We often post articles about major TriMet service annoucements, for example when the Steel Bridge closed for three weeks to MAX trains.  But there are often smaller changes or updates about routes that we don't publish. 

 

But it's easy to get customized alerts right to your email inbox, phone, or other handheld gadget.  Go to http://www.trimet.org/emailupdates/index.htm and sign up for the updates you want.

 

Do you ride the 44?  Then sign up for 44 alerts.  Want to know when the Green Line to Clackamas Town Center will be open for business?  No problem.

 

I've recently signed up for my bus alerts and it keeps me in the know without flooding me with emails I am not as interested in.

Click to check out TriMet's customizable update page

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heybales posted a photo:

I talked to a trimet security guy who told me the ticket machines were the single biggest problem with the system. This machine at LLoyd Center fails in this mode continually.

He also said that the upgrade from Windows 3.1 to NT was recent.

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So here's another of those little triangular nano-parklike bits I've been going on about lately, this time up in North Portland where Willamette Blvd., Bryant St., and Wabash Avenue meet up. You might be wondering why I keep doing this. I often wonder the same thing, quite honestly. I think it's because of the pure absurdity of the undertaking. Driving across town to track down one deservedly obscure non-place after another, taking a bunch of really mundane photos while I'm at it. Followed by a bit of research on the interwebs, mostly to verify that there's nothing much on the interwebs about the place, followed by writing about it as if it was a serious, legitimate topic, and voila, a new blog post is born. It amuses me, I guess.

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Portland police arrested a man accused of trying to steal a woman's purse at a MAX station on Thanksgiving Day.