Portland Transport

Category: Organizations

  • Your Questions for Neil – “Round 2” – The Videos – Parts 1 and 2

    Here’s the first two parts of our latest interview with Neil McFarlane, based on questions submitted by the readers of Portland Transport. Parts 1 and 2 cover the broad topic areas of TriMet’s financing and service levels, the economy, project funding, and labor contracts. Parts 1 and 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Special…

  • Open Source in Transit Industry

    I’m still jazzed from Transportation Camp! I want to remind folks that open source in transit doesn’t just mean Google Transit and smartphone apps for when the next bus is arriving. Here’s a very nice piece on TriMet’s use of open source throughout their enterprise.

  • Your Questions for Neil – The Sequel

    UPDATE Our interview is currently scheduled for Tuesday, March 15th. If there’s a question you’d like to ask but don’t see something similar in the comments, now is your last chance… Please wrap up questions by early afternoon on Monday. Thanks! Last July, we conducted an interview with TriMet’s new General Manager, Neil McFarlane, shortly…

  • TriMet’s bizarro fare enforcement policy

    TriMet’s broken fare enforcement policy for its busses.

  • Are Transfers Fair?

    OPAL (Organizing People Activating Leaders) doesn’t think so. They’d like TriMet transfers to be extended to 3 hours (and after 7pm, until the end of service). They’re holding a rally on Monday: Kickoff your Campaign for a Fair Transfer Monday, February 21st 6:00 PM St Francis Parish 11th and SE Oak (Bus #70) Dinner, childcare…