OPAL Seeks Rights for Transit Riders

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From OPAL:
TriMet riders who depend on the bus and MAX are facing greater hardships. Many transit riders, especially working-class families and people of color, rely on single-trip fares to meet basic needs and can’t afford to invest in transit passes. TriMet has cut bus service by over 170,000 hours leading to longer wait times between buses, overcrowded buses that pass us by, and missed transfers. Service cuts have decimated evening and weekend service. TriMet’s transfer policy is unequal and insufficient to give bus riders the time required to take care of our daily needs.

OPAL Bus Riders Unite! has a Solution:

1. EXTEND ALL TRIMET TRANSFERS TO 3 HOURS FOR BUS AND MAX
2. SUPPORT EVENING RIDERS WITH UNLIMITED TRANSFER TIME AFTER 7PM

Sign our Petition here
Sign-on Coalition Endorsement

Curious Comedy Shows This Weekend

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This week at Curious Comedy:

Friday and Saturday
Closing weekend of Jean Louis in Communicatos. Don’t miss this incredibly funny and smart show about the hardships in communication. Starring Curious Comedy co-founders Stacey Hallal and Bob Ladewig and featuring a special long form improvised set by the Curious Comedy Playas. Doors 7:30, Show 8:00. $12 advance, $15 door, or just $10 for YOU. That’s right, simply type “loyalty” into the coupon box at the checkout online, or say the word “loyalty” at the door and get your tickets for only $10!
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Northeast Portland Neighborhood Charts Its Efforts Toward Net Zero

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From Solar Oregon:

The Little Neighborhood That Could:
Northeast Portland Neighborhood Charts Its Efforts Toward Net Zero

This Month’s Topic:
Solar Oregon Executive Director, Markus Stoffel presents the story of how the convergence of community activism and solar installation incentives resulted in a collective effort to lower energy consumption. The data that comes out of the PV installations, energy efficient new construction and retrofitting can help you fashion similar projects in your own community.

>>click here to read DMS Architect’s Kathy Bash’s interview with Markus on the neighborhood

Please register online at:
http://solaroregon.org/workshops-and-education/goal-net-zero-interest-group

All meetings will be from 6:30 – 8:00 PM in the Basement Lecture Room of the Heritage Building, 3934 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, Oregon, 97212.

>>click here for location details and to RSVP

Seating is limited, so register early! Goal Net Zero (GNZ) Interest Group discussions are a great follow up for anyone that has attended a past GNZ tour or just wanting to learn more about net zero concepts, design and building science. The group has been meeting monthly.

Participants should register for each meeting separately. Each meeting cost $5.00 for dues paying Solar Oregon members and $10.00 for non-members.

Questions? email events@solaroregon.org
>>click here for more information on Solar Oregon membership

Sabin Middle School Information Night

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When: 6:00—7:30 p.m. March 3, 2011
Where: Sabin Auditorium
What: Meet with the teaching staff, principal and parents of current middle school students to learn about Sabin’s Middle School Program including:

Schedules
Curriculum
Assessment
Homework Expectations
International Baccalaureate
Preparation for High School
High School Credits

4013 NE 18th Ave.Portland, OR 97212
Andrew Dauch, Principal
e-mail: adauch@pps.k12.or.us
phone: 503-916-6181

Today’s learners, Tomorrow’s leaders

PPS High Schools Adopt ‘Exchange Slot’ System

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From Portland Public Schools:

Effective this fall, students who want to attend out-of-neighborhood comprehensive high schools will be able to take the place of students who transfer from those schools. The King Neighborhood comprehensive school is now Grant High School. King residents in the King School attendance boundary also have priority to enroll in the new Jefferson Middle College.
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