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    • TriMet

    Portland, OR 97201

    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About TriMet

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    1800 SW 1st Avenue, Suite 300
    Portland, OR 97201
    United States
    http://trimet.org/
    503.962.7505

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    TriMet
    Trimet 10944709

    TriMet provides bus, light rail and commuter rail transit services in the Portland, Ore., metro area.

    Products and Press Releases

    TriMet
    Hop fare touchscreen vending machines.
    Fare Collection Equipment

    TriMet to roll out touchscreen vending machines at five locations in December

    Nov. 21, 2024
    The vending machines will allow riders to buy and reload plastic Hop cards at MAX stations and transit centers rather than the single-day-use Hop tickets dispensed by ticket vending...
    Verizon Business
    A freeway.
    Technology

    Verizon Business activates more than 740 new fixed wireless access lines on TriMet systems

    Verizon Business
    Nov. 8, 2024
    The fixed wireless access lines will enhance TriMet’s mobile data, which the agency plans to use in the future to further improve system performance and security.
    TriMet
    TriMet completes first phase of TOD project near Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave MAX Station
    Management

    TriMet completes first phase of TOD project near Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave MAX Station

    Nov. 6, 2024
    A new and permanent ramp connecting the MAX station to a pathway leading to Northeast Halsey Street opened on Nov. 1, near the future home of BRIDGE Housing’s hollywoodHUB project...
    TriMet
    TriMet’s Security Operations Center helping to improve agency’s safety efforts.
    Safety & Security

    TriMet’s Security Operations Center helping to improve agency’s safety efforts

    Oct. 24, 2024
    The center aims to improve security response and address other concerns on the system.
    TriMet
    TriMet’s blue-light security phones are being installed at most MAX platforms to address riders’ safety concerns and deter crime.
    Safety & Security

    TriMet installs blue-light security phones at MAX stations

    Oct. 21, 2024
    TriMet’s blue-light security phones are being installed at most MAX platforms to address riders’ safety concerns and deter crime.
    TriMet
    Mt. Hood Community College’s new campus brand-new bus will help to connect students with home, work and other destinations.
    Shelters, Benches and Equipment

    TriMet opens new bus stop at Mt. Hood Community College

    Oct. 8, 2024
    The new bus stop will create better access to transit for students and faculty at the college.
    TriMet
    Approval of TriMet's bus system increased by seven percentage points between 2023 and 2024, to 77 percent. Among riders only, the approval reached 81 percent, up from 74 percent last year.
    Management

    TriMet's approval rating increases as agency invests in safety, security, cleanliness

    Oct. 1, 2024
    TriMet's annual survey found improved opinions of its service and safety among both riders and non-riders, but a large gap remains between those who use the system and those who...
    TriMet
    A Better Red official opening ceremony participants get ready for a ceremonial ‘first ride’ on a brand new MAX train, one of four purchased as part of the project. From left to right: Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai, Port of Portland Chief Public Affairs Officer Dave Robertson, TriMet General Manager Sam Desue Jr., Hillsboro Mayor Steve Callaway, FTA Acting Administrator Veronica Vanterpool, TriMet Board Vice President Thomas Kim, Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty, Oregon Department of Transportation Public Transportation Division Administrator Suzanne Carlson, Centro Cultural Policy Director Nansi Lopez, Westside Economic Alliance Executive Director Elizabeth Mazzara Myers, PBOT Director Millicent Williams.
    Infrastructure

    TriMet celebrates opening of MAX Red Line Extension

    Aug. 30, 2024
    The opening of the MAX Red Line Extension completes the agency’s A Better Red, a three-year, two-phased project to increase the light-rail system’s reliability and extend the ...
    TriMet
    TriMet’s BEBs begin service throughout Portland, Ore.
    Hybrid, Hydrogen & Electric Vehicles

    TriMet’s BEBs begin service throughout Portland, Ore.

    Aug. 22, 2024
    The first BEB began welcoming riders aboard Line 9-Powell in July, with the agency expected to roll out more BEBs on more lines in the coming weeks.
    TriMet
    A new Oregon law will help prevent crime on TriMet systems.
    Safety & Security

    New Oregon law to help prevent crime on TriMet systems

    Aug. 14, 2024
    The law, which will go into effect Sept. 1 and is one of two new drug laws in the state, will make possession of small amounts of illicit drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine...

    Articles & News

    Brandon Lewis
    Claire Khouri (top left), Brandon Rapez-Betty on left and Karl Otterstrom on right (top right), Amtrak logo (bottom right).
    Management

    People on the Move: Amtrak, Spokane Transit Authority, TriMet

    Eman Abu-Khaled
    Dec. 2, 2024
    Amtrak named Jennifer Mitchell as its executive vice president of strategy and planning, Spokane Transit Authority has promoted Brandon Rapez-Betty and Karl Otterstrom as interim...
    Amtrak
    Transit agencies, state DOT’s come together to celebrate See Tracks? Think Train® Week.
    Safety & Security

    Transit agencies, state DOT’s come together to participate in See Tracks? Think Train® Week

    Brandon Lewis
    Sept. 27, 2024
    The week was launched by OLI in 2017 to focus attention on the importance of making safe choices when driving or walking near railroad tracks and trains.
    TriMet
    Management

    TriMet, ATU Local 757 reach tentative four-year Working and Wage Agreement

    Brandon Lewis
    June 26, 2024
    The new contract includes compromises and improvements that benefit TriMet’s union employees, the agency and TriMet riders.
    SEPTA
    Safety & Security

    SEPTA, TriMet increasing safety efforts to improve rider experience

    Brandon Lewis
    June 25, 2024
    Starting July 1, the two agencies will begin enforcing harsher punishments for riders who break rules while riding the transit systems.
    TriMet
    Facilities

    TriMet’s Powell Garage leads way in modern transit facilities

    Brandon Lewis
    April 16, 2024
    The garage, which was completed in 2022 after four years of construction, is four times the size of the old garage and accommodates charging infrastructure for future zero-emission...
    TriMet
    Safety & Security

    Oregon Transit Association, ATU 757 introduce new bill that adds use of illegal drugs on public transit to punishable offenses under IPT

    Brandon Lewis
    Feb. 12, 2024
    Under the new bill, a person using illicit drugs on a public transit vehicle or at a transit station could be charged with a Class A Misdemeanor.
    Mass Transit/Mischa Wanek-Libman
    Members of TriMet's Community Safety Team checking a train in downtown Portland, Ore., in April 2023.
    Safety & Security

    UW Study Shows Riders Risk of Secondhand Drug Exposure Minimal; Additional Study is Needed to Assess Risk to Operators

    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    Oct. 3, 2023
    The five transit agencies in Washington State and Oregon that commissioned the first-of-its-kind study are putting mitigation recommendations into practice to keep riders and ...
    University of Washington
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    Safety & Security

    UW study finds traces of drugs on transit buses at levels unlikely to cause risks to worker health

    Brandon Lewis
    Sept. 8, 2023
    The study found fentanyl and methamphetamine on board numerous transit vehicles, but the positive samples contained small amounts that are unlikely to cause acute medical conditions...
    Mass Transit
    APTA recognized its 2023 Rail Safety, Security and Emergency Management Awards winners at its Rail Conference that was held in Pittsburgh, Pa.
    Safety & Security

    APTA honors nine agencies with 2023 Rail Safety, Security and Emergency Management Awards

    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    June 15, 2023
    The awards, which added a new emergency management category this year, recognize transit organizations’ proactive safety and security efforts.
    Left: NJ Transit; right: TriMet
    NJ Transit and TriMet took steps this week to strengthen its ability to ban riders from using the system who violate behavior-based codes of conduct.
    Safety & Security

    TriMet, NJ Transit take steps to strengthen employee protections

    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    Dec. 15, 2022
    The boards of both agencies took action that will allow riders to be suspended from using the system under certain circumstances.

    Videos & Resources

    TriMet's 24-Hour Service is Making a Comeback
    Home

    TriMet's 24-Hour Service is Making a Comeback

    Aug. 20, 2018
    Starting Sunday, September 2, the Portland metro area will have more transit options than ever before.
    TriMet’s New North-South Bus Line Brings Better Connections, Economic Opportunity to East Portland
    Bus

    TriMet’s New North-South Bus Line Brings Better Connections, Economic Opportunity to East Portland

    Feb. 26, 2018
    Darcella grew up in East Portland. She attended Alder Elementary School, in Reynolds School District. It’s a school with a Portland address, but it sits in what often seems to...
    A Moment of Silence
    Safety & Security

    A Moment of Silence

    June 2, 2017
    TriMet asks the community to join in a moment of silence at 12 p.m. on Friday, June 2 to honor the men who lost their lives and those forever affected by the tragic events on ...
    TriMet's Test Train on 11th Morrison
    Rail

    TriMet's Test Train on 11th Morrison

    May 22, 2017
    MAX train tests out new track work at SW 11th and Morrison on May 20, 2017 following TriMet's Morrison-Yamhill MAX Improvements project.
    Heroes Among Us
    Safety & Security

    Heroes Among Us

    March 14, 2017
    Hear about the heroic act TriMet bus operator Justin Clemens performed before starting his shift.
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    Mass Transit Weekly Update 8/5/2016

    Aug. 5, 2016
    This weeks transit update features videos from TEB Technology, The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), TriMet, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the Maryland...
    BikeTown Launch Event at Tilikum Crossing
    Alt. Mobility

    BikeTown Launch Event at Tilikum Crossing

    Aug. 5, 2016
    BikeTown, Portland's public bike share system, has launched with an event at Tilikum Crossing.
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    Mass Transit Weekly Update 4/29/2016

    April 29, 2016
    This week’s transit update includes videos from TriMet, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Metropolitan Transit System, Metro Transit, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority...
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    Bus

    TriMet Bus Recycling 2014

    April 28, 2014
    TriMet bus shredded and recycled at the R.S. Davis Recycling facility in Clackamas, Ore. On average, 65 percent of the each bus is recyclable.

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    TriMet
    Bus

    TriMet to make slew of bus service improvements starting Aug. 25

    Aug. 9, 2024
    The agency is extending some trips on Line 76, adding a brand-new weekday line and extending the route of Line 34 to make it a better option for more people.
    MARTA
    Safety & Security

    APTA recognizes six agencies with 2024 Rail Safety and Security Excellence Awards

    American Public Transportation Association
    June 5, 2024
    The six agencies awarded an APTA Rail Safety and Security Award were evaluated based on the effectiveness, benefit level, innovation and transferability of some their projects...
    TriMet
    Management

    TriMet proposes $1.75 billion FY25 budget

    March 14, 2024
    The budget includes nearly $849 million for daily operations, $201 million for capital investments and about $58 million in pass-through and contingency funds.
    TriMet
    Infrastructure

    TriMet reopens expanded Gateway Transit Center

    March 5, 2024
    The Gateway Transit Center has returned to full function as part of the A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Improvements Project.
    TriMet
    Management

    TriMet names two to executive team

    Feb. 29, 2024
    Dan Blair will be joining TriMet as executive director of the agency’s transit systems and asset support division and John Weston is the new executive director of maintenance ...
    TriMet
    Hybrid, Hydrogen & Electric Vehicles

    TriMet receives first four extended range GILLIG zero-emission buses

    Feb. 27, 2024
    The third-generation electric buses feature a 33 percent boost to energy storage compared to TriMet’s second-generation buses and will help the agency transition to a zero-emission...
    TriMet
    Infrastructure

    TriMet MAX Gateway North station takes shape as A Better Red improvement project reaches completion

    Feb. 19, 2024
    A Better Red is reaching the end of the line, with about 90 percent of the project complete.
    TriMet
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    Infrastructure

    TriMet to make two adjustments to improve MAX service

    Jan. 25, 2024
    TriMet plans to establish a network of night buses in place of late-night MAX trains and is renewing plans to close the Skidmore Fountain MAX Station to improve MAX trips through...
    TriMet
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    Management

    TriMet breaks ground on Hollywood Transit Center and hollywoodHUB projects

    Oct. 27, 2023
    TriMet, BRIDGE Housing and Hacienda CDC will transform the site into a mixed-use building and community space.