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Solar contractor defends TriMet’s $366,000 panel array, calling it ‘art’
This is a guest post from Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, PDX’s 10-minute newsmagazine for TriMet commuters. TriMet’s plan to build a $366,000 solar project near PSU that’ll kick off $4,550 a year of electricity sounds like a nutty waste. That’s certainly how it played in TriMet’s initial press release, and on the front page…
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TriMet considers Bus Rapid Transit
The latest update of TriMet’s Transit Improvement Plan contains an interesting development: TriMet is considering Bus Rapid Transit on two corridors: • A corridor from downtown Portland to Gresham, generally following Powell Blvd from downtown to around SE 82nd or I-205 and Division St east of SE 82nd or I-205 • A corridor generally following…
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A Note on Transit Board Governance
The issue of how TriMet’s board is appointed (by the Governor, confirmed by the State Senate) comes up on this blog from time to time (including in Scotty’s post yesterday). Often these discussions include advocacy for direct election of board members. So readers might be interested in this report, passed along by a reader, from…
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More TriMet Budget Woes
[Updated 10/26 with full press release after the break. – Bob R.] Prepare for more pain, this media advisory came from TriMet today: TriMet faces budget shortfall for FY2013 Agency kicks off budget process early to develop options TriMet will kick off its Fiscal Year 2013 budget process tomorrow at the monthly meeting of the…
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Better Trips, Transformational Leadership
There was a flurry of news on Friday, describing TriMet’s new multi-modal trip planner. There is no question the planner is very cool. The ability to integrate bike and transit trip planning, better pedestrian routing to transit stops, and a myriad a bells and whistles (check out the ‘bike triangle’!) are a great step forward.…