TriMet acts quickly to fix back-to-school bus crowding
The 51-Council Crest line now has an additional bus during peak runs.
(Photo: Lisa Caballero/BikePortland)
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A cut too deep? TriMet scrambles to work out southwest service kinks
It’s standing room only on route 51, if you can get on the bus. (Photo: Lisa Caballero/BikePortland)
Here’s how TriMet’s ‘A Better Red’ project will impact the Gateway Green bike park
Closure area map via TriMet. (Gateway Transit Center is to the right)
New Division Street bus stations raise questions about traffic laws and expectations
Still from KGW-TV video of a bicycle rider at one of TriMet’s new stops on Division. He’s supposed to stop prior to the green zone since there’s a person and a bus present.
TriMet opens new bus stations on SE Division with shared bike lane design
Still from TriMet video of new bus station design (with unfortunately inaccurate bicycle characters who look like they’re competing in the Tour de France).
The result of three and-a-half years of design, planning, and hand-wringing at TriMet is finally on the ground and ready for use. The agency announced today that they’ve opened a new type of bus station as part of their Division Transit Project. [Read more…]
TriMet wants your help to select their next general manager
TriMet’s three previous GMs: Fred Hansen, Neil McFarlane, and Doug Kelsey.
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Man says bus operator cut him off while riding in Vancouver Ave bike lane
Still from video. Watch video below.
Portland resident Jason P. says he was cut off by a TriMet bus operator on Friday morning and he’s got the video to back up his story (watch it below the jump).
According to a complaint filed with TriMet Sunday, Jason was riding southbound on North Vancouver Avenue between Morris and Stanton streets (adjacent to Dawson Park, just before Legacy Emanuel Hospital) when the operator of a Line 44 bus crossed over the bike lane he was riding in without using his signal.
Here’s more from the complaint:[Read more…]
Broad advocacy coalition pushes to influence TriMet GM hire
Bike, bus, or both, we all need TriMet to have good leadership.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
The Getting There Together (GTG) coalition has turned up the volume on their efforts to influence who TriMet picks to be their next general manager.
The coalition — which has dozens of members including biking and walking-related nonprofits like The Street Trust, Oregon Walks, Oregon Trails Coalition, WashCo Bikes, and the Community Cycling Center — is urging the public to join them and testify at the TriMet Board Meeting on Wednesday. The meeting agenda (PDF) includes Resolution 21-0149 that calls for, “Adopting a General Manager Job Description and Informing the Public of the General Manager Search Committee and Appointment Procedure.”[Read more…]
TriMet cancels board meeting to allow more input on GM pick
New leadership is a golden opportunity for TriMet — and for the entire Portland region.
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Ask BikePortland: Why can’t I take my Biketown bike on TriMet bus/MAX?
Bike to transit = good. Bike on transit = bad.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Today’s questions comes from reader Chris C.
Chris was surprised when a TriMet operator told him he couldn’t put his Biketown bike on the bus rack. Here’s his question:
“I learned from first-hand experience today that a TriMet bus will not allow a Biketown rental bike to be transported, because it is a Biketown bike. (I don’t believe there’s a similar restriction on the MAX trains, but I may be wrong.) Do you happen to know the public policy reason for that rule?”
I first reached out to TriMet and they pointed me to Biketown’s terms of service which state bikes, “cannot be taken on a car, ferry, bus, streetcar, MAX or train…” [Read more…]
