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TriMet releases final* FY13 budget, cuts (UPDATEDx2)
Release here. Appears to have the same stuff as before, with a few other service notes. * The 9 will only serve Powell Boulevard. The Northeast segment of the 9 will be combined with the 17. This was previously hinted at, but is now official. * TriMet will add service on lines 4, 9, 33,…
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Digging Into TriMet’s Proposed Service Changes: Washington County Edition
Last month, Zef covered in detail TriMet’s proposed service changes to both NE and NW Portland. (He also had some additional thoughts on the cuts as a whole over at Portland Afoot, see also here). Zef is unfamiliar with Washington County, so we agreed that I would do the article about the proposed changes affecting…
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Generating some bus savings
Last week, Portland Transport hosted an article on the subject of potential savings which could be realized by closing MAX stations and making the MAX line(s) more efficient. This article was prompted by GM Neil McFarlane’s comments in our recent interview series, particularly the first part which discussed the recent service cuts. Chris, who conducted…
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TriMet REALLY announces news regarding Type 5 MAX train
No April Fools this time, just news that TriMet has proposed a resolution for the Board of Directors, to authorize a procurement of new Type 5 LRT vehicles, from Siemens. And no, they won’t really consist of 40′ busses tethered to flatbed railcars, as cool as that might sound. :) Siemens, who manufactures the Type…
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Improving service to Swan Island?
Longtime and frequent commenter Lenny Anderson pens an op-ed in the Oregonian on how riders can improve transit service. (Hint: Find more riders). Which brings me to a few thoughts on how best to serve Swan Island. A big problem with serving it is that it’s essentially a dead end. More accurately, it’s two dead…