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Worst. Commute. Ever.

by PAgent

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. I understand that the entire delicate network of our civilization collapses whenever two snowflakes fall within a minute of each other. Heck, I probably only drove in honest-to-goodness snow two or three times the entire time I was in high school.
I, however, had the good fortune to attend [...]

Portland Police: The Problem is Perception

by PAgent

Governer Kulongoski decides to invite several Portland-area police departments to a friendly competition. The Beaverton Police Department, the Gresham Police Department, and the Portland Police Department all take part.
A jackrabbit is marked with blue dye, then released into Forest Park. Each of the Police Departments in turn is given a chance to locate and [...]

12.07.2009 See the rest → 3 comments

PDX in Your Pictures: Silver Dude on the Bus

by Aaron

Silver Dude on the Bus by gregraisman
Everyone is invited to share Portland photography with the OurPDX community by participating in the OurPDX Flickr group.

10.08.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

A Green Line Redux

by Cosmic Charlie

TriMet’s MAX Green Line has been fully operational for two weeks now. I posted a few observations after the opening weekend, mostly critical. (Older folk are like that, with these confounded new-fangled gizmos…) I knew then that opening weekend would not be a true example of typical life on the Green Line, so I gave [...]

09.28.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

It’s Not Easy Being Green…

by Cosmic Charlie

Today was opening day for the new MAX Green Line. Since I had things to do and places to go, and just happened to be downtown near PSU, I decided to take the Green Line home. Allow me to share a bit of the adventure.
I wandered onto the milling crowd at SW 6th & Madison, [...]

09.12.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Irritation to the MAX

by Cosmic Charlie

You would think they had never seen a train before.
I deboarded the bus on Main Street yesterday, and caught my first glimpse of the Yellow Line rolling down SW 6th. I stopped and took in the sight, a momentous occasion. It seemed like a ‘What’s wrong with this picture?’ test. Normal, yet odd.
I wasn’t the [...]

09.01.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

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

The devil made me do it…

by Cosmic Charlie

I wish to use this public forum to apologize to my fellow bus riders. I’m sorry. I really stunk up the bus today.
Regular riders of TriMet are familiar with the usual smells. A lack of bathing or laundry, the after-effects of last night’s lasagna or enchiladas, a bag of Indian food or Mickey D’s, [...]

08.22.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Stepping Into the Slow Lane

by Betsy Richter

It has been a Very Busy Summer for yours truly. Most days, the whiteboard on the refrigerator that tracks our household schedule is jam-packed full of planned activities: Summer camps for the girl, lists of chores for the teen, and plenty of, um, fun work stuff for me (including more than a few [...]

07.22.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

For Rapid Transit, they Gallop…

by Aaron

Seen today on the transit mall… two mounted officers end up with a line of cars behind them at a slow walking pace as they mosey down SW 5th Avenue….

05.27.2009 See the rest → 6 comments

Pains, Trains and Automobiles

by Cosmic Charlie

Here at OurPDX, we are all TriMet, all the time. (Kidding. It just looks that way today.)
Coming May 24, downtown bus service will undergo massive changes. For the last two years, construction of the MAX Green Line and transit mall remodeling have had buses running along SW 3rd and 4th Avenue. In a couple of [...]

05.13.2009 See the rest → 3 comments