Ad-hoc forum announced on TriMet’s east Portland service reductions
East Portland activists are mad. They are angry at TriMet’s proposed service cuts impacting Mid-county bus and MAX line service. TriMet has set up public comment forums, but none in east Portland.
So, Woodland Park Neighborhood Association chair and Parkrose School District Board member Alesia Reese has set up her own public comment forum Thursday, March 26th, 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the East Portland Neighborhood Office, 1017 N.E. 117th Ave.
Reduced service is proposed for, among others, Line 12 Sandy, Line 15 Belmont, Line 19 Glisan, Line 22 Parkrose and Line 27 Market/Main. Service on Line 20 Burnside/Stark would be discontinued between Southeast 106th Avenue and Stark Street and West Burnside Street and 19th Avenue.
In addition, MAX Light Rail service would be reduced to one train per line every 30 minutes during non-peak times, as opposed once every 15 minutes today.
TriMet planners say they targeted “low-performing lines” for service cuts or elimination. They say they have tried to avoid cuts that interfere with the public’s ability to get to work, that serve significant numbers of transit-dependent people, and routes where alternatives didn’t duplicate at least part of the service.
If you cannot make it to Ms. Reese’s forum, TriMet, you can contact TriMet directly, by April 10, via e-mail: comments@trimet.org, phone: 503-962-5806, Fax: 503-962-6469 or regular mail: TriMet-MK2, 4012 SE 17th, Portland, OR 97202
For information about the ad-hoc meeting Thursday, call EPNO: 503-823-4550
