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Defending the Youth Pass
This Op-ed piece was passed on from OPAL (Organizing People, Activating Leaders). A version also appears on oregonlive.com. TRIMET YOUTHPASS: CREATING OUR TRANSIT RIDERS OF THE FUTURE Our region prides itself on sustainability, ideally a harmonious balance between economic vitality, environmental health and social equity. In order to meet our sustainability challenges for the coming…
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Google Adding Real Time Arrivals
Update: Here’s Google’s own post announcing this. The Oregonian is reporting this morning that Google is adding real time transit vehicle information to Google maps. TriMet and a handful of other cities are the first being rolled out. A couple of stops I checked this morning are showing real-time alert information, but the actual arrivals…
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Show Time for the CRC at Metro
This is going to be a big week for the Columbia River Crossing. Thursday at its 2pm regular meeting the Metro Council will vote on a resolution signing off that the project has met the conditions adopted by the Council in its approval of the Locally Preferred Alternative. To many of us, it seems manifestly…
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Chinatown bus operator attempts to evade USDOT ban by changing names
For those who promote privatization über alles, consider the developing story in the East Coast. A wreck involving a so-called “Chinatown” bus (a private long-distance bus company which provides curbside service between major city’s downtowns; often focused in Chinatowns and marketed towards Chinese communities) in Virginia resulted from driver fatigue, and the DOT ordered the…