TriMet
By Any Other Name
Also in 1969
Transit in Songs
Transit Technologies
100

This service provides Portland metro a limited-stop, rapid transit option.

What is "FX"?

100

The Max

What is "Portland"?

100

This event at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York drew crowds of more than 350,000 people in August of 1969.

What is "Woodstock Festival"?

100

This 60's band wrote about a bloke purchasing a transit fare.

Who are "The Beatles"? (Ticket to Ride)

100

This transit vehicle comes in a 60' length.

What is an "articulated bus"?

200

This was the first suburb-to-suburb commuter rail line in the country.

What is "WES (Westside Express Service)"?

200

The Metro

What is "Washington DC"?

200

The first episode of this daytime television show was possible because of the numbers 2 and 3 and the letters E, S, and W. Name that show.

What is "Sesame Street"?

200

The title of this song is about a passenger riding a train to a Southern state during "owl" service.

What is "Midnight Train to Georgia"?

200

This country introduced the first high-speed rail service in 1964.

Who is "Japan"?

300

In this year, TriMet began carrying bicycles on the front of some buses.

What is "1992"?

300

Le Métro

What is "Paris"?

300

Major League Baseball’s first team outside the United States.

Who are "The Montreal Expos"?

300

This country song was re-recorded live in 1968 at it's namesake location.

What is "Folsom Prison Blues"?

300

This ZEB technology runs on two of Earth's most common elements.

What is "hydrogen fuel cell"?

400

Over 20 artists contributed to the design of TriMet's first public art installation in 1998 during this project.

What is the "Westside MAX Blue Line" project?

400

The Tube

What is "London"?

400

Apollo 11’s lunar module that landed on the moons surface on July 20, 1969.

What is "Eagle"?

400

This 90's group had everyone singing about riding the "choo choo train."

Who are the "Quad City DJ's"?

400

This technology is commonly used for contactless payments in transportation systems.

What is "NFC"?

500

APTA named TriMet this in 1989. 

What is "America's Best Large Transit Agency"?

500

The "L"

What is "Chicago"?

500

Founded in 1701, this Ivy League University started admitting women in 1969.

What is "Yale University"?

500

This award winning 90's R&B girl group told him to "Get on the Bus."

Who is "Destiny's Child"?

500

This controversial tool offers transit applications such as route optimization and predictive maintenance.

What is "AI (Artificial Intelligence)"?