This thought scares me

Did you know that TriMet has a $54,000,000 shortfall for the Orange Line MAX? Even after all the cuts happened to the MAX (shocking, cuts to MAX) there's still a $54,000,000 shortfall?

Now that in itself is scary enough, but read this Article, Courtesy of PortlandAfoot.
Basically it's saying that $50,000,000 would be generated hopefully to restoring BUS service.

$54,000,000 and $50,000,000 are awfully close.

Anyone else worried that they'll take the $50,000,000 and put it towards the MAX and flip the bird to all the riders by cutting $4,000,000 more of bus service just to fill it?

I am.

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God, you know, It's really hard sometimes to be a TriMet ally. It's certainly hard to blog it. But I still am. Even if they do screw up big time a lot.

Dissecting the Depth of a TriMet Priority Future Service Alert

Here's a TriMet Future Service Advisory. The kind that are important and are posted on FB. While posting them to FB, Twitter and adivse them in advance... well, take a look.

Expect minor delays downtown on Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. due to the Sunday Parkways event in Northwest Portland. The following lines will be affected: MAX, Portland Streetcar bus shuttles, 12-Barbur/Sandy Blvd, 15-Belmont/NW 23rd, 19-Woodstock/Glisan, 20-Burnside/Stark and 77-Broadway/Halsey

No no no, TriMet. Wrong.

The main problem?

Where are the detours, and where do they go? I mean, how can I plan ahead if I don't know which stops are gonna be closed? How do I know if on line 15, I catch it on Thurman Street, it will actually arrive, and will it take me to my destination on Burnside?

I guess the only way to actually know is to look at A Sunday Parkways Map... but where do I find that? You don't say. And you don't provide a map of Sunday Parkways so we can at least get a small GLIMPSE of where to not rely on service.

And for that matter, what is Sunday Parkways? Will I be interested in trying it?

It's not what you have in the detour announcement, but what you DON'T have.

It won't even cost anything just to type more.

Here's an updated version of the service alert.

Expect minor delays downtown on Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Due to the Sunday Parkways in NW Portland, the following bus lines will be detoured

MAX: (Insert STOPS Closed or amount and/or length of delays)

Portland Streetcar Shuttles: (what stops are closed or amount of delays, and, since it's a shuttle, where it may stop instead)

Line 12 Barbur/Sandy Blvd: (insert area of detour here and where instead to catch it)

Line 15 Belmont/NW 23rd: (insert area of detour here and where instead to catch it)

Line 19 Woodstock/Glisan: (insert area of detour here and where instead to catch it)

Line 20 Burnside/Stark: (insert area of detour here and where instead to catch it)

Line 77 Broadway/Halsey: (insert area of detour here and where instead to catch it)

About the Sunday Parkways:

(Insert summary of Sunday Parkways here)

Voila! A quick and easy way to show your public you care.