TriMet Board of Directors considering ordinances to permanently close Mall/SW 4th Ave and Mall/SW 5th Ave stations, close Kings Hill/SW Salmon St for one-year pilot TriMet’s Board of Directors will vote on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, whether to speed up MAX Blue and Red lines by consolidating stations in Downtown Portland. They will consider ordinances […]

TriMet’s fiscal year 2020 budget brings riders more bus service, increased security and fare enforcement and improvements to speed up buses and trains and keep them on time. The TriMet Board of Directors adopted the agency’s FY 2020 budget on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. It includes $685.2 million for day-to-day operations and more than $300 […]

Trains running on MAX Blue, Red and now Yellow lines run at regular speeds in up to 100 degree heat MAX Yellow Line riders will be the next to benefit from improvements made by TriMet maintenance crews when the thermometer soars this summer. Reducing heat-related delays is part of our continuing efforts to speed up […]

TriMet’s high heat ‘cheat sheet’ helps riders plan ahead As temperatures soar in the coming days, TriMet has been working to reduce MAX and WES delays when the thermometer spikes. Prior to last summer, TriMet crews made improvements to the overhead wire system and track areas along the MAX Blue and Red lines to allow […]

Make your phone your fare and avoid the lines at the ticket machines with virtual Hop fare cards The Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade rolls through the streets of Downtown Portland on Saturday morning, June 8, and TriMet makes it easy to get to the festivities. The parade starts at 10 a.m. and runs […]

Truth be told, many of us have left an item behind on a bus or a train, but usually it’s an umbrella, a hat, maybe even an ID card or wallet. Last month, a team of TriMet service workers on the graveyard shift stumbled onto a much bigger find when they were prepping a MAX […]

TriMet riders should plan an extra 30 to 60 minutes as fleet arrivals and departures lead to bridge lifts TriMet urges riders to plan ahead for delays as the Rose Festival Fleet–a tradition dating back to the start of the festival in 1907–pulls into port. This year, the ships are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday […]

Starting today, riders in the Portland-Vancouver region can add a Hop Fastpass® card to Apple Wallet and use their iPhone and Apple Watch to ride TriMet, C-TRAN and Portland Streetcar. Hop is the first transit fare card in North America to launch in Apple Wallet. Riders will now be able to enjoy the true tap-and-go convenience of Express Transit with […]

First-ever lifetime ban issued by TriMet goes into effect immediately TriMet has issued a lifetime exclusion – the agency’s first – to Jared Walter. Police say Walter once again targeted women on the TriMet system, sexually assaulting two women in separate cases in March 2019. While Walter remains in jail, the exclusion is immediate so […]

TriMet partners with Portland General Electric for a cleaner future with official launch of zero-emissions bus technology In what is believed to be a transit industry first in the United States, TriMet’s all-electric buses will be powered by 100 percent wind energy. TriMet and project partner Portland General Electric made the historic announcement on Tuesday, […]