TriMet News: (VIDEO) Did that TriMet FX bus just run a red light?

When our new FX2-Division bus line opened last month between Downtown Portland and Gresham along Division Street, a lot of people asked: “What makes it faster?”

Everything about FX is optimized for getting people to their destinations efficiently, from the high-capacity bus with multi-door boarding to the station platforms that we placed at key locations, to avoid unnecessary stops. These are the types of tools that are more likely to get noticed by our riders.

What drivers who share the road are starting to note is that FX buses use special lanes and signals that help keep them moving around traffic. The signals are new, and some look a lot different from your standard red/yellow/green traffic signals. That’s leading to claims that our buses are running red lights. More