The Gillig hybrids, which cost $664,096 each, are estimated to be 20 to 50 percent more fuel-efficient than standard buses, according to TriMet, and should get 6 mpg, compared to 4.4 mpg for a ...

TriMet will be able to accelerate efforts to upgrade its fleet of aging buses thanks to a $5 million U.S. Department of Transportation "State of Good Repair" grant.

Four new buses arrived at TriMet’s Columbia Operations Facility on Monday, and the transit service said a total of 24 will be delivered by the end of the year. The four new Gillig buses retain ...

PORTLAND -- A new fleet of TriMet hybrid buses includes microphones that can record passenger conversations. As first reported by KGW news partner The Oregonian, the microphones can be used to ...

TriMet is starting the year off right: ... The new buses are called part of the Gillig 3700 series, and officials say riding in them in much quieter and smoother than the current buses.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

In an appeal to state lawmakers, TriMet is warning of “drastic” service cuts without a boost in state funding, claiming the agency faces a “fiscal cliff” in 2031.

As TriMet continues to ramp up security on busses and MAX trains, on Thursday, they unveiled their new 24/7 security operations center. Skip to content. Trade Up NW. Be Seen Be Heard Portland.