Thursday, April 17, 2008

TriMet Bus Stop ID 5020

I've decided to start a series of photos, an intermittent series I suppose I should call it, that involves TriMet stops. Here's the first one which I decided to make into a black and white photo using iPhoto.

bus_stop

I took this Tuesday at about 5:45 p.m. as I waited to catch the #15. Instead of going west towards home, I traveled east to Nostrana to meet Lamont so that we could eat dinner where Leland and Lindsay were working. Fun, great company and great food.

From http://trimet.org:
SW Salmon & 5th in Portland going east, Stop ID 5020
EspaƱol (this is a link on the Web page)
Stop is in Fareless Square
(each of the following is a link on the Web page)
TransitTracker (Next Arrivals)
TransitTracker (Next Arrivals) in a new window
Schedule Information now
Schedule Information at another time
Find closest stops to SW Salmon & 5th

Served by
(each bus listed below is a link on the Web page)
15-Belmont
15-NW 23rd Ave
18-Hillside
51-Vista
63-Washington Park

Amenities

Shelter
Stop is on the near side of the intersection
TransitTracker arrival display
Traffic signal
Lighting at stop
Pavement at back door of bus
Curb ramp near stop
Pavement at front door of bus
Sidewalk near stop
Schedule display
Crosswalk

I've got to wonder, just what does "Stop is on the near side of the intersection" mean?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Re: nearside, if you are walking in the direction of traffic at an intersection, and the stop is before you cross the street, it is on the nearside. If the stop is after you cross the street it is farside.

Lynette said...

Thank you, Anonymous!

Unknown said...

I used to take the 15 from the east side (Gateway area) to my job downtown when I couldn't catch the 16.

Most of the crazies got on a few stops after me and got off at the same stop I did. Made for some interesting rides.

Anonymous said...

Really like the photo! I posted a little blog post about it... hope it's ok to feature a really small picture of it on my blog post and tell readers to see the full size one @ your blog :)

Lynette said...

Christian, I don't have a problem with that, but I wish I knew how to find your blog so that I could see it there. Could you provide a link, please? Thanks.