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The New TriMet Day Pass: It’s Kind of a Big Deal
Disclaimer: Zef Wagner is currently a Service Planning and Scheduling Intern at TriMet. The views expressed on this website are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views, plans, or policies of TriMet. Since TriMet’s decision to overhaul its fare system, most attention has understandably focused on the elimination of zones (including the Free…
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The Past, Present, and Future of the Portland Transit Grid
Disclaimer: Zef Wagner is currently a Service Planning and Scheduling Intern at TriMet. The views expressed on this website are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views, plans, or policies of TriMet. As Jarrett Walker notes in a recent post, this weekend marks the 30th birthday of the Portland transit grid system that…
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OPAL Releases Alternative Proposal for TriMet Budget (Updated)
This post from a couple weeks ago has been updated with some new thoughts regarding the WES commuter rail service. Only a few days after TriMet released its final budget recommendation, OPAL has released its alternative budget proposal aimed at limiting fare increases and service cuts. OPAL and its allies are adopting a smart strategy…
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Digging Into TriMet’s Proposed Service Changes: NE Edition
TriMet has finally released their budget proposal, and while they are mostly filling the gap by raising fares and ending the Free Rail Zone (more on that in a future post), what I find most intriguing are the bus reorganization proposals found here. After devastating rounds of across the board cuts to frequency in 2009…
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CRC Offers Up Interchanges
Testifying before the Legislature, representatives of the Columbia River Crossing Project offered up $650M of savings by delaying freeway interchange improvements at Marine Drive, Fourth Plain, Mill Plain and SR500. Point of Order – the FEIS does not contain a phasing plan. What does the project need to do under the NEPA process to introduce…