If it is spring, it must be time for another round of Your Questions for Neil,
the annual feature in which Portland Transport sits down with TriMet
general manager Neil McFarlane for a chat on what interests PT readers.
This year’s interview will be Wednesday, March 26. This time ’round,
the Portland Opera has graciously made its facilities available for the
interview.
Cutting and pasting from last year’s announcement: As always, we
follow the same format. Readers are encouraged to submit questions
here, and on the 26th we’ll sit down with Neil and present a subset of
the questions to him. The interview will only go for about an hour, so
not all questions may be asked; in addition, the interviewer (Chris) may
ask follow-ups. Tough questions are more than welcome; though all
questions must be civil. Bob R. will video the interview session, and
videos of the interviews will be posted here on Portland Transport. All
relevant material will be kept, though some editing may be done to the
video footage. Pauses and such may be edited out, and questions may be
organized into themes and presented in a different order than they
actually were asked of Neil McFarlane. Time permitting, transcripts will
be prepared, though we may seek volunteers for some of the
transcription work, and transcripts may not be posted simultaneously
with the video.
I don’t know if Neil reads the questions posted here beforehand, but
assume he does–he has every right to do so and makes no pledge
otherwise. (This is one reason Chris will frequently ask follow-ups not
posted here).
The floor is now open! GO HERE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS