Still from TriMet video that shows near-collision (upper left).-Watch video below- Last Friday night, a TriMet bus operator had to make an extremely abrupt stop in order to avoid hitting someone on a bike. According to eyewitness accounts, the bike rider did not stop at a stop sign. TriMet just released footage from the on-board … Read more
Last night a TriMet bus operator made an abrupt stop – causing some injuries to passengers – in order to avoid someone riding a bicycle in downtown Portland. The man on the bike reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign. I first heard about it on the Twitter feed of Joseph Rose, a reporter … Read more
Maher at the opening of a Bike & Ride facility in July 2010.(Photo: Jim Parsons) TriMet’s Bicycle and Pedstrian Access planner Colin Maher has accepted a new position in Australia and plans to leave the agency at the end of this month. Maher, a graduate of Portland State University’s urban and regional planning program, came … Read more
Image from a TriMet presentation of the idea back in February. Remember TriMet’s idea to turn the bikeway on their forthcoming Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge into a sonic piece of public art? While TriMet says their public art advisory committee was “intrigued” by the concept, they weren’t ready to pull the trigger due to its … Read more
Screen grab of the current beta version. On Friday, October 14th you can get a sneak peek at TriMet’s Portland Regional Trip Planner, which they bill as the “first open-source, multi-modal trip planner produced by a U.S. transit agency.” Over three years in the making, TriMet’s new tool will function similarly to how you get … Read more
TriMet GM Neil McFarlane knows that better biking and walking access to transit will result in more trips.(Photo © J. Maus) TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane knows how important it is to get the right language into Transportation System Plans (TSPs) — the documents that dictate many of the transportation policies and investments in cities … Read more
Inside the Beaverton Transit Center Bike & Ride. Officially opened today, it’s the largest such facility in TriMet’s system.(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photo © J. Maus) TriMet has just announced that they’ll discontinue the audible warning system they’ve been testing in an effort to improve safety of people biking and walking near buses. In a statement, TriMet said they stopped the test, “because the announcement didn’t activate at the appropriate time—either too soon or too late in … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) On Saturday, a two-year old child was separated from her father at a MAX station because the father was trying to load a bike trailer onto the train. Here’s more from The Oregonian: “Transit agency officials said Kevin James, 39, loaded the girl and his bicycle onto the northbound train at … Read more
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. How much do various types of transportation projects cost taxpayers? Here’s an imperfect, but startling, hint: From 1995 to 2010, our state and federal government spent $5,538 per new bike or foot commuter in the … Read more
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. A big strategy shift was in the air at this year’s Oregon Active Transportation Summit, the two-day conference and lobbying blitz that was, until 2011, known as the Oregon Bike Summit. Woven through the lectures and panels … Read more
The old sign only mentioned bikes…(Photo © J. Maus) Now it adds strollers and luggage.(Photo: Mitch L.)
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