Wyatt Baldwin.(Photo © J. Maus) Wyatt Baldwin, the web programmer who created the bicycle trip-planning tool byCycle.org, has been hired by Portland’s public transit operator TriMet. The announcement was made by TriMet communications director Carolyn Young during a presentation at the recent Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference in Seattle. Baldwin starts today and he told me … Read more
Watch TriMet TV episode below.(Photo © J. Maus) The latest episode of TriMet TV is titled, Buses, Trains & Bikes: Sharing the Road. The piece outlines many safe biking measures aimed at keeping bike riders safe while operating around buses and MAX trains. Among all the expected messages the narrator shares (use signals, walk your … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) The TriMet bus operator who started a petition hoping to stop a plan to allow bike access through the Rose Quarter Transit Center has just left a comment here on BikePortland.org explaining his views. Dan Christensen wrote that he loves to bike and that “one of the best times” of his … Read more
BTA’s Michelle Poyourow. (Photo © J. Maus) Michelle Poyourow of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) will issue a statement later today about a recent petition and document that has surfaced from a group of TriMet operators who oppose a plan to allow bike access through the Rose Quarter Transit Center (RQTC). Poyourow is the BTA’s … Read more
“We have no political axe to grind and are not in opposition to bicycles in general. But we are in opposition to bicycles in the Rose Quarter Transit Center.”— from a letter and petition send to local media outlets from a group of TriMet bus and train operators The Portland Mercury has shared an interesting … Read more
A rider on the narrow Steel Bridge sidewalk (view is facing west on the north side of the bridge).(Photos © J. Maus) TriMet recently completed a construction project on the Steel Bridge and the result is a narrower sidewalk on the north side. The majority of people that ride bikes over the Steel Bridge use … Read more
Click to enlarge The following is an excerpt taken directly from TriMet’s website: Tips for Bike Commuters During MAX Steel Bridge Service Interruption August 2-24 The Steel Bridge will be closed to cars, buses and MAX trains August 2-24, 2008, as crews connect existing tracks to the new MAX Green Line tracks on 5th and … Read more
The new sign says, “Hang bike here. Allow cyclists access to hook.”(Photo: Bill Alsup) In an effort to make their bike hooks more user-friendly, TriMet has added new signage on MAX trains reminding passengers that the hook area is for bikes (not for standing in). TriMet planner and designated bike guy Colin Maher says the … Read more
TriMet tested bike access options last month.(Photos © J. Maus) The BTA reports that TriMet has officially decided to make bike access through the Rose Quarter a reality. TriMet tested potential solutions for bike traffic through its busy Rose Quarter transit hub back in June. Now, according to the BTA’s Michelle Poyourow, TriMet will make … Read more
“At rush hour, expecting to board a train with a bike is a less dependable option than locking a bike at both ends of the trip, bringing on a folding bike, or traveling at a different time.”–Colin Maher, TriMet TriMet’s bike programs manager Colin Maher has taken the time to look into the incident that … Read more
[UPDATE: Please see this story (posted at 5:35pm) for TriMet’s clarification of this incident.] (Photo © J. Maus) After over a year, and following clarifications from TriMet staff, their contracted security personnel are still allegedly telling some people that they cannot board a MAX train unless a hook is available. Back in April of 2007, … Read more
Screenshot from TriMet’s new trip-planning map unveiled at the Carfree Conference yesterday. Check it out here.