trimet Archive
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Teens Provided Summer Jobs, Life Skills
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsFirst Step program geared to at-risk kids As a 40-foot bus pulls over at Southeast Powell Boulevard and 42nd Avenue, more than a dozen youth in bright yellow T-shirts hop... -
TriMet Diversity Success
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No CommentsJulio Rodriguez of R&R General Contractors works on the Civic Drive MAX station in Gresham. Construction workforce set record A local construction contracting firm has garnered the highest minority participation... -
TriMet Sued for Fatal Crash
Posted on December 14, 2010 | No CommentsTriMet has been sued for $30 million by parents of two women killed by a bus and by a young man injured in the same collision. Danielle Sale’s father, David... -
Deep Freeze
Posted on November 23, 2010 | No CommentsA chemical de-icing solution is applied to icy spots along local streets Tuesday by Portland Bureau of Transportation crews. Photo by Mark Washington Wintery mix begins Thanksgiving week Despite only... -
Garage Just for Bikes
Posted on October 19, 2010 | No CommentsA garage just for bikes is the newest transportation link for students at Portland State University. Representatives from the City of Portland, TriMet, and Metro recently gathered to open a... -
Reward Offered in MAX Beating
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsA TriMet surveillance camera shows the suspect in a violent assault that occurred June 6 on a MAX train bound for the Portland Airport. Witnesses said attack was unprovoked The... -
Steering TriMet
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsA pager on the hip of TriMet’s new general manager steadily churns out a feed of information concerning any trouble spots for the transit agency’s buses and MAX trains. Neil McFarlane knows when a passenger is having a medical emergency. He knows if a bus is having mechanical problems. But beyond the daily in-and-outs of TriMet’s operating system, which served over 324,000 people each weekday last year, McFarlane has had more on his mind. Much more. -
Transit Tracker by text message
Posted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsTriMet riders have a new way to receive real-time arrival information for buses and MAX: text message. This arrival information option, one of the first in the nation, is useful... -
TriMet connects with smart phones
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsTransit riders who use smartphones, such as BlackBerry, iPhone and Android phones, can now access transit information quickly and easily at m.trimet.org. TriMet’s new mobile-friendly website loads fast and is... -
TriMet to buy hybrid buses
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsLow emission vehicles to go on line 72 Congressman Earl Blumenauer joined Federal Transit Administration Deputy Administrator Therese McMillan and TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane Friday to announce that TriMet... -
TriMet’s safety changes affects 6 line
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsAs part of ongoing efforts to improve the safety of bus operations, TriMet is changing the way the Line 6-Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. bus comes off the Hawthorne Bridge... -
Bus deaths bring safety review
Posted on May 4, 2010 | No CommentsIn the wake of an accident involving a TriMet bus that ran over five people in downtown Portland, two of which died, the transit agency is calling in an outside... -
TriMet picks new general manager
Posted on April 28, 2010 | No CommentsTriMet's board of directors has voted unanimously on Thursday to select Neil McFarlane as general manager of the transit agency. -
Outstanding TriMet operators named
Posted on April 28, 2010 | No CommentsTriMet has recognized three operators as Operator of the Year. The awards are based on outstanding driving records, customer service and attendance with nominees voted on by their peers. -
TriMet appoints Bethel, Hakeem to board
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsThe TriMet Board of Directors has two new faces.
