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Your Questions For Neil, “Round 5″, Part 2 – Ridership / Operations / Budget
Yesterday, we posted the first in a series of videos featuring Portland Transport’s interview with TriMet’s Neil McFarlane, based on your questions. Today, here’s Part 2… Today’s topics are Ridership, Operations and Budget: Recent press about transit at historically high levels, but TriMet’s has not fully recovered to pre-2009. Some service has recently been restored,…
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Your Questions For Neil, “Round 5”, Part 1 – High-Capacity Projects
Last Wednesday, Chris sat down with TriMet’s Neil McFarlane for a discussion focused on your questions. This has become a sort of annual tradition for Portland Transport, and this year we were very pleased to be hosted by the Portland Opera – the Opera headquarters is located on the east bank of the Willamette just…
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Editorial: The Name for the Bridge
I ran into Abigail Scott Duniway the other day.
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Initial Reactions to the TriMet Audit
The State audit of TriMet and the agency response are now available. There are no huge new revelations. But here are a few initial takeaways: Underfunded liabilities for both pensions and health benefits are confirmed as a significant financial challenge for TriMet Excess executive compensation is NOT identified as a source of financial strain, perhaps…
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TriMet to start bus service planning/outreach in SE and around Milwaukie MAX
Title says it all. TriMet is now starting its planning and public outreach activities in preparation of the opening of Portland-Milwaukie MAX next year, and is looking for public input, particularly on the question of how bus service should be reorganized around PMLR. A set of guidelines for the process can be found here. The…