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TriMet Seeks Public Input for Stimulus Fund Spending
TriMet has posted a list of projects eligible for funding from the federal stimulous package. Only about $60 million overall can be spent, so TriMet is asking for public input as to which projects should have the highest priority. According to TriMet, the stimulous money cannot be used for operations (which is sad, because you…
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Loaded Orygun: Driver Self-Interest and the CRC
Loaded Orygun has an interesting post today which delves into some counter-intuitive theories about driver behavior, including how increasing capacity can lead to increased congestion, even at times when other variables like demand are maintained. It then goes on to speculate about the potential connection of those theories to the impacts of the CRC proposal.…
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Fare is Fair? A look (back) at TriMet ticket machine performance
Back in June, Portland Mercury reporter Matt Davis and I spent a Sunday checking out ticket machines along the MAX Yellow Line and portions of the original Blue Line. We took along my video camera to document the results. Matt wrote up an article at the time, but my video project wasn’t completed until recently.…
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WES Financial Woes
In the Open Thread comments, Erik quotes from this Oregonian article about cost overruns and the messy financial entanglements between TriMet and Colorado Railcar. There’s a lot of details and history in the article — give it a read and discuss it here. Westside Express deal cost TriMet millions
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TriMet Announces Service Increases for Bus and MAX
From TriMet’s press release: Starting Sunday, Nov. 30, TriMet will add service on 13 of its 93 bus lines and MAX Blue Line to help relieve crowding. In addition, four bus lines will have minor service adjustments to improve schedule reliability. I’ll beat Erik to the punch here and note that I wish that TriMet…