#Trimet Commuters Waiting at Beaverton Transit Center #WES Platform for the Incoming Westside Express Service
Really like the flare from the WES lights. Decided to slink this photo into my Flickr feed a bit early because as OPAL - an Oregon anti-poverty group - turned in yesterday, 'According to TriMet’s own performance and efficiency data, WES costs $16.11 per boarding passenger
to operate, compared with $3.18 for bus service and $2.51 for MAX Light Rail. Additionally, TriMet reports for May 2016 indicate an average of 8,775 weekly boardings on WES, a figure dwarfed by 1,176,200 weekly bus boardings and 755,600 weekly boardings on MAX. As a result, fares paid by bus and MAX riders are tantamount to a huge subsidy for a tiny niche of WES riders. This is evidence that lower-income bus riders carry a disproportionate amount of the financial burden of riding transit in the TriMet service area." You can read the report at www.opalpdx.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/LIFE-Report-Fi... explaining how to create a, "Reduced fare for low-income riders on the principle that mobility is a human right and public policy should attempt to lower barriers to mobility for all. A low-income pass is a step toward the ideal of an efficient, fareless transportation system accessible to all, regardless of ability to pay. "
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
#Trimet Commuters Waiting at Beaverton Transit Center #WES Platform for the Incoming Westside Express Service
Really like the flare from the WES lights. Decided to slink this photo into my Flickr feed a bit early because as OPAL - an Oregon anti-poverty group - turned in yesterday, 'According to TriMet’s own performance and efficiency data, WES costs $16.11 per boarding passenger
to operate, compared with $3.18 for bus service and $2.51 for MAX Light Rail. Additionally, TriMet reports for May 2016 indicate an average of 8,775 weekly boardings on WES, a figure dwarfed by 1,176,200 weekly bus boardings and 755,600 weekly boardings on MAX. As a result, fares paid by bus and MAX riders are tantamount to a huge subsidy for a tiny niche of WES riders. This is evidence that lower-income bus riders carry a disproportionate amount of the financial burden of riding transit in the TriMet service area." You can read the report at www.opalpdx.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/LIFE-Report-Fi... explaining how to create a, "Reduced fare for low-income riders on the principle that mobility is a human right and public policy should attempt to lower barriers to mobility for all. A low-income pass is a step toward the ideal of an efficient, fareless transportation system accessible to all, regardless of ability to pay. "
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com