Category: Light Rail

  • The Oregon gubernatorial election and transit

    PortlandTransport.com looks at the Oregon gubernatorial election between Democrat John Kitzhaber, and Republican Chris Dudley, and its potential affect on transit in the Portland area.

  • A Recommendation That Should Not Be Overlooked

    Scotty has already reported on the release of the TriMet Safety Task Force report. I’d like to highlight one of the recommendations that has not gotten a lot of coverage: 4. Community advisory committee TriMet cannot achieve the highest levels of safety performance without engaging the entire community. The task force heard from operators that…

  • Under New Management: TriMet and the Trust Gap

    What ought to be of concern to TriMet’s riders and supporters was Friday’s front page article by Joseph Rose, who covers the transportation beat for the paper. The title says it all: Will TriMet bond measure get the support of those who actually ride TriMet? In the article, Rose (who is quite knowledgeable on the…

  • Oregonian opposes TriMet bond measure 26-119

    In this morning’s Oregonian, the editorial board came out against Measure 26-119, the TriMet sponsored bond measure which would continue the soon-to-expire Westside MAX bonds, in order to pay for numerous enhancements to the bus system, particularly to help out the disabled.

  • What Point in our Region Has the Most Access to Destinations via Transit?

    According to the work for our Transit Equity project, SW 10th and Yamhill is the winner with a 93 Transit Score. I couldn’t find any points on the Transit Mall higher than 92. My guess is that the access to the additional destinations reached by Streetcar provides a slight edge. Of course our process just…