Archive for March, 2009
40 new hot and sexy buses join the fleet
40 new buses are joining TriMet’s bus fleet. They’re replacing buses that are almost 20 years old. While the exterior of these new buses might not show much change, the interior and under the hood are defintely hot and sexy.
Did I just call a bus “sexy?”
I guess it’s the transit geek in me.
In any case, […]
Ban smoking at all TriMet bus shelters, MAX stations and transit centers
I have an idea for TriMet that will not only make more Portland public transportation riders happy but also might be another possible source of some extra income in the form of ticketing offenders:
Let’s ban smoking in and around all TriMet bus shelters, MAX stations and transit centers.
First - the culprits
I’ve seen both public transportation […]
February 2009 TriMet ridership
There were 7.8 million trips taken on Portland public transportation vehicles / trains in February 2009. Ridership figures below are compared to February 2008, except for WES.
Bus, MAX & WES - Combined
Weekly trips were up 1 percent, climbing to 1.9 million trips
Weekday trips increased .5 percent to 320,250 trips
Weekend trips were up 3.2 percent to […]
PDX car-free happy hour on Thursday, March 12
Aaron over at Trillium Transit wrote me a note about a pretty cool event happening soon - PDX car-free happy hour.
What’s your vision of sustainable transportation and how to make it happen for Portland and the greater world? How do you get around in Portland in and in the greater world? What are you working […]
TriMetiquette is at SearchFest 2009
Just wanted to let everyone know that I, Christian Bullock, will be at SearchFest 2009 on March 10th at the Portland Zoo. If you’re going to be there as well, do say hi!