Author Archives: TriMet

TriMet, ATU Local 757 propose landmark contract agreement

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Tentative 4-year agreement includes a more than 13% wage increase, 401a contribution increase, new childcare subsidy, tuition reimbursement and other changes that bolster TriMet’s ability to expand service and improve the customer experience *Information on union vote has been updated. TriMet and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 757 leadership have reached a tentative agreement […]


Transformation begins at TriMet’s Hollywood Transit Center

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Construction activities to make way for hollywoodHUB, a community-centered, mixed-use, transit-oriented development with affordable housing, neighborhood-gathering space and modernized transit facilities Big changes are coming to TriMet’s Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave Transit Center in Northeast Portland. Construction has begun on a series of projects that will transform the transit center into affordable homes, bustling retail and […]


Upcoming Tilikum Crossing inspection to close multi-use paths to pedestrians and cyclists

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Pedestrians, cyclists and others should plan for minor route changes across the bridge starting Monday, June 5 It’s inspection time for Portland’s transit and pedestrian bridge. TriMet’s biennial inspection of Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People, begins Monday, June 5, and will last until Friday, June 9. Due to the work, pedestrians, cyclists and people […]


TriMet Code amendments toughen long-term exclusions, increase penalties for prohibited behaviors

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TriMet Board approves Ordinance 369, making those committing the most serious misdemeanors eligible for long-term exclusions and further addressing chronic banned behavior TriMet’s Board of Directors, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, approved Ordinance 369 to amend the TriMet Code—the rules for operating and riding TriMet—to strengthen the agency’s ability to help keep riders and employees […]


TriMet Code amendments would toughen long-term exclusions, increase penalties for prohibited behavior

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Ordinance 369 makes eligible for long-term exclusions, up to a lifetime ban, those committing the most serious misdemeanors and further addresses chronic banned behavior Newly proposed changes to TriMet Code would strengthen TriMet’s ability to help keep riders and employees safe. Brought before TriMet’s Board of Directors on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, for its first […]