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Google Transit Launches with TriMet
We got scooped by News4Neighbors, but here it is: today Google launched a Transit Trip Planner, using TriMet as their first partner, so right now it’s a Portland exclusive. My favorite part is the comparison of driving costs with the transit fare! What this highlights is that TriMet has great data, and a real willingness…
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It all started on the bus
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man 50 years ago, her courage gave face to a movement that would forever change our society and institutions. Her heroic act on Dec. 1, 1955 sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and for 381 days blacks, who made up the majority of…
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TriMet Grapples with Energy Costs
TriMet’s board has adopted a corrective action plan to deal with increased diesel fuel costs (about $5M over budget for the year). In addition to conservation measures, the plan includes a 15 cent fare increase… On a more hopeful note, in conjunction with the Bonneville Power Administration, TriMet has installed a fuel cell at its…
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Unravelling Transit in Clark County?
I got a TriMet alert last week reminding me that TriMet Passport (employer-based passes) would no longer be accepted on C-TRAN premimum express routes as of September 1. This sent me to the C-TRAN site to see what how else the TriMet/C-TRAN integration might be affected, and I found this page about C-TRAN’s “Service Preservation…