tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post315364471128988986..comments2024-02-26T21:22:55.268-08:00Comments on punkrawker blogs on: Transit Beer Recappunkrawker4783http://www.blogger.com/profile/15514346205372171158noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post-70061547705242233592009-12-10T16:03:10.923-08:002009-12-10T16:03:10.923-08:00Well, that's what you get Dave for decamping t...Well, that's what you get Dave for decamping to the Seattle area. :)<br /><br />But my comments:<br />*I'd wonder whether the SF-style streetcar stops which are in the middle of the street and not accessible could be built today.<br /><br />*At least last year (I think), TriMet did promote <a href="http://trimet.org/promotions/holidays.htm" rel="nofollow">going to see holiday light displays</a>. But it's true that just putting a link to the page on Twitter wouldn't be interactive.<br /><br />*TriMet can and does post alerts on their Web site at the same time they are sent to bus operators, and has had the ability to do so for maybe a decade now. I brought up the idea of forwarding them to Twitter and pointed out the many users saying they would like it, but was told that they tried it once and it took a day for the thing to show up.<br /><br />*I believe the idea on spending money on the bus wash, etc is that so they don't have to get money from other sources to do them--money which possibly could be spent on operations<br /><br />*BRT probably works best when there's more than just a sign, and it's argued that LA's Rapid lines aren't true BRT since they don't have bus lanes and can still get stuck in traffic<br /><br />*I'd wonder what the cost per hour of WES would be if it instead used a big engine for just a car or two.<br /><br />*Back in the 80's, there was a study done on merging Metro and TriMet and it was found to be problematic for a number of legal and financial reasons (I have a newspaper article if anyone wants it). However, it might work if the agencies were kept separate but the Metro Council became (also) the TriMet Board of Directors. Though an issue is that the boundaries of the two districts aren't the same--Estacada and Kelso are served by TriMet but aren't a part of Metro and Wilsonville (including Charbonneau) isn't served by TriMet bus is part of Metro.Jason McHuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755863891262666887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post-55649624809160484452009-12-09T08:40:17.680-08:002009-12-09T08:40:17.680-08:00My error on the line ownership, I was trying to wr...My error on the line ownership, I was trying to write up a summary from 4 hours of talks with no notes. There is an interchange a bit North of Tualatin (more in Tigard) to bring the two together, and south leg would have to be built making it a wye.punkrawker4783https://www.blogger.com/profile/15514346205372171158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post-75264344063456664662009-12-09T01:43:56.028-08:002009-12-09T01:43:56.028-08:00Wish I could have been there too!Wish I could have been there too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434732703595869556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post-54927895200395197592009-12-08T19:48:02.052-08:002009-12-08T19:48:02.052-08:00"Possible commuter rail line via the O&E ..."Possible commuter rail line via the O&E line..."<br /><br />Just a heads up, there's no such thing as "O&E" (Are you talking the Oregon Electric?) Regardless the route described, Sellwood-Lake Oswego-Sherwood is a former Southern Pacific route, not Oregon Electric. (In Tualatin, the OE - now WES - passes underneath the SP route with no physical interchange there.)<br /><br />That said, it sounds like it was a good Transit Beer. Sorry I couldn't make it.Erik H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14754458674336580085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post-70243335732733115702009-12-08T06:56:52.155-08:002009-12-08T06:56:52.155-08:00Fred's Australia trip details not accessible t...Fred's Australia trip details not accessible to the public? That's not right. Maybe get the media involved, that seems to make TriMet transparent.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478823611548227849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post-19784560203873116452009-12-08T01:49:35.544-08:002009-12-08T01:49:35.544-08:00Thanks for having us over; I had a lot of fun. H...Thanks for having us over; I had a lot of fun. Hopefully next time I'll be able to stay the whole time.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822395052669121101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181700857407507016.post-3290017166779229632009-12-07T20:48:32.692-08:002009-12-07T20:48:32.692-08:00Gawd, I'm sorry I missed it!Gawd, I'm sorry I missed it!Al Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670275801784105978noreply@blogger.com