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See what we've been up to at TriMet!
Major improvements to the MAX Red Line have begun near Portland International Airport. Red Line trains will be disrupted through Oct. 21, between the airport and Gateway Transit Center. Shuttle buses are serving the area. Crews are working on at least 16 projects during the disruption, chief among them, building a new track and completely remodeling the PDX MAX station as part of A Better Red, our project to expand the Red Line west 10 stations and improve train movement around PDX and Gateway.
TriMet won gold–not once but twice–in the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) 2023 Rail Safety, Security and Emergency Management Awards. The awards recognized innovations that TriMet has made in two distinct areas: our Reimagined Security Program as well as efforts to develop a new tool for transit agencies to prioritize rail crossing safety improvements based on human behaviors at the crossings.
Avoid hassles around driving and parking this Fourth of July when you take TriMet to see the fireworks! Visit trimet.org and plan your trip to see the Fourth of July Spectacular at Oaks Park in Southeast Portland or the Waterfront Blues Festival fireworks display in Downtown Portland. Looking for something on a smaller scale? Line 76-Hall/Greenburg will get you conveniently to and from the show at the Tigard High School fields, with service until midnight. Plan trips to other festivities at trimet.org.
There are two new faces joining TriMet’s Board of Directors. Gov. Tina Kotek named Robert Kellogg as director of District 3. He’ll represent Southwest Portland and parts of Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin and Sherwood. The governor selected Tyler Frisbee as director of District 4, representing Southeast Portland and Milwaukie. TriMet thanks outgoing Board President Dr. Linda Simmons and Vice President Lori Irish Bauman, for their years of thoughtful and dedicated volunteer service.
As summer officially gets underway, TriMet’s thrilled to have handed out 30,000 passes that give youth free and unlimited access to our transit services! Our Student Summer Pass provides free rides on bus, MAX, WES and Portland Streetcar, to qualifying students across our tri-county district through August. Summer youth transit passes are supported by Keep Oregon Moving and the Statewide Transportation Investment Fund,
After driving for TriMet for 47 years, Operator Cindy Kassab has made her final stop. Cindy says she was lured to the job back in 1976 by the pay! It was higher than what she would’ve made doing security! She credits her career with TriMet for always having the flexibility to do what she loves, whether it was skiing the slopes of Mount Hood before her shift, traveling the world with her camera or brushing up her juggling skills! She’ll be able to enjoy even more of it, in retirement. Congratulations Cindy and thank you for a job well done!
Our mechanics keep our variety of vehicles rolling. We're now offering a $2,500 hiring bonus for mechanic-type positions in our Maintenance Division, including for training programs and apprenticeships. Click here to learn more about the positions that qualify. We’re also still hiring new drivers. Learn about all of the opportunities that are available at trimet.org/careers.
Your next bus ride may leave you feeling like you walked off a rainbow! Our 2023 Pride bus has been decked out with a piece artist Dylan Mead calls “Pride and Joy.” Special thanks to Dylan for sharing his design as part of our Celebrating Diversity Bus Mural Project. The Pride bus will wear this look for about a year. During that time, it will serve routes throughout our service area. You’ll also see the bus, along with TriMet family and friends at the Portland Pride Parade on July 16.
An underused TriMet park and ride in Gresham will soon be transformed into a new flagship library for East Multnomah County. The Gresham City Hall Park & Ride is now closed as Multnomah County prepares to build this new community resource. TriMet riders can use the nearby Gresham Parking Garage at the Gresham Central Transit Center, which has 540 spaces. You can weigh in on art for the new library through the county’s online survey through July 16.
These #TBT images from our Facebook page give a view of Downtown Portland before and after the construction of the Portland Transit Mall. Opening in 1976, the mall became the nation’s first with one-way streets intended specifically for mass transit! Making it easier and more convenient to hop on board was the goal, as the transit mall was conceived as part of a regional strategy to reduce air pollution. The mall was expanded to Old Town/Chinatown in 1994 and Portland State University for the MAX Green Line in 2009. It now spans more than 57 blocks through downtown on 5th and 6th avenues.
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