TriMet is introducing a faster path for new hires, allowing you to qualify for MAX training right after bus operator training A new fast-track for operating MAX trains can help move your career full speed ahead. TriMet has made it quicker than ever to join the team and become a MAX operator. Newly hired bus […]

Tentative extension through 2024 includes wage increases TriMet and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 757 leadership are proposing to extend the current union Working and Wage Agreement that is set to expire on Nov. 30, 2022. The tentative agreement maintains all provisions of the existing union contract through November 2024, but includes important wage increases. […]

Beginning with our fall service change in September, TriMet will shift, reduce or cancel some service until operator numbers increase further TriMet is adjusting service on 10  bus lines this fall as we temporarily reduce service levels based on our available workforce. This comes amid the largest operator shortage in agency history. While most of […]

Following 2 ½ years of construction, TriMet’s Division Transit Project is nearly complete, with better bus service benefiting communities from Gresham to Downtown Portland just 100 days away With construction of the Division Transit Project nearly complete, we’re counting down 100 days to the launch of our new TriMet FX™, or Frequent Express, bus service. […]

New bus station platforms on Division at 82nd, 93rd and 122nd will open to Line 2 riders on Sunday, June 12, with connections to MAX Green Line Riders on TriMet’s Line 2-Division will begin using more select Division Transit Project bus stations on Sunday, June 12. These stations are located on SE Division Street at […]

Ongoing, agency-wide hiring efforts include bringing on mechanics, who earn at least $37.02 per hour and receive a generous package of low-to-no cost employment benefits   When you’re a mechanic at TriMet, you make a difference before the rubber meets the road. Our maintenance team works around the clock to service a fleet of nearly 700 […]

In addition to bus operators, TriMet needs new employees interested in developing and applying their skills to keep the light rail system rolling Five years after joining TriMet’s Maintenance of Way Department, Casey Goldin sees his present-day position as a future for others. He’s a manager overseeing TriMet’s signals system for MAX. And like the […]

Weekend shutdown of I-84 west near I-205 interchange from 10 p.m. June 24 through 4 a.m. June 27 to allow for construction on a new MAX bridge A two-mile stretch of westbound I-84 near the I-205 interchange will close from 10 p.m. Friday, June 24, through 4 a.m. Monday, June 27, to allow crews to […]

With growth in Hop Fastpass™ electronic fare, reducing ticket vending machines saves the agency money and staff hours while promoting a better way to pay The familiar multi-colored ticket vending machines dotting the stations of TriMet’s extensive MAX light rail and WES commuter rail systems will soon be scaled back, part of our efforts to […]

TriMet Board vote finalizes approval of $1.93 billion budget ahead of July 1 start to TriMet’s new fiscal year In a unanimous vote, TriMet’s Board of Directors granted formal approval to the budget for the next fiscal year, setting the agency’s priorities in motion for the second half of 2022 and first six months of […]