TriMet, Tri-Met or Tri-met?
What is the correct way of spelling out Portland’s public transportation system? Judging by their logo, it’s hard to really get a sense of how you should type it out:
However, if you investigate the TriMet site a bit further… and click on over to their linking to TriMet page, you’ll see that they clearly describe how their name should be written:
Please do not include a hyphen in the TriMet name or URL:
Correct: “Visit TriMet online at trimet.org”
Incorrect: “Visit Tri-Met online at tri-met.org”
I’ve seen it written with a hyphen… and I’m here to say that you shouldn’t be typing it that way (Lewis & Clark College, Oregon Live, Friends of Forest Park, Rev. Chuck Currie, Jack Bog & Ben DuPree). Remember: no hyphen!
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Hey! Thanks for the tip, but I’ll have to follow Jack’s lead here.
I’ll continue to stage my minor revolt and promote the hyphen.
How much money did TriMet (or Tri-Met, or the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon) spend to change its name, logo, bus stop signs, etc.?
That, my friends, represents money that DIDN’T go towards improving TriMet’s actual services.
I don’t give a damn what it’s call, what I care about is that the bus shows up on schedule and gets me home on time, safely and as comfortably as possible. Who cares what colors the bus is painted in, and whether the bus stop sign is a rectangular two-color sign mounted on a power pole vs. a half-circle multi-color sign mounted on a special blue posts (that costs five times as much as the plain, but equally functional, sign)???
The rectangular signs are in no way “just as functional” as the new ones. Every other sign in city is the same rectangular size and shape as the old TriMet signs. The new ones make spotting a bus stop from a ways off a heck of a lot easier. You can read which bus stops where a lot easier too.
Hey Erik. Go tell apple that should change their products. I bet you have some great ideas.
Why are those signs great? Because they aren’t square and dull, they stand out just enough so that people can easily identify them/spot them when looking for a bus stop.
As for name change, companies have to realize not everyone goes along with them. I can’t believe I just agreed with Jack Bog.
Tri-Met had a hyphen for a long time. One day they decided to change it. We didn’t go along. Such is life.