There are open seats on the aisle a little further back. You don't need to stand up in the front. It's not like you are talking to the driver, or anything. Look, you can even get out through the back door. It's not that crowded ( Read more... )

Okay. Maybe I have the rules wrong. For some reason, I thought that bike or skateboard riding was prohibited on the MAX platforms. That is, no actual using them while seated or standing on them. And I certainly didn't think that I'd have to leap out of the way when this guy who kept approaching me while on his bike would not get off it or stop ( Read more... )

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Two pro-tips if you're riding the MAX:

1. If you wait for people to deboard first before you get on, there'll be a lot more room for you to get on and find a seat. If someone is standing right at the door and facing outside when the train stops? Yeah, that's a good indication that they're wanting to deboard and would greatly appreciate it if you ( Read more... )

The people sitting on the bench moved for me when the driver asked them to. YOU did not. How did you expect me to get around you with my walker? I hate to tell you this, but you do, in fact, have feet. They are big feet. If you really want to pretend that you and your big fat feet are flat, I will be more than happy to oblige you.

I had a jarring incident on the yellow line last night. I was approaching my stop, so I went to stand by my bike on the hook, and a man started yelling at me to get my hands off "his" bike. He repeated this about 10 times in the eternity it took for the train to stop. I just ignored him until the doors opened, and I loudly said "NO, this is MY ( Read more... )

I've just about had it with people who eat smelly, noisy food while on the bus. I know the rule against eating on TriMet is there to avoid messes, but I wish it were better enforced because it's nearly impossible to escape the odors from pungent food or the sounds of people crunching chips ten aisles away ( Read more... )

This is the message I sent to Trimet:

I have always had trouble navigating by reading the bus maps because they aren't detailed enough. Every time I try to use the map to navigate, I end up lost, because the route maps don't really relate to the actual city streets the listed route to the actual city streets around them. Why don't the bus maps ( Read more... )

1. Get a bus system map.

2.Enlarge it.

3.Study it.

4. Do not ask anyone else at the bus stop. That's how getting lost happens.

How do people even memorize these things?

If you have a system map, can you even read the damn thing? They make everything SO TINY!

Damn you for only putting stop ID numbers on some of your stops!

Why did Transit Tracker tell me that the bus would not be at my stop for 50 minutes, when it was clearly much less? I was too cold to stand there for 50 minutes & ended up walking, based on your bad information