Tidying MAX tracks with The Beast
TriMet’s Maintenance of Way (MOW) department manages the MAX light rail system’s overhead electric wires, signals, substations (which convert electricity from the public supply to power trains) and tracks. Since […]
The Story of a Pageant Queen and Rail Training Supervisor
👑🚊 One of the biggest joys of the job for Rail Training Supervisor Krista Stone is pulling into a platform and seeing excited children waving at her. Girls tend to
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
FX2-Division Update
FX2-Division riders: Many of you are wondering about why our standard 40-foot buses are running on the FX2-Division route instead of our new FX bendy buses. As we said in
Moving ‘Forward Together’ to meet our community’s needs
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 changed where people go and how they travel. We’re glad to see a lot of people using transit again, with more than one million trips
Transit signal priority 101: Technology keeps buses out of traffic
The new FX2-Division line will bring a better bus service to the Division Street corridor with longer, 60-foot buses, bus-only travel lanes in select parts of the route and our
The return of the bendy bus
Have you seen those extra-long, bright green buses traveling on Division Street between Portland and Gresham? These are the newest addition to our fleet – 31 60-foot “articulated” buses –
The Inside Story of the Robertson Tunnel, Part 1: Construction
The Robertson Tunnel is a marvel. This tunnel through the West Hills – allowing MAX to extend from Portland to Beaverton and Hillsboro — is nearly three miles long and