Tom Williams, Author at TriMet Blog

Tom Williams

I'm TriMet's Web & Social Media Coordinator. I'm here to share our story, and to keep you up-to-date on how TriMet can help you navigate Portland.

We’re Taking Action Today To Reduce Our Emissions

Dec 13, 2019

We’re Taking Action Today To Reduce Our Emissions The time for climate action is now — and we must all step up to protect our planet. Today, we’re announcing a number of actions we’re taking to reduce our agency’s — and our region’s — carbon...

MAX Trips Through Downtown Are About to Get Faster

Jul 24, 2019

MAX Trips Through Downtown Are About to Get Faster You’ve told us that you want faster MAX service through Downtown Portland. Today, we signed off on an official plan that will do just that. We’ll be closing the Mall/SW 4th Ave, Mall/SW 5th Ave and Kings...

Fun With Maps

May 23, 2019

Fun With Maps Last update: 05/23/2019 Our designers work with a lot of transit maps. Sometimes, they get tired of looking at our map day after day. They start wondering, what if our rail map was designed like… MTA-Vignelli Download PDF BART Download PDF WMATA...

What Animals are Allowed on TriMet? What Counts as a Service Animal?

Mar 13, 2019

What Animals are Allowed on TriMet? What Counts as a Service Animal? He Came He Saw He Rode. Should He Have? It’s not often our transit system makes the news across the world. And as far as we’re aware, this is the first time a llama has caused our...

How Reduced Fares are Helping Lower-Income Oregonians

Feb 13, 2019

How Reduced Fares are Helping Lower-Income Oregonians Last summer, we expanded our Honored Citizen reduced fare program to help riders who struggle to afford transit costs. Less than eight months later over 10,000 people have been approved for reduced fares. For those...

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