Wanna learn more about each MAX station?
Do you want to learn more about each MAX station? Like bus line connections, which lines it serves, as well as some somewhat useless trivia?
For example, did you know the Goose Hollow MAX Station had several cameo appearances in the movie What The Bleep Do We Know?
Well hop on over to The List of MAX […]
TriMet giving tickets to non-hung bikes on Max?
My wife works in Beaverton, she normally uses a two bike system so she doesn’t have to hassle with bringing a bike on the Max. But unfortunately yesterday this wasn’t the case.
Blue line 185th Stop:
She was about to board, when she saw that Trimet ticket checkers were not letting cyclists board unless there was an […]
The reason why there might be no Harold Street light rail station - one minute
In a follow-up to his plea to put back the north end of Westmoreland / Harold Street light rail station in the Southeast light rail plans, Eric Norberg gives us more insight into TriMet’s thought process to exclude a light rail station in that particular area. His conclusion?
A one minute delay.
Apparently TriMet’s computer model […]
TriMet Riding Etiquette - what to do with those baby strollers
TriMet has a rule to fold up your baby stroller when boarding the MAX. Those who have boarded MAX with a baby stroller know that this request is a tough one. The crowding on the MAX, your stroller condition & amount of goods that you have with the stroller & other factors play […]
New MAX trains ‘leave the station’ in Fall 2008
New MAX trans are coming to Portland in Fall 2008! Color me excited! The new trains will be able to hold 36 more individuals per train and will be about seven feet longer than the existing MAX models. They’ll also have air conditioning! Take a look at this new MAX train sexy beast:
Love the new […]
The adventures of Tux, a guide-dog & TriMet
Guide dogs & TriMet - you see an occasional rider with one. The dogs, themselves, are always obedient and not distracted (which every guide dog SHOULD be).
Read a story over at the Courageous Heart about a woman and her guide dog… and it’s written as a day in the life of an individual with a […]
Letter from The Bee editor - put back the north end of Westmoreland / Harold Station in the Inner Southeast light rail plans
Eric Norberg, editor of THE BEE (Portland’s Inner Southeast neighborhood newspaper since 1906), wrote a heartfelt & informative letter addressing getting the Harold Station back into TriMet’s Inner Southeast light rail plans. Simply put, the Inner Southeast light rail plans have been on again off again so much in the last 10 years that […]
MAX to run every 10 - 15 minutes during Cinco de Mayo festival May 1 - 4
I’ve already written a post about TriMet & their involvement with the Cinco de Mayo festival going on at the Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park May 1 - 4… but I saw a little tidbit of NEW news in a new press release put out by TriMet.
Apparently, when the festival is up and running, MAX […]
Ever wanted to know the width of a MAX seat?
Justin over at neverbeencool wrote a long blog post about breaking his streak of 49 days without coffee, Kashi goLEAN & the width of a TriMet max seat. Turns out the width is probably around the average for a plane’s seat… which ranges from 17 - 18 inches wide. He goes on:
“Or rather, […]
The… jacking point?
Smear has pictures of an side advertisement gone awry on the red line MAX. I’ve seen this particular advertisement and never really noticed that peculiarity about it before.
Hey! In my “birds & the bees” talks I had with my Mem Mem & Pep Pep when growing up, they never taught me about anything called a […]