(VIDEO) TriMet’s expanding Safety Response Team recognized as part of industry-leading honor for agency’s security and safety initiatives July 28, 2023 by Tyler Graf American Public Transportation Association conferred TriMet with its highest honors for security and safety, acknowledging TriMet’s ongoing improvements to the wellbeing of our customers and the community TriMet’s Board of Directors has approved continuing and expanding TriMet’s Safety Response Team, recognized for making a positive impact on the community and in the transit industry. The […]
(VIDEO) TriMet offers new hiring bonus for select maintenance positions June 14, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
TriMet park & ride closure makes room for new East County Library next to Gresham City Hall June 13, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
TriMet’s A Better Red project requires 126-day shutdown of MAX Red Line starting this weekend June 12, 2023 by Tyler Graf Major construction to enhance reliability will mean only TriMet shuttle buses will take riders between PDX and Gateway Transit Center for the next four months TriMet is nearing the start of a 126-day disruption to the MAX Red Line beginning on Sunday, June 18. No MAX trains will run between Gateway Transit Center and Portland […]
Celebrate flower power with TriMet, your greenest option when traveling to the Rose Festival May 25, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
(VIDEO) A Better Red is PDX bound with upcoming four-month disruption of MAX Red Line May 24, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
TriMet pilot at Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave looks to improve elevator reliability and curb unwanted behavior May 10, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
(VIDEO) It’s full steam ahead for TriMet’s Better Red April 28, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
TriMet to temporarily turn off FX2’s traffic signal priority for time-savings test April 27, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
Upcoming ‘Better Red’ construction to bring improvements to five-mile stretch of TriMet MAX system, April 16-May 6 April 10, 2023 by Tyler Graf 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 […]
