 See what we’ve been up to at TriMet!
Faced with a growing, significant budget deficit, TriMet must cut service beginning this November. We’re reducing our overall spending as we scale back our internal operations as well.
The action comes after the Oregon Legislature failed to pass a transportation funding package during the 2025 regular session. It had included an increase in transit funding. With costs skyrocketing and ridership still below pre-pandemic level, TriMet must make the hard decisions today to avoid extreme cuts in the future if we hit a fiscal cliff.
MAX car 101 entered service in 1986. It served riders for nearly 40 years, traveling some 2.2 million miles! This month, we sent 101 off to a well-deserved retirement. It will be preserved at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum.
P.S. While the museum plans to eventually offer rides on the train, 101 is already on display for the Great Oregon Steam-Up, happening Aug. 2-3, at the museum near Salem.
Thirty-five years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. The ADA was a life-changing step in protecting the rights of people with disabilities and creating federal standards for accessibility. But TriMet started making our transit system accessible to all before that.
Learn how — including our role in bringing low-floor trains to North America, allowing riders to roll on easily, and how our Committee on Accessible Transportation continues its push to make TriMet one of the most accessible transit systems in the country.
A group of Southeast Portland residents has a challenge for you and your neighbors. Once a month, the Mount Tabor neighbors group “Tabor to Town” hops on a Line 15 bus and rides to Downtown Portland for dinner. The outings bring people together and support local businesses and TriMet too. Organizer Mary Lou Hennrich is challenging other neighborhoods to do the same!
Thousands of Oregonians depend on the bus, train or paratransit service to get where they need to go every day. Week Without Driving challenges anyone who wonders what that would be like to give it a try! From Sept. 29 to Oct. 5, leave your car at home and ride TriMet instead!
Week Without Driving is not only a challenge, it’s a celebration of public transit and the role it plays in millions of lives across the country. Learn more at a kickoff event Saturday, Aug. 23.
If you’ve seen it, you remember it: TriMet’s artistic bus, “From Progress to Beyond,” is one of the most eye-catching vehicles in our fleet!
The artist behind this bus is a local legend. Daniel Quasar, who lives in Portland, designed the Pride Progress flag that is flown widely across the country and around the world. Quasar adapted the bold stripes and colors of their flag to wrap around a TriMet bus. We introduced “From Pride to Progress” last year, and it’s been serving riders ever since. It also rolled in this month’s Portland Pride Parade, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, its history and progress.
The TriMet Board of Directors is not scheduled to meet in August. The Board will hold its next regular business meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24.
The Committee on Accessible Transportation is also not scheduled to meet in August. The Committee will hold its next business meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17.
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