Trimet 10944709

TriMet

1800 SW 1st Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
United States
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.

Press Releases

TriMet
A transit police officer works over the hood of their cruiser.
The renewed agreement expands the division to host 31 officers from several policing agencies.
Sept. 3, 2025
TriMet
TriMet MAX 4 type train.
The agency is closing the station to speed up trains on the Blue and Red MAX lines.
Aug. 5, 2025
TriMet
TriMet bus.
The agency says it will begin cutting services later this year to begin closing a projected $300 million gap between its annual expenditures and revenues.
July 24, 2025
MTA
MTA LIRR presented with the APTA Gold Award for Security Operations at the 2025 APTA Rail Conference in San Francisco.
The seven agencies awarded an APTA Rail Safety and Security Award were evaluated based on the effectiveness, benefit level, innovation and transferability of some their projects...
July 2, 2025
TriMet
TriMet Line 12 bus.
The budget includes $789.1 million in total divisional operating costs and $165.3 million for capital projects to address maintenance of an aging transit system and increase reliability...
June 2, 2025
TriMet
A TriMet bus at a bus stop.
Transit agencies across Oregon may be forced to cut as much as 25 percent of their service in the next few years without state funding that goes beyond what is currently included...
April 21, 2025
TriMet
TriMet Type 6 MAX train.
The Type 6 MAX trains are the agency’s most advanced trains and are part of an overall effort to boost reliability and the rider experience.
Jan. 17, 2025
TriMet
Riders can experience crowding and delays on TriMet’s Line 72-Killingsworth/82nd, which provides more than 65,000 weekly trips, primarily along 82nd Ave.
The 82nd Ave. Transit Project will bring high-capacity bus service to 10 miles of 82nd Ave. between Clackamas Town Center and Northeast Portland by 2029.
Dec. 23, 2024
TriMet
Hop fare touchscreen vending machines.
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...
Nov. 21, 2024
Verizon Business
A freeway.
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.
Nov. 8, 2024

Videos

TriMet's 24-Hour Service is Making a Comeback
Starting Sunday, September 2, the Portland metro area will have more transit options than ever before.
Aug. 20, 2018
TriMet’s New North-South Bus Line Brings Better Connections, Economic Opportunity to East Portland
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...
Feb. 26, 2018
A Moment of Silence
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 ...
June 2, 2017
TriMet's Test Train on 11th Morrison
MAX train tests out new track work at SW 11th and Morrison on May 20, 2017 following TriMet's Morrison-Yamhill MAX Improvements project.
May 22, 2017
Heroes Among Us
Hear about the heroic act TriMet bus operator Justin Clemens performed before starting his shift.
March 14, 2017
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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...
Aug. 5, 2016
BikeTown Launch Event at Tilikum Crossing
BikeTown, Portland's public bike share system, has launched with an event at Tilikum Crossing.
Aug. 5, 2016
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This week’s transit update includes videos from TriMet, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Metropolitan Transit System, Metro Transit, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority...
April 29, 2016
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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.
April 28, 2014

Blogs

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A TriMet bus sits at Powell.
As the ITxPT community expands, so do opportunities to work together and improve public transportation for all.
Dec. 16, 2025
TriMet
two women stand with back to camera looking at ePaper display in blue bus shelter
With these new ePaper displays, TriMet is bringing more information and resources to a broader base of riders.
Feb. 18, 2025

News

TriMet
A close-up of a blue and orange TriMet LIFT paratransit vehicle's open side door, with the TriMet logo and 'LIFT' service name displayed prominently and a yellow grab bar and boarding step visible inside.
The new pilot aims to connect paratransit passengers to accessible fixed-route services for longer trips.
July 29, 2026
TriMet
A green TriMet FX articulated bus crosses the cable-stayed Tilikum Crossing bridge in Portland, Oregon, sharing the transit-only deck with light rail tracks, with the city skyline and overcast sky in the background.
The agency is facing a net loss of 170 employees, service cuts and consolidations and reductions in customer service hours.
May 29, 2026
TriMet
A close-up of a black contactless fare payment terminal mounted on a stainless steel panel at a transit station. The device features a small screen, a tap-to-pay symbol, and a QR code reader. In the background, a blurred figure walks toward a glass-enclosed elevator entrance.
The move outfits elevators with card readers that validate fare mediums before granting access.
May 6, 2026
STV
STV has completed the design for the first six traction power substations under TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project.
The firm is working to modernize the MAX Blue Line’s power infrastructure, one of the oldest components of TriMet’s light-rail system.
Feb. 26, 2026
TriMet
TriMet’s 82nd Avenue Transit Project will feature seven miles of Business Access and Transit transit-priority lanes in each direction.
The special lanes will help buses move past traffic on 82nd Avenue and provide space for drivers to access area businesses.
Feb. 17, 2026
Brandon Lewis
Adrienne L. Johnson (left), Jamie Snook (middle) and Nicolas Petrovic (right).
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
Jan. 16, 2026
TriMet
TriMet cleaning staff cleans a light-rail vehicle.
The cleaning initiative sparked more than 110,000 daytime cleaning events.
Dec. 11, 2025
Brandon Lewis
Alan Lehto (left), Deanna Trebil (middle), Tobias Bauer (top right), David Crowley (bottom right).
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
Dec. 5, 2025
TriMet
The final TriMet Type 6 MAX train arrived at the Ruby Junction Rail Operations Facility.
Each of the 30 new MAX trains are designed for enhanced reliability, comfort and safety while lowering overall maintenance costs for the agency.
Nov. 24, 2025
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A TriMet bus approaches a stop.
Spending was cut by $17.7 million in part with the 68-position cut, leading to 26 nonunion layoffs.
Nov. 21, 2025

Articles

Denver RTD
A back view of Denver Regional Transportation District police officers.
The agency was evaluated in a study of transit systems’ strategies used to deter illicit drug activity and the effects on post-pandemic transit ridership recovery.
Sept. 3, 2025
TriMet
Gresham Mayor Travis Stovall; TriMet Executive Director of Public Affairs, JC Vannatta; TriMet Committee on Accessible Transportation (CAT) Chair, Jan Campbell; and Chief People and Strategy Officer for Meals on Wheels People, Jessica Morris, with a TriMet NEXT bus at the Multnomah County East Building in Gresham.
TriMet has launched a pilot program for its TriMet NEXT service, SFMTA has expanded the shuttle hours and service zones for its Bayview Shuttle and LADOT has launched a new service...
June 19, 2025
TriMet
A drone shot of the NE 82nd Ave. MAX Station project.
TriMet is starting construction on the renovation of the nearly 40-year-old NE 82nd Ave. MAX Station while TransLink will be upgrading the Canada Line’s Oakridge–41st Ave. Station...
May 27, 2025
TriMet
TriMet safety personnel.
L.A. Metro finished retrofitting all of its buses with new barriers that fully enclose and protect bus operators while TriMet’s safety efforts have improved with the passage ...
Jan. 13, 2025
Brandon Lewis
Claire Khouri (top left), Brandon Rapez-Betty on left and Karl Otterstrom on right (top right), Amtrak logo (bottom right).
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...
Dec. 2, 2024
Amtrak
Transit agencies, state DOT’s come together to celebrate See Tracks? Think Train® Week.
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.
Sept. 27, 2024
TriMet
TriMet and ATU Local 757 logos.
The new contract includes compromises and improvements that benefit TriMet’s union employees, the agency and TriMet riders.
June 26, 2024
SEPTA
SEPTA Transit Police.
Starting July 1, the two agencies will begin enforcing harsher punishments for riders who break rules while riding the transit systems.
June 25, 2024
TriMet
An overhead shot of the new Powell Garage at night.
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...
April 16, 2024
TriMet
Oregon Transit Association, ATU 757 introduce new bill that adds use of illegal drugs on public transit to punishable offenses under IPT.
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.
Feb. 12, 2024

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Brandon Lewis
Inessa M. Vitko (left) and Mary L. Hill (right).
The agency has tapped Inessa M. Vitko to serve as chief operations officer and promoted Mary L. Hill to executive director of transportation.
Sept. 19, 2025
TriMet
TriMet completes first phase of TOD project near Hollywood/NE 42nd Ave MAX Station
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...
Nov. 6, 2024
TriMet
TriMet’s Security Operations Center helping to improve agency’s safety efforts.
The center aims to improve security response and address other concerns on the system.
Oct. 24, 2024
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TriMet’s blue-light security phones are being installed at most MAX platforms to address riders’ safety concerns and deter crime.
TriMet’s blue-light security phones are being installed at most MAX platforms to address riders’ safety concerns and deter crime.
Oct. 21, 2024
TriMet
Mt. Hood Community College’s new campus brand-new bus will help to connect students with home, work and other destinations.
The new bus stop will create better access to transit for students and faculty at the college.
Oct. 8, 2024
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.
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...
Oct. 1, 2024
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.
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 ...
Aug. 30, 2024
TriMet
TriMet’s BEBs begin service throughout Portland, Ore.
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.
Aug. 22, 2024
TriMet
A new Oregon law will help prevent crime on TriMet systems.
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...
Aug. 14, 2024
TriMet
TriMet to make slew of bus service improvements starting Aug. 25.
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.
Aug. 9, 2024
MARTA
MARTA accepts its Rail Emergency Management Award at the 2024 APTA Rail Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 4, 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...
June 5, 2024
TriMet
TriMet proposes $1.75 billion FY25 budget.
The budget includes nearly $849 million for daily operations, $201 million for capital investments and about $58 million in pass-through and contingency funds.
March 14, 2024