Portland Transport

Category: TriMet

  • 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,…

  • One Idea for Efficient Bus Service: No More Feeders

    Scotty has put out the call for ideas to improve the efficiency of bus service in the Portland region, and I encourage everyone to submit your ideas in the comment thread. I would like to take this opportunity to submit one idea for more efficient bus service: eliminate feeder routes wherever possible by combining them…

  • Digging Into TriMet’s Proposed Service Changes: Washington County Edition

    Last month, Zef covered in detail TriMet’s proposed service changes to both NE and NW Portland. (He also had some additional thoughts on the cuts as a whole over at Portland Afoot, see also here). Zef is unfamiliar with Washington County, so we agreed that I would do the article about the proposed changes affecting…