PORTLAND, Ore. — To address a projected $300M shortfall between revenue and expenditure over the next several years, TriMet is implementing changes, including $17.7 million in cuts that will result in fewer night-time buses, and plans to eliminate 68 positions.
Following earlier cost-cutting efforts, including a hiring freeze and reductions in discretionary spending, TriMet reported that over half the positions now eliminated were vacant, and twenty-six non-union employees were laid off. Some union employees were transferred rather than being laid off.
The public transporter prioritized attrition and offered severance and reemployment assistance to affected employees…