Everyone got your nickle for today’s absurd new bus ticket price, $2.05? Commenter Reymont posted this gem of a banjo-strumming fare-increase protest song yesterday on my post about the increase. May it get stuck in your head for the entirety of your bus ride!

Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

8 replies on “Here is Your TriMet Fare Increase Protest Song”

  1. My protest is walking back home. ~5 miles, but if I keep this up for ~5 days Tri-met won’t have that extra nickle for my working commute.

  2. My protest was to buy 20 tickets yesterday before the fare increase came into effect. That one dollar difference is going to bring down the Trimet board, mark my words.

  3. [Nickel-less riders forced to overpay] – [Portlanders saying fuck it & walking/biking in the rain] + [something, something] = profit!

  4. Amazing that people then actually could write non-neurotic songs, sing them with fine musicianship, and project themselves as non-paranoid stage presences.

    Not to mention vastly superior recording technique.

    Day of the 78 and 45!

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