Bibiana McHugh of TriMet gave a special sneak preview of the tool today.(Photo: Michael Andersen)

This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, PDX's 10-minute newsmagazine and wiki for transit commuters.
Already known internationally for its top-notch website and pioneering use of open data, Portland's transit agency is about to take another leap toward making [...]

Richard Krebs' bike rests under the wheel of a TriMet bus after the collision last Thursday.(Photos: Bill Jackson)

In a major update to our story from last week, the Portland Police Bureau has issued a citation to TriMet bus operator John Nations in a crash that occurred August 12th at SW 6th and Morrison in downtown [...]

Richard Krebs' bike rests under the wheel of a TriMet bus after the collision last Thursday.(Photos: Bill Jackson)

Last Thursday, a TriMet bus operator made a left turn from SW 6th Avenue onto Morrison and came into contact with a man's bicycle (it's not clear whether he was riding or walking). The wheel of the [...]

Paul Higgins, as seen from the window of a TriMet bus.(Photos: Screen grabs of Dan Christensen's blog)

At the end of last month, TriMet bus operator Dan Christensen published a shocking essay on his personal blog. The essay was titled "PORTLAND! KILL THIS BICYCLIST!" It went into detail about how Christensen was so frustrated [...]

(Photos by Jim "K'Tesh" Parsons)

Yesterday, with notable transportation officials from around the region in attendance, TriMet officially cut the ribbon on their new 'Bike & Ride' facility at the Sunset Transit Center in Beaverton. With secure parking for 74 bikes, TriMet hopes the new service will make it easier for people to make the [...]

TriMet has made a policy change in light of complaints about a bus operator who made videos of himself and his passengers -- sometimes while driving -- and then posted them on this blog.
The issue surfaced after I published a video statement by bus operator Al Marguiles. In the comments of that story, Marguiles [...]

As we hinted at a few weeks ago, TriMet is set to begin construction of their new Bike & Ride facility at the Sunset Transit Center this month. A statement released yesterday said the project will begin June 21st and the facility is expected to be open for business by end of July.
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[Contributor Michael Andersen is the editor of Portland Afoot, a forthcoming "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland, especially TriMet riders. Their launch issue comes out June 1.]

Fred Hansen.(Photos © J. Maus)

The Oregonian reported last night that TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen has decided to resign from the agency. Hansen has been TriMet's GM since 1998.
In light of Hansen riding the MAX into the sunset, I checked the BikePortland archives and found that his name popped up several times.
The [...]

TriMet has launched an online survey to help come up with a name for their new bike parking facilities. The facilities, funded with $1,000,000 in federal stimulus funds, will provide secure bike parking at the Sunset, Beaverton and Gresham Central transit centers.
The survey includes several names to choose from, including "Bike & Ride," "Bike [...]

"To insure that the City of Damascus is open as much as possible to the free flow of vehicular traffic and citizen travel within the city..." -- Text from a ballot measure that would prohibit public mass transit in Damascus

A ballot measure to be voted on in March in the city of Damascus, Oregon -- [...]

(Photo © J. Maus)

The Obama Administration has taken a solid step in matching their "livable communities" rhetoric with action. A new proposal from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would increase the radius around transit stops and stations where bicycling and walking infrastructure could be funded. The proposal showed up last Friday in the [...]

TriMet has purchased two new railcars for its WES line that have a large storage area inside, similar to this one used by Caltrain as a bike car.(Photo © Todd Boulanger)

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Photo: City of Stuttgart via Cyclelicious)

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Buses, trains, bicycles, and people on foot all travel through the Rose Quarter Transit Center.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Some folks are confused about these rack-shaped objects on the new transit mall.(Photos: Victoria Gilbert)

Here's a bit of good, bad, and confusing news about bike parking on TriMet's transit mall in downtown Portland (we'll get to the issue of actually riding on it in a separate story).
Back in January, we reported on how stringent design [...]

Bike on WES.(Photo: TriMet)

TriMet announced today that they have removed four seats in each of their WES Commuter Rail cars in order to make more room for bicycles. When WES opened back in January, the cars only had two designated hooks for bicycles, leading to immediate concerns from multi-modal commuters.
The issue has been on [...]

Bridge concept design by Donald MacDonald.

Once it's built, TriMet's Milwaukie Light Rail bridge over the Willamette River will be the first in the country to carry only light rail and people on bikes and foot (no cars).
What will the actual bike and pedestrian facilities look like?
TriMet is currently working out design [...]

"I think there are some big leaps being made here with regard to the ad's message being misleading or in some way endangering cyclists. The ad poses a question. How people interpret it or act on it is not up for TriMet to determine."-- Becky Witt, Public Information Officer for TriMet

As the debate continues over [...]

Entrance to transit station and multi-use path at SE Division Street.(Photo: TriMet)

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