Exploring the world and everything the region has to offer. Favorite international transit options: The Tuk Tuks of Cambodia and the German rail system.
Thanks to New Funds, Transit Is About to Get a Lot Better For the first time ever, the Oregon Legislature has established statewide funding for general transit service. This is huge, exciting news. House Bill 2017 is a $5.3 billion package for improvements in...
You Can Now Use Hop With Just Your Phone Hop is here, and you can now pick up a card at the store and tap to pay your fare. For riders used to paying in cash or buying paper tickets, this is a huge improvement — Hop cards come with benefits like Auto-Load, fare...
Hop Fastpass Has Arrived Today’s the day — Hop Fastpass has arrived! After years of development, installation and testing, our new electronic fare system is up and running. Now, riders can pay fare with just a tap — it’s that simple. Even better,...
How We Wash MAX Trains At Night [VIDEO] Every night, all 85 MAX trains are cleaned, washed and prepared to go into service by 4 a.m. As supervisor Rick Taylor says, it takes a fine-tuned system and lots of training to get all this work done in such a short window of...
A Rare Look Inside the Operations Command Center Dispatcher Trisha Nako Harris says it best: The crew in the Operations Command Center takes multitasking to the 10th degree. Drivers call dispatch whenever they need help. Dispatchers, in turn, use sophisticated tools...