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.

TriMet Hires New Fare Enforcers in an Effort to Beef Up Bus and Train Security

Nine new fare inspectors began their field training on buses and MAX trains today.

TriMet Document Suggests the Agency Plans to Increase Fares by 10 Cents Starting in 2021

Members of Bus Riders Unite attended a public forum this week after learning of a potential fare hike on Portland city buses.

The Bus Project, Oregon’s Voter-Registration Powerhouse, Has a New Name

The nonprofit has championed landmark expansions of voting rights in Oregon.