TriMet celebrates greener, faster and better service, plus a birthday milestone in 2019 TriMet is ending 2019 with many reasons to celebrate and even more to give thanks. First, to our riders, who took more than 96 million trips on 85 bus lines, five MAX lines, WES Commuter Rail and our LIFT paratransit service. We’re […]

Exchange unvalidated foil-stamped paper tickets and tickets purchased on the TriMet Tickets mobile app for Hop by Tuesday, Dec. 31, as they will no longer be accepted as valid fare in 2020 The year was 2011. Oprah Winfrey hosted her talk show finale after 25 years on the air. NASA retired the Space Shuttle Endeavour […]

Feel like Santa in his sleigh and exclaim ‘On, TriMet! On, MAX!’ by using the train to get to the plane this holiday ‘Twas a few days before Christmas, when all through Port-land, too many people were stirring, steering wheels in hand. Cars pack the roads, making travel a hassle, leaving drivers to wonder why […]

Non-profits, social service agencies, colleges and universities join growing list of sites for enrollment in program to reduce transit costs by as much as 72% At 28 years old, Coty H. is starting over. He admits he’s made mistakes and is no stranger to the criminal justice system. He doesn’t like to talk about where […]

Students step out of the classroom and into Ruby Junction Rail Operations Facility to experience an up-close view of how engineering drives transit Transit systems don’t simply sprout up all on their own. They’re cultivated over time, with care and attention coming from people with the technical expertise and vision to keep buses and trains […]

Updates to schedules on lines 2, 10, 12, 14, 19 and 20 take effect Monday, Dec. 16 New transit priority lanes on SW Madison and the Burnside Bridge in Portland’s Central City are getting riders to their destinations quicker. By giving buses their own lane and separating them from auto traffic, trips are getting faster, […]

Still time left to exchange foil-stamped paper tickets and tickets purchased on the TriMet Tickets app for money on a Hop card before Dec. 31 deadline This New Year’s Eve, nearly 167 million Americans will make at least one resolution — a decision to do or not do something — to make their lives better. […]

As TriMet’s celebrates our 50th year of operations, we look back on a service that’s helped drive the Portland metro area for generations On December 1, 2019, we’re celebrating the big one. TriMet is turning 50. We’ve come a long way over the last five decades – from 175 used buses, a service area limited […]