They tell you we are dreamers. The true dreamers are those who think things can go on indefinitely the way that they are...we are not destroying anything, we are only witnessing how the system is destroying itself...It's easy to imagine the end of the world...but we can't imagine the end of capitalism...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Transit News around the World
Transit news from around the country:
Bus hits HRT employee at HRT garage | wavy.com | norfolk
Bus hits HRT employee at HRT garage | wavy.com | norfolk
Transit union fights back against CTA budget claims | WBEZ (this one sounds too familiar)
Take the bus: City employees ordered to use public transportation - Chicago Sun-Times (And yet in our amazing, 'green' city of Portland, this hasn't yet happened...)
Transit news from around the world:
We're broke!
That does it. Light rail is the best
Since the buses never get this sort of stuff.
(psst. TriMet; having your bus system get awards would mean actually caring a teensy bit about it.)
Board of Directors going on a field trip
Monday, October 10, 2011, 8 a.m.
Location:
World Forestry Center, Mt. Hood Room
4033 SW Canyon Rd
Portland, OR
A 'professional' TriMet sign
And then we realize how silly it sounds when we say that these are actually better than TriMet used to make them...
ITS Transit Workshop
The National Transit Institute (NTI) in collaboration with FTA is hosting a Transit ITS Workshop on October 11-12, 2011 in Portland, OR at TriMet. The goal of the workshop is to showcase deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and discuss timely industry topics
Public Transit Division Public Transit Division Site Index
Public Transit Division Public Transit Division Site Index
2011 Oregon Public Transportation Conference
October 23-26, Seaside, OR
The annual Oregon Transit Conference provides great training and networking opportunities for individuals in the transportation industry. From Legislative Session reviews to reigniting grass-roots transportation efforts, this conference is a successful venue for discussing new ideas and progress in Oregon.
For more information please visit the Oregon Transit Association website at
www.oregontransit.com
www.oregontransit.com
Seaside? Boy...couldn't they have chosen a better place? Maybe...you know...where there was adequate transit access...?
The Year’s Most Ignored News
http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18040-project_censored_the_year%E2%80%99s_most_ignored_news.html
but also probably some of the most important stuff. Just look at that first one.
but also probably some of the most important stuff. Just look at that first one.
The Tea Party and American Exceptionalism
If I were to speechify to a conclave of Tea Partyers, “America is the free-est...the most democratic...the best educated and most dynamic country the world has ever known, an example to all mankind,” the assembled would hoot and hooroar and applaud in dizzy exaltation. Here is the soul of the American approach to existence, bottomless self-admiration devoid of knowledge or curiosity, wrapped like a psychic burrito in the patriotism of overwrought middle-schoolers. And there are many, many of them.
FRED REED
FRED REED
Occupy Portland
Occupy Portland
Pictures
The faces of Occupy Portland - 10.9.11
The Faces of Occupy Portland - 10.6.11
The Faces of Occupy Portland - 10.8.11
Occupy Portland Protesters March Again - FM News 101 KXL
Going through Pioneer Square again - 10.9.11
PDX LIVESTREAM | Occupy Portland
portland imc - 2011.10.09 - Columbus Day Convergence this afternoon!
I plan to post the pictures of the event that I took on Friday afternoon (I might even be able to post the video up that I took down there). Look for them Monday night.
Pictures
The faces of Occupy Portland - 10.9.11
The Faces of Occupy Portland - 10.6.11
The Faces of Occupy Portland - 10.8.11
Occupy Portland Protesters March Again - FM News 101 KXL
Going through Pioneer Square again - 10.9.11
PDX LIVESTREAM | Occupy Portland
portland imc - 2011.10.09 - Columbus Day Convergence this afternoon!
I plan to post the pictures of the event that I took on Friday afternoon (I might even be able to post the video up that I took down there). Look for them Monday night.
For all to see
...where was any media coverage of Joel preventing a fatality? Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that this is at least getting internal recognition at TriMet.Donna said it, I've said it (more than once), and now Joel, and who knows how many other operators that I just don't have links for - TriMet bus and rail operators really are saving lives every. single. day by compensating for the poor attention of / decisions made by the public around the buses and trains. This is not news to any operator, but it's nice that this was distributed to other TriMet employees who don't see it the same way since they're not out in the field.
But Joel is right - if an operator does something stupid, there's no end to the media coverage of it, and no official support from TriMet in the media for the restof the operators who do their jobs, and do them well. The fact that operators prevent hundreds of horrific accidents every day, well, I guess that doesn't sell as many newspapers as "look at the dumb thing this bus driver did!" TriMet bus ridership averages around 61 million boarding rides per year, the overwhelming majority of which DON'T make the news. Then one woman in August and another in September had negative interactions with bus operators when their small children were being fussy, and now somehow it's fair that the public is viewing allbus drivers as baby-haters?
Anyway, then there is Jim's quote at the end - "This story exemplifies how our operators put safety first every day. I wish we could put it out there for all to see."
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