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Human Transit Takes Exception to OPAL’s Strategy
Jarrett has an interesting take on what benefits transit riders who are cash-poor, time-poor or both.
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Orange Line Sighting
Guest contributor David Brandt is a regular reader. Earlier this year there was discussion on this blog about how TriMet would designate and serve the new Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail line (see “TriMet Confirms That Orange Line Will Go Through Downtown After All, But Details Still Unclear, April 17, 2013″). A clue has recently appeared that…
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OPAL’s Pitch to TriMet
OPAL (Organizing People Activating Leaders), the parent organization of Bus Riders Unite, will be making it’s case tomorrow before the TriMet board for its “Campaign for a Fair Transfer”. The campaign, which would extend transfer times as a mitigation for reduced frequency has been a major equity push for the organization. Here is their proposal…
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TriMet Takes $10 Million Hit from ERB, Claims Victory
Both ATU and TriMet appear to be claiming victory in in the recent ruling by the Oregon Employee relations board. It would appear that TriMet does indeed get the contract imposed by the arbitrator (good news), but cannot collect retroactive health-care contributions from employees (bad news) and must refund some contributions (more bad news). TriMet’s…
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Completing the outer ring of suburban transit
If you look at the TriMet route map, it tends to resemble an amoeba. There are several arms, of various lengths, and lots of connectivity to the core–but in many cases, no connectivity between arms without travelling into downtown, or routes involving multiple transfers. Starting with the St. Helens Road and heading counter-clockwise; there’s a…