You know the Westside Express Service?  The WES?  If you were just thinking, “I’ve known the plans, seen the construction… where are the trains?!” - here you go.  The first WES train has arrived and it’s a real beaut!  The seats look comfy!

Sidenote: KGW - do I really need to register on your site in order to participate in a poll?

Did you know TriMet puts together a quarterly publication for employers & transportation coordinators?  It’s called To Work and features updates on TMA (transportation management association) activities & other up-to-date news items.

The summer issue (link to downloadable PDF) is about Westside Express Service (WES) safety, the Steel Bridge construction happening this summer & how more and more TriMet buses are getting equipped with automatic stop announcements (ASA).

Pretty good read!

On May 22, the Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) program Oregon Art Beat will be featuring the creation & execution of the Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail art project.  The WES art was made to encourage riders at the WES stations to interact with it… which sounds like an interesting concept.  I’ll be tuning in… will you be?

What: WES art featured on Oregon Art Beat
When: May 22 at 8 pm
Where: On your local OPB channel

Want to hear first-hand about TriMet’s plans on the I-205 / Portland Mall Light Rail & WES (Westside Express Service) Commuter Rail projects? Well, this month’s your lucky… month because TriMet is having a couple of open house meetings for us, the public, to attend.

Monday, May 19, 2008, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Portland Mall Information Center
519 SW 6th Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

Monday, May 19, 2008, 4-7 p.m.
Public Works Building, Richard Brown Auditorium
8777 SW Burnham St.
Tigard, OR 97223

Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 4-7 p.m.
OIT Conference Center
7740 SE Harmony Rd.
Milwaukie, OR 97222

More info about these meetings and, if you can’t attend but wish to get the lowdown on what went down, you can view the resources that will be at the meetings online right here.

Read over at the Tigard Area 10 Neighborhood Blog that the Tigard library is having a Westside Express Service (WES) Day. TriMet personnel will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the new service that will begin having testing trains run in the summer.

More details:

WES Day
Sunday, May 18 from 1 - 4
Tigard Library
13125 SW Hall Blvd

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