As the two sides prepare to go to baseball-style "winner take all" arbitration Monday, TriMet is scrambling to fill a $12 million budget hole. Without a change, employee health costs will likely ...

TriMet is providing about 30 million fewer rides each year than it did in 2019, another indication of just how much life has changed in the Portland area since the pandemic.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Beginning July 1, TriMet plans to step up enforcement of its rules for riding both big and small, according to the agency — checking that riders are paying their fares ...

TriMet estimates that ridership is down 50% compared to 2020, according to its 2024 budget. The agency expects ridership to increase by 50% between 2022 and 2026, but it doesn’t go into detail ...

TriMet, like public transit systems across the country, was hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic. In February 2020 TriMet had an estimated 1.9 million weekly boardings. Two months later that number sunk ...

Last year TriMet conducted a fare evasion survey, interviewing more than 5,100 riders. It found 27% of riders had invalid or incorrect fare, that's up from 13 percent in 2017.

PORTLAND, Ore. – People who are cited for riding TriMet without payment now have another way to resolve the penalty that doesn’t involve a court record.The transportation company introduced ...

The report points out that TriMet’s budget for fare collection is substantial – up to a quarter of the passenger revenue TriMet collected between 2012 and 2019. “TriMet’s argument that passenger ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Following a KGW investigation into rising fare evasions on TriMet buses, many readers lamented the end of TriMet’s ‘Fareless Square.’ People who moved to Portland after ...

TriMet is providing about 30 million fewer rides each year than it did in 2019, another indication of just how much life has changed in the Portland area since the pandemic. Declining ridership ...