Portland Transport

Category: Budget Cuts

  • Pensions and budgets, and cuts. (Oh my).

    On the heels of all the CRC goings-on down in Salem (and in various council chambers in Vancouver and Oregon City), TriMet yesterday tossed a little gasoline in the fire with some dire predictions for transit levels a decade hence. While its outlook for FY14 is essentially flat–no service restorations, no further cuts, depending on…

  • City of Portland engages in outrageous $2M power-play against TriMet.

    In a move which apparently came as a complete surprise, Portland mayor Sam Adams has proposed levying/hiking various fees on TriMet, related to things like benches and shelters. The amount of the proposed fee hike is 8000%, or about $2M; intended to cover the cost of the YouthPass program, which was cut by TriMet in…

  • Some (more) friendly advice for TriMet

    As noted in the Open Thread, TriMet’s board approved the agency’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget at today’s board meeting, a somewhat controversial proposal that included the abolition of Free Rail Zone, a fare hike and a flattening of the fare structure, and another round of service cuts. The good folks at OPAL were out in…

  • TriMet publishes proposed FY13 budget

    TriMet has published its proposed FY13 budget. I’ll peruse it a bit more myself later tonight, but a few observations courtesy of OPAL after the jump (sorry, Facebook access required for the OPAL link).

  • 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,…