Author Archives: Dr. Jeff

About Dr. Jeff

Dr. Jeff, in real life Dr. Jeff Guardalabene, is a Portland-area psychologist, who logs 300-plus miles on TriMet each week. He often live-tweets his commute to avoid intellectual stimulation. He lives with his fiancee and their five children and blogs about psychology issues at drjeffblog.blogspot.com. Follow @Doctor_Jeff on Twitter.

In the spaces between

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Dr. Jeff

Author’s Note: The first thing that happens during each morning’s commute is a walk of about a mile. I’ve come to love these walks, rain or shine or inky black, for the reflective time with which they bless me. Between … Continue reading →

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Yoko, we hardly knew ye

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Dr. Jeff

Oh, sure, the little press release blurbs always sound simple enough: Effective April 2, customer service telephone hours (503-238-RIDE options 3 and 5) will be changing. The new hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. On TriMet’s … Continue reading →

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Call It A Loan

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Dr. Jeff

It’s scary out there! At least, that’s what some people believe, especially when it comes to traveling on mass transit. A cursory glance at the headlines inspires terrifying thoughts of roving gangs of teenaged girls, threatening dudes with knives, rambling … Continue reading →

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Commuting apps I’d like to see

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Dr. Jeff

As a 21st-Century commuter, you’ve already downloaded all the available transit apps to your handset or personal computing device. You’ve got apps that tell you what time your bus is going to be there, and, well, another app that tells … Continue reading →

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In Which I Solve The Budget Crisis, Repeatedly

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Dr. Jeff

Last week, I wrote about the fact that TriMet was trying to divide us into separate rider groups. There are choice riders, says TriMet, and there are transit-dependent riders. I went into some detail about how these are arbitrary categories. … Continue reading →

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