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Bus service will improve with more frequent service as part of the largest ever bus expansion ever
coming to TriMet in September.
ENTERTAINMENT
TriMet Rolls Out Expansion
A new all-night bus to Portland
International Airport for when the
MAX Red Line is not running,
and new 24-hour service for the
first time on two other bus routes
are part of the largest ever bus ex-
pansion ever coming to TriMet.
According to the transit agen-
cy, it means that starting on Sept.
13 when the changes take effect,
bus lines overall will have more
frequent service. For the Line 20
Burnside/Stark and Line 57 TV
M ETRO
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Highway/ Forest Grove routes,
buses will run 24 hours a day, the
first time any bus route in Portland
has operated continuously in 30
years. Line 4 Division/Fessenden,
one of the longest and most popu-
lar routes, will be split into two to
keep buses on time, with one route
serving downtown to St. Johns
via north Portland and the other
downtown, east to Gresham.
Other bus route improvements
include expanded hours of op-
Family Holds PSU Accountable
Pushes for
disarming force;
firing officers
D anny P eterson
t he P ortlanD o bserver
The family of Jason Washing-
ton, a man shot and killed by Port-
land State University police while
trying to break up a fight last June,
dismantled a temporary memorial
at the university’s request Friday
that honored Washington consist-
ing of flags and pictures near the
scene of his final moments. The
family said they want to create a
more permanent memorial in the
future.
“We believe PSU is forcing us
to take it down so that incoming
students and others in our com-
munity won’t be reminded of
what has happened here,” Kayla
by
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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eration on Lines 61, 64, 66 and
68 — all of which serve OHSU
and Marquam Hill; 20 addition-
al weekday buses for Line 81-
Kane Rd/257th; extending Line
24-Fremont across the Fremont
Bridge; increasing weekday ser-
vices with buses arriving every
15 minutes most of the day for
Line 73-122nd Ave; and adding
more service between Tualatin
and Portland on the Line 96-Tu-
alitin/I-5 route.
Jason Washington
Washington, Jason Washington’s
daughter, said at a press confer-
ence.
Washington, 45, was an African
American resident, Navy veteran,
father and grandfather, and postal
worker. He was trying to break up
a fight that was occurring near the
school outside a bar, the Cheerful
Tortoise, on Southwest Sixth Av-
enue in the early hours of Friday,
June 29.
Cell phone footage captured by
a bystander showed the incident,
in which Washington had lost his
balance and a gun, for which he
had a lawful conceal carry permit,
fell from his holster. He was shot
by PSU officers responding to the
disturbance while reaching for
the gun, the first officer-involved
shooting in the University’s his-
tory.
The family reiterated their call
from last month for the universi-
ty to fire the two police officers
involved, Shawn McKenzie and
James Dewey, who are on paid ad-
ministrative leave, as well as the
disarmament of campus officers.
A statement from the university
stressed that the school is working
with the family to preserve the
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