So Long, BarFly, and Thanks for All the Booze

It was the only club I ever belonged to, and I was lucky enough to be part of one of the things that once made this town truly weird. I can’t imagine Portland without it.

TriMet Asks Portlanders: Please Don’t Ride Buses or Trains Unless Necessary

Daily ridership dropped 58 percent last week.

What Bus Riders Want: We Hopped on the Most-Used Bus in Portland, to Ask How It Could Be Better.

Three days a week, Ivy Stamos rises at dawn and boards the most-used bus line in Portland.

I Read With Interest That TriMet Will Be Rolling Out “100 Percent Wind-Powered” Buses This Year. How Does That Work?

Cute one, Prairie; don’t quit your day job. As I suspect you already know, TriMet considers those buses to be wind-powered because, through a green-energy program called “Clean Wind,” they essentially pay PGE for the right to say so.

Today Is the Last Day to Exchange Paper and Mobile TriMet Tickets For Hop Fares

Portlanders who still have paper or TriMet app bus and MAX tickets have until 5:30 pm today to exchange their old fares for Hop credit.

Are Electric Flywheel Buses in Portland’s Near Future?

For decades, flywheel energy storage has been one of those just-over-the-horizon technologies that make the cover of Popular Mechanics every couple of years, but somehow are never quite ready for prime time.

Portland Bureau of Transportation Unveils Map of 20 Roads Picked for Bus-Only “Rose Lanes”

European Bus Service Launches in Pacific Northwest This Month, Promising a $10 Trip From Portland to Seattle

Watch out BoltBus, there’s a new kid in town.