While improvements to the MAX system mean more reliable service during high-heat spells, triple-digit temperatures lead to reduced speeds With temperatures expected to soar to record highs this weekend starting on Friday, June 25, TriMet is reminding riders to stay hydrated and watch trimet.org/alerts for updates on service.  Over the past few years, we’ve worked […]

Fiscal year 2022 adopted budget reflects revised payroll tax revenues and a new Working and Wage Agreement TriMet’s adopted budget for the coming year focuses on bringing riders back to our transit system as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic begin to subside. In addition, the budget paves the way for TriMet to continue our […]

TriMet, joined by Portland Streetcar, will suspend fares over the Fourth of July weekend to help riders reach their summer destinations Ditch your Hop card this Fourth of July. Forget about purchasing tickets at a machine or fare box. TriMet will not be collecting fares on buses, MAX trains and LIFT paratransit vehicles on July […]

Following a successful cleanup around the Gateway Transit Center over the weekend, TriMet plans three more events in Portland later this summer The morning air was still crisp as a group of more than a dozen TriMet employees gathered with others in the Fred Meyer parking lot off of Northeast 99th Avenue on Saturday, June […]

The TriMet Board of Directors will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, June 16, at 3 p.m. to announce the finalist in its search for the regional transit agency’s next general manager. TriMet launched an extensive outreach and engagement process in February 2021, to help inform the Board as it searched for—and ultimately selects—TriMet’s next […]

TriMet, in partnership with PBOT, is working to speed up buses on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street as part of a major Rose Lane project Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard offers a slice of classic Portland – mainstay restaurants, up and coming food carts and eclectic shops. There is something special about wandering down the sidewalk […]

The TriMet Board of Directors will hold an executive session as indicated above pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(d) to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the Board of Directors to carry on labor negotiations.  This executive session is closed to the public and to the news media pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(d) and 192.660(4). Virtual executive session […]