafted in 1978.

  • July 1, 2011: TriMet starts construction on a Willamette River bridge that will carry the planned 7.3-mile, $1.5 billion Orange Line from downtown Portland to Milwaukie, which is scheduled to open in fall 2015.

  • August 2011: A citizen urban-renewal initiative barely makes the November ballot in Clackamas County, with officials saying passage would endanger the county's plans to meet its $25 million payment for the Orange Line. County commissioners are expected to place competing measure on the ballot.

Two events -- one in Gresham and one in Portland -- are planned to celebrate MAX’s 25th birthday.

The Gresham event starts at 10 a.m. at Gresham City Hall Plaza. The Portland gathering is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square.



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