Category TRANSPORTATION
Ride Salem leaders optimistic about bike sharing despite tepid start
Six months after the bike sharing program Ride Salem launched, Evan Osborne said he’s excited. Not because it’s a runaway success. In fact, the program could still falter. No, the co-founder said he’s excited because it’s thrilling to try and change the way Salem residents…
Your bus will take control of traffic lights to stay on time in Salem
A Cherriots bus on State Street outside the Oregon Capitol (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem’s public transit system is getting up to speed. Come next year, fewer Cherriots buses will be delayed, and riders will have the ability to check the status of their bus in…
New drivers coming aboard to expand Cherriots routes
Don Rundle, training supervisor, talks with prospective drivers at a class Friday morning. State funds are fueling an expansion of its services in September and the transit agency has hired 30 new drivers since January. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Standing in a portable, bus-sized classroom near…
Cherriots gets four new directors
As it prepares to add new service and garner more state funding, Cherriots will have four new directors this summer thanks in part to a change in state law. State lawmakers on Wednesday confirmed Sadie Carney, Ian Davidson, Chi Nguyen and Charles Richards as the…
Cherriots loses $1 million in state grants, southern transit center plans in flux
A Cherriots bus at the Downtown Transit Center. (Courtesy of Cherriots) Bus riders hoping for a new transit center in south Salem may be in for a wait — if one comes at all. Cherriots’ planned South Salem Transit Center, a proposed hub for buses…
ODOT will expand use of salt on dangerous winter roads
Oregon Department of Transportation vehicles plow snow on Interstate 5 (Courtesy/ODOT) SALEM — Chance of snow? Expect a sprinkling of salt too. On the first eleven miles of Interstate 5 north of the California border, the average number of winter crashes dropped from 115 to…