[Partly Randy’s fault.] Gregory Zeuthen, the arbitrator brought in to decide the case between Randy Albright and TriMet has come to a decision. He finds both parties negligent in the infamous events that transpired on January 22, 2004. Here are key excerpts from the official memo Zeuthen just faxed to the attorneys in the case … Read more
[Randy Albright] The case between TriMet and Randy Albright took a step closer to resolution today. Albright, a reporter from the Oregonian, and lawyers from both sides met this morning in downtown Portland for an arbitration session. I was subpoenaed by TriMet’s lawyers for my reporting on the case but I could not attend today’s … Read more
[Screenshot from PortlandMall.org] TriMet has launched a new website to, “provide you with detailed information about the Portland Mall MAX Light Rail Project.” In addition to construction updates, photos, progress reports, monthly contests, and so on, the site has tips for cyclists navigating the construction:
The Willamette Week reports that Southeast Portland resident Jake Gill was verbally accosted and then rammed with the front of a TriMet bus back on September 6th. Here’s how it played out, according to the story in the Willy Week: Gill’s problems began in downtown Portland a little before 8:45 am on Wednesday, Sept. 6. … Read more
On the Fremont Bridge during Sunday’s Bridge Pedal, PDOT wasn’t the only agency handing out something cool. TriMet bike guy Kiran Limaye (photo) was proudly passing out this awesome new sticker to promote “multi-modalism.” Kiran’s been up to all sorts of cool stuff to make TriMet more bikey. I hope to share more of them … Read more
Ira Flowers is a local film producer and daily TriMet user. He hasn’t owned a car for the past 10 years and rides the bus twice a day to and from his office. He recently got in touch to tell me a story about an experience his girlfriend had with a TriMet bus driver:
TriMet just sent out a press release about their schedule for the upcoming Rose Festival. At the bottom of the release was the following bit about bikes on MAX: “This year, TriMet is offering more options for cyclists during the Rose Festival when MAX trains will be full. Attended bicycle parking will be offered during … Read more
There are several very important bike-related issues on the table at tomorrow’s public hearing and open house on the TriMet bus mall re-design project. This is a very important chance for cyclists to impact major design changes in the downtown transit mall and the head of TriMet will be there specifically to listen to what … Read more
No one knows our downtown streets better than bike messengers. So you think they’d have a loud voice in any plans to drastically alter that landscape. After all, they’re are a group of road users whose lives (and livelihood) depend on safe and accessible streets because they sometimes have just a few minutes to deliver … Read more
Locks needed? We all know the bike theft problem is bad…but it turns out even bikes hanging by the hooks on a MAX train aren’t safe. This was just posted to a local email list: “This morning I arrived at the MAX stop just as the train was arriving so instead of locking my bike … Read more
I just got an email from a local journalist who’s working on a story about TriMet and he needs feedback from cyclists. Here are the details: I’m working on a story about how TriMet handles complaints from passengers, bike riders, pedestrains, and so on. I’m interested in any stories people have about their interactions with … Read more
It was an amazing morning of bike love here in Portland. We had a great turnout at both Breakfast on the Bridges: Driver Donut Edition (photos), and the “I Share the Road” rally (photos). The sun even came out to lend its endorsement to the proceedings. And I’m sure it didn’t hurt that the events … Read more