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Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for July 21st:

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I spent yesterday running all over town on TriMet. I live on a long line, and found myself catching the bus at the opposite end with one of my regular drivers, the guy who takes me to work each day. “What are you doing over here? I looked for you at your usual spot.”
“I told [...]

I’ve been using TriMet since the days of the aluminum-and-orange buses. You’d think I know the ropes. And yet a few niggling things always bother me. Perhaps some advice is needed.
I often wait for buses in locations where several bus lines use the same stop. I have to stand there and wait for my particular [...]

At first I thought it might just be my bad transit luck (or karma). Is it me, or are the clunky ticket machines along the MAX Line — especially the ones downtown and near Lloyd Center — broken more often than not? Turns out other people have noticed as well, including the always observant [...]

…people on the bus are more likely to be riding the bus because they have to be –or in some cases choose to be because it’s the easiest or most environmentally responsible thing to do. Unfortunately, for the majority of transit riders, they’re going to ride the bus whether you incentivize their transportation choice or not. …we may need to feel the pain of making the wrong choice instead of rewarding ourselves for making a slightly less destructive choice.

Although the 22 new vehicles arrived last month, TriMet’s new MAX trains will be hitting the tracks in the Fall. While the new trains will allow for a few more folks to squeeze on board, the number of on-board bike racks will remain the same.
The new trains, built by Siemens, are the S70/Avanto model and [...]

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I was waiting for my MAX yesterday after work when the Blue Line to Gresham rolled up. I glanced up from my book to make sure it wasn’t the yellow line and realized I was looking at a whole train advertisement for the Toyota Tundra, Toyota’s version of the full size [...]

Is being transportationally challenged ‘the new green’? If so, I’m way ahead of my time. Thanks to the diminutive size of my income, I realized a long time ago that I could either afford a place to live, or a car. (For a while, one was the other.) Since I chose a roof, I am [...]