What’s With the New Ticket Machines? As you may have noticed, some MAX stations are sporting shiny new ticket machines. And if you’ve taken a closer look, you probably saw that they don’t just look different — they have been reformatted from the inside out to sell...
How Transit Works in Snow and Ice We’ve enjoyed a mild fall, with less precipitation than normal and plenty of sunshine. That means we can expect a mellow winter, right? We’re certainly not counting on it. Over the years, we’ve learned that winter storms can...
The Cheapest / Easiest / Most Convenient Ways to Get to PDX Unlike most cities, we don’t dread going to our airport. The legit food options, reasonable prices and pleasant atmosphere make a big difference, but it also helps that PDX is not a painful haul to get to....
DALeast’s New Orange Line Mural If you’re heading east across the Rhine–Lafayette pedestrian bridge in industrial Southeast Portland, keep an eye out for a large bird. Or, more accurately, a hawk-like space-travel bio-vehicle. That’s what celebrated artist...
What You Want In The Next Generation Of MAX Trains In a few years, we’ll be sending our high-floor MAX trains — which have been rolling since MAX first opened in 1986 — off into the sunset. We’ll miss our Type 1’s (you never forget your first...
E-Scooters Have Arrived. Here’s What You Need to Know. Let’s cut right to the chase: Electric scooters are fun. They’re a lot of other things, too, depending on whom you ask. Controversial, convenient, frivolous, potentially dangerous — it felt like...
