What do people leave on the bus?
A TriMet bus in Portland
(SEPTEMBER 17, 2018) TriMet is a government agency. It has all the busses in Portland. TriMet gives more than 300,000 rides to people each week. That includes Beaverton, Gresham, and Clackamas.
Sometimes people leave things on the bus. TriMet collects them. Sometimes it has 1,500 lost things in one month.
Bus riders can report lost things by calling or texting 503-238-7433. TriMet tries to return the lost things. Sometimes it can't find the owner. Then it gives lost things to charity after 14 days.
What do people leave on the bus? Food? Money? Pets? Between August 12 through September 12, TriMet found:
- 84 eyeglasses
- 93 clothing
- 106 miscellaneous (a mix of many different things)
- 111 bags and purses
- 117 keys
- 125 identification cards
- 130 bus passes
- 143 bicycles
- 230 phones
- 243 wallets
Sources:
Image of TriMet Bus By Steve Morgan [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons
Theen, Andrew. “Top 10 TriMet Lost and Found Items: Dentures, Cremated Remains and Hundreds of Bikes.” OregonLive.com, OregonLive.com, 17 Sept. 2018, www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/09/2328ccfaf68157/top-10-trimet-lost-and-found-i.html.
Image of TriMet Bus By Steve Morgan [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons
Theen, Andrew. “Top 10 TriMet Lost and Found Items: Dentures, Cremated Remains and Hundreds of Bikes.” OregonLive.com, OregonLive.com, 17 Sept. 2018, www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/09/2328ccfaf68157/top-10-trimet-lost-and-found-i.html.
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