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If you are new to the Portland Metro area, you probably haven’t had to live through a Portland winter. However, even if you are a seasoned native, it doesn’t hurt to brush up on a few things to expect if it should snow, and how to deal with it once there’s snow on the ground.
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Since OurPDX doesn’t have an official traffic reporter, I’ll do it this time… geez!
The Steel Bridge is having electrical difficulties; buses that normally cross it are being detoured over the Broadway Bridge. MAX commuters are being shuttled by bus. No expected fix time was available, according to TriMet e-mail alerts.
Also, there’s a house fire near [...]

In late September and early October, TriMet held public meetings and opened their e-mail inbox to receive comments on a series of proposed route changes that would occur in May 2009. The changes affected a number of routes, however, a lot of feedback (including my own here as well as to TriMet directly) was received [...]

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It is hard not finding reasons to dog TriMet and I don’t seek them out, but they make it so easy for me to find fault. Just the other day, as I approached the Prescott Station of the Yellow line MAX, I saw what appeared to be a cloud of smoke. [...]

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I hit up Oregonlive for lunch today and saw the headline to the right and was so surprised that they are making light of a horrific situation. News broke yesterday of an incident on a TriMet bus on Sunday where a 50lb Rottweiler lunged and killed an 7-pound Pomeranian service dog.
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