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Sleek, Sexy… and Inconvenient

by Aaron

TriMet’s new light rail vehicles (purchased to build up the fleet for the upcoming Green Line service) have been described as “sleek” and “sexy.” As I started watching them in operation, noting that the new cars only have operator controls at one end, I realized there’s a snag in this plan.
Currently, when one car [...]

08.24.2009 See the rest → 12 comments

Reminder: Low-Car Diet Clinic Tomorrow!

by Jeremy Towsey-French

The Low-Car Diet Clinic is taking place tomorrow –Saturday, May 2, 2009– rain or shine!

Location: Sunnyside School park / SE 34th Ave. and SE Taylor St., Portland
Time: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Details: see the specifics at Upcoming. Don’t forget that Joe Bike will have plenty of cool cargo bikes (and cargo!) on-hand to test –not [...]

05.01.2009 See the rest →

TriMet Warning: Gateway Area to be Borked Starting Tuesday

by Aaron

If you ride MAX, be aware that starting Tuesday (and through next Sunday), there will be service disruptions around Gateway Transit Center in order to perform signal work related to the new Green Line.
During this entire period, there will be no Red Line (Airport) trains between Gateway and the Airport. TriMet will have shuttle [...]

03.28.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

TriMet Question of the Day

by Aaron

Dear TriMet: this evening’s MAX service disruption must’ve happened before 7:00pm, because that’s when I tried to catch a train and the station reader board indicated a problem.
Why was it not until 7:35 that you sent out a Service Alert message to those of us who have subscribed to the service? I’m pretty sure [...]

02.10.2009 See the rest → 2 comments
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