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What TriMet Needs Now: A Really Good Audit
Full disclosure: I was one of the “stakeholders” who got briefed beforehand on the presentation TriMet GM Neil McFarlane gave to the board last week, predicting dire financial straights if TriMet’s labor agreement, particularly health benefits, is not modified. There is clearly a messaging war going on. ATU has an “open letter” to passengers out…
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Geeking Out on Facts
Via Price Tags, the “Pocket Guide to Transportation” (2013 edition – PDF, 4.4M) is now available from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Lots and lots of data for your next transportation trivia night…
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Southwest Corridor: Transportation “Bundles”
The latest report from the Southwest Corridor steering committee is now available, and it is interesting, to say the least: The committee is considering several project options: Light rail to Tigard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to Tigard BRT to Tualatin BRT to Sherwood Something called “hub and spoke”, which appears to involve no major investments…
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Revisting TriMet and Metro
Garlynn Woodsong is a planner and a frequent commenter from Portland Transport’s early days. He has recently returned to Portland after an assignment in California. A recent visit to San Diego opened my eyes to another possibility for the reorganization of transit in the Portland region. Currently, Metro does regional transportation and land use planning,…
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Pensions and budgets, and cuts. (Oh my).
On the heels of all the CRC goings-on down in Salem (and in various council chambers in Vancouver and Oregon City), TriMet yesterday tossed a little gasoline in the fire with some dire predictions for transit levels a decade hence. While its outlook for FY14 is essentially flat–no service restorations, no further cuts, depending on…