EDITORIAL
2 • The Southwest Portland Post
The Southwest Portland Post
7825 SW 36th Ave Suite #203
Portland, OR 97219
Fax: (866) 727-5336
email: news@multnomahpost.com
TriMet’s #1 Vermont bus line no
longer provides service during
non-rush hours
If you are not a frequent rider of the
Vermont #1 bus line that runs through
the Hayhurst and Maplewood neigh-
borhoods you may not be aware of the
very limited service that we now have
as of September 13, 2009.
Morning and evening “rush hours” on
“week days only” is what TriMet now of-
fers if we want to go downtown or even
get to other bus lines at the Burlingame
Transit Center.
There is no way that someone can ride
a bus between 9:43 a.m. and 3:15 p.m.
in our area to go grocery shopping, get
an appointment at the OHSU Medical
Clinic at SW 45 th and SW Vermont, get
to the SW Community Center on that
corner, get home from Wilson High
School before 3:15 p.m., or even pick
up a child from either Maplewood or
Hayhurst School in the middle of the
day.
Also you will not be able to get back
to the neighborhood from downtown
after 5:45 p.m. so no staying in town for
dinner after work. Forget riding a #1 bus
on weekends, there is no service!
The Hayhurst Neighborhood As-
sociation & the board of Southwest
Neighborhoods, Inc. knows that there is
little chance of getting TriMet to change
this decision, but we feel that there has
been limited publicity of the cutbacks
in service.
Only a small notice on each bus stop
sign alerts riders to the fact that it is now
“Weekday Rush Hours Service” only.
This letter is an attempt to let the oc-
casional bus rider know that you will
have a long wait in the rain & cold if
you try to get somewhere in the middle
of the day in our area.
Carolyn Rundorff
Hayhurst Neighborhood Association
Streetcar misnamed ‘trolley’ in
front page story
November 2009
Beware of coyotes in the
neighborhood
I live on Hume Court and three days
ago saw a coyote in my street with a
dead cat in its mouth. I wonder if this
topic might be worth covering in your
paper since these animal sightings seem
to be increasing and the potential for
losing pets is high.
Several of my neighbors have seen
coyotes all over our neighborhood in-
cluding in the Village area. I left flyers
on the doors of the homes on the street
to give some warning but I think we
really do need to get the word out to
people throughout the whole area. If
we continue to provide “food” they will
keep coming back for more.
Put on your
dancin’ boots!
On Saturday, November 14th, join
us for the monthly Family Dance
put on by Portland Country Dance
Community! Sherry Nevins is
coming from Seattle to provide
wonderful country dance calling
and live music for all ages of kids
and their grownups. Fulton Park
Community Center, 68 SW Miles,
from 5 to 7 pm with a potluck after-
wards. $6/adult, $5/child, babies
are free, maximum $20/family. For
information call 503-981-2179.
Nancy Craig, Multnomah
I just read the headline article on
the front page of Volume 17, issue 12,
about Don Baack’s so-called “4T Trail”
[“Hikers test SW Portland’s diverse
transportation on 4T Trail,” by Allison
Voigts, October 2009]. For the record,
it’s not really four Ts because what Mr.
Baack mistakenly refers to as “Trolley”
is actually “Streetcar.”
Maybe this wouldn’t matter at all if
there wasn’t already an actual existing
Trolley in Portland. I’m referring to the
antique trolley that runs between Lloyd
Center and downtown (not to mention
the Lake Oswego Trolley).
It may be too late to correct this no-
menclature in Mr. Baack’s mind, but
it would sure be nice to see a clarifi-
cation in print. Perhaps I’m the only
persnickety Portlander who’s bugged
by his poetic but incorrect play on
words. Thanks for considering this
minor point!
Christine Carocci
(Portlander x 20 years)
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7825 SW 36th Ave Suite #203
Portland, OR 97219
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Reporters/Writers: Polina Olsen, Lee Perlman,
Allison Voigts
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