Maritza Collazo, Author at TriMet Blog

Maritza Collazo

Public transit advocate, lover of BBQ sauce, and reggaeton megafan. I'm on my 80th West Wing rewatch.

Spring 2020 Service Improvements

Feb 19, 2020

Spring 2020 Service Improvements A new season also means new and improved service. Starting March 1, you’ll see more buses, experience shorter waits between buses, and have the ability to ride earlier and later during weekdays on select bus lines. MAX will also get...

Reload Your Hop Card In Checkout At Fred Meyer and QFC

Jan 24, 2020

Reload Your Hop Card In Checkout At Fred Meyer and QFC Shop at Fred Meyer or QFC? Starting Monday, January 27, you can reload your Hop card right in the checkout lane — no more separate trips to Customer Service. To note: You can now reload with a credit card, in...

What’s Going on With Those Flashing Amber Lights on Top of Buses?

Jan 15, 2020

What’s Going on With Those Flashing Amber Lights on Top of Buses? Eye-catching. Bright. Attention-grabbing. Well, enough about you. Let’s talk about those flashing amber light bars on some of our buses....

All The Ways To Pay — Including Cash

Jan 9, 2020

All The Ways To Pay — Including Cash Change is hard. And at the beginning of this year, we made a major change: we modernized how we pay for transit by retiring two payment methods — paper fares and the TriMet Tickets App — that had been with us for a long time. All...

Red Lanes 101: What You Need to Know About Transit-Only Lanes

Oct 31, 2019

Red Lanes 101: What You Need to Know About Transit-Only Lanes Seeing red on Portland’s streets recently? There’s a good reason why. Transit-only lanes marked by red paint are being installed on several traffic-choked Portland streets. These lanes should help speed up...