A new $2,500 hiring bonus and efficiencies to TriMet’s training program have made it easier to get a foot in the door at Oregon’s largest public transit provider James Bledsoe’s career at TriMet began with a bus, a broom and a dustpan. Now the interim director of Rail Equipment Maintenance, Bledsoe viewed his first foray […]

The Gresham City Hall Park & Ride will close permanently on June 16 to allow Multnomah County to build a new 95,000-square-foot library A partnership between TriMet and Multnomah County will soon breathe new life into an underused park & ride in Gresham. On Friday, June 16, 2023, the Gresham City Hall Park & Ride […]

Plan before you go and stay flexible, as city festivities are expected to impact transit and traffic With TriMet at the wheel, traveling to the Rose Festival doesn’t have to be a thorny issue. Forget about gassing up your car and finding parking. No need to worry about the added hassle of road congestion, or […]

New platform at Portland International Airport (PDX) will be constructed, June 18-Oct. 21, along with a second MAX Red Line track As TriMet rolls past the 65% mark for construction of our A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Improvements Project, a four-month disruption to the MAX Red Line is necessary to get us closer […]

From June 12-July 11, riders will ‘tap to ride’ the elevator, free-of-charge, during a test of the new system TriMet will be piloting an elevator improvement project beginning in June at the Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave Transit Center. The four-week project will restrict elevator access to riders with a valid Hop card or Hop ticket, or […]

Despite a few rainy days early on, construction near the Gateway Transit Center is ahead of schedule, with regular MAX service returning Sunday, May 7 Construction of TriMet’s A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Improvements Project near the Gateway Transit Center has passed the halfway mark ahead of schedule. We are on track to […]

The buses running along Division Street will use the same signals timing as other vehicles during May’s weeklong data-gathering exercise For a week in May, TriMet’s FX2-Division buses will lose their ability to jump ahead of traffic and get more green lights at intersections along Division Street. From Sunday, May 14, through Saturday, May 20, TriMet’s […]

In addition to ‘Better Red’ construction, TriMet will be upgrading rail, wires, stations and more during the three-week MAX disruption A great deal can be achieved in just three weeks. Take for example TriMet’s upcoming 21-day disruption of MAX Blue, Green and Red lines, which will see rail construction and rehabilitation work, along with other […]

Track work at the Gateway Transit Center will last from April 16 through May 6, disrupting service to MAX Blue, Green and Red lines Plan a three-week disruption to the MAX Blue, Green and Red lines starting next month. The MAX system will be disrupted between Gateway Transit Center and NE 7th Avenue MAX Station from […]