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The bus network operates predominately in a hub-and-spoke network starting with the downtown Portland transit mall, and includes outlying transit centers in Portland's suburbs. In addition to the fixed-route service, TriMet operates a paratransit service known as LIFT which operates 253 minibuses and 15 sedans offering door-to-door service for ...
The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon.Owned and operated by TriMet, it consists of five lines connecting the six sections of Portland; the communities of Beaverton, Clackamas, Gresham, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove; and Portland International Airport to Portland City Center.
Map of the MAX Light Rail system in the Portland, Oregon, metro area Map of the Portland Streetcar line in Portland, Oregon. I have a created a number of Portland transit maps/diagrams that are in Category:Transportation in Portland, Oregon. I believe these are the most encyclopedic since they are up-to-date and are about rail lines which do ...
When the Portland Transit Mall was remodeled in 2009 to accommodate light rail, ... 79-Clackamas/Oregon City 152-Milwaukie 155-Sunnyside 156-Mather Rd: 2009:
TriMet operates a light rail system (MAX Light Rail), the Portland Streetcar, and a commuter rail line (WES Commuter Rail). TriMet is "a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon", with powers to tax, issue bonds, and enact police ordinances and is governed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by the Governor of Oregon. [8]
The MAX Orange Line is a light rail line serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon.Operated by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system, it connects Portland City Center, Portland State University (PSU), Southeast Portland, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove.
The success of local freeway revolts in Portland in the early 1970s led to a reallocation of federal assistance funds from the proposed Mount Hood Freeway and Interstate 505 (I-505) projects to mass transit. Among various proposals, local governments approved the construction of a light rail line between Gresham and Portland in 1978.
The I-205/Portland Mall project added 20 new stations to the MAX system upon completion in September 2009: 12 one-way pairs along the Portland Transit Mall and eight stations along I-205. In September 2012, the PSU South stations on the southern end of the transit mall were infilled.