Hampton Rodriguez: The magical world of transit ticket art For many riders, transit serves a simple purpose: trips for groceries, school, work and other destinations. But for Portland-based artist Hampton Rodriguez, transit is a conduit to inspiration for creating...
How to Travel Oregon Without a Car All the places you’ll go (on public transit) We cover a lot of ground – our service district spans 533 square miles. But that’s only a fraction of Oregon’s 98,000 square miles. Fortunately, you can make easy connections to...
You Should Go To Winter Light Festival (But You Shouldn’t Drive) With long nights and (seemingly) constant rain, Portland winters have earned their dark and gloomy reputation. No wonder we’ve taken to the Portland Winter Light Festival so quickly. Now in its fifth...
Make the Most of Autumn: 14 Transit-Friendly Fall Activities It’s that time of year again, and we don’t just mean Pumpkin Spice Season. It’s the start of autumn! Okay, technically it doesn’t start until September 23rd this year, but we’ve hit that perfect transition...
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...
Bus Driver by Day, World Champion by Night That bus operator you thanked as you exited the bus this morning? They may have a whole other set of super powers you never knew about. Take Tofer Sneed, a TriMet bus driver since 2014. This April, Tofer took home gold at the...
