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MAX Red Line
A two-car train at Portland International Airport
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerTriMet
LocalePortland, Oregon, U.S.
Termini
Stations29
WebsiteMAX Red Line
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemMAX Light Rail
Operator(s)TriMet
Daily ridership19,840 (as of May 2018)[1]
History
OpenedSeptember 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)
Technical
Line length25.5 mi (41.0 km)
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt-grade, grade-separated, and underground
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC, overhead catenary
Route diagram

Hillsboro Airport/​Fairgrounds
Hillsboro Airport Parking
Hawthorn Farm
Orenco
Parking
Quatama
Parking
Willow Creek/SE 185th Avenue Transit Center
Parking
Elmonica/​Southwest 170th Avenue
Parking
Merlo Road/​Southwest 158th Avenue
Beaverton Creek
Parking
Millikan Way
Parking
Beaverton Central
Beaverton Transit Center
WES Commuter Rail
Sunset Transit Center
Parking
Washington Park
Goose Hollow/​Southwest Jefferson Street
Providence Park
B NS (SW 11th Ave)
A NS (SW 10th Ave)
Galleria/​Southwest 10th Avenue
Portland Streetcar
Library/​Southwest 9th Avenue
Portland Streetcar
Pioneer Square North
Pioneer Square South
Portland Transit Mall (SW 6th Ave)
Portland Transit Mall (SW 5th Ave)
Morrison/​Southwest 3rd Avenue
Yamhill District
Oak Street/​Southwest 1st Avenue
Skidmore Fountain
Old Town/​Chinatown
Portland Transit Mall (NW Glisan St)
Rose Quarter Transit Center
Convention Center
Portland Streetcar
B (NE Grand Ave)
A (NE 7th Ave)
Northeast 7th Avenue
Portland Streetcar
Lloyd Center/​Northeast 11th Avenue
Hollywood/​Northeast 42nd Avenue
Northeast 60th Avenue
Northeast 82nd Avenue
Gateway/​Northeast 99th Avenue Transit Center
Parking
I-84.svgI-205.svg I-84 /
I-205
northbound
Parkrose/​Sumner Transit Center
Parking
I-205.svg
I-205
southbound
Cascades
Mount Hood Avenue
Portland Airport
Portland International Airport

History

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Background and partnership agreement

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While revisiting the initial designs of Interstate 205 in 1975, Portland city planners led by Chief Transportation Planner Doug Wright recommended downsizing the freeway to include a right-of-way for future transit, later fulfilled as the I-205 Transitway.[2] In 1979, newly-established regional governing body, Metro, adopted an urban growth boundary, and, in the following year, drafted a Regional Transportation Plan proposing the construction of a light rail system in the Portland metropolitan area.[3] During the construction of the Banfield light rail in the mid-1980s, regional transit plans called for an eventual extension to Portland International Airport, although anticipated to be built decades into the future.[2]

In the late-1990s, Portland International Airport became one of the fastest growing airports in the United States.[4] Air passenger traffic more than doubled from six million passengers in 1990 to 14 million in 2000.[3] Anticipating this growth, the Port of Portland embarked on a 20-year, $300 million airport expansion project in November 1991.[5] Built in phases, the project expanded the airport's main terminal and provisioned for a light rail station near the baggage claim area.[6] However, by 1994, parking lots operated at 90 percent capacity as projections failed to meet the surge in demand. Growing traffic near the terminal also became a problem, prompting the Port to fast-track its master plan and seek alternative solutions to alleviate congestion. Meanwhile, Tri-Met had been preoccupied with the construction of the Westside MAX, and had plans to build the North-South line before it would consider extending light rail to the airport.[7]

In 1997, Bechtel submitted an unsolicited proposal to design and build the extension.[2] A tentative agreement primarily between Bechtel and the Port was reached in December for the company to fund a portion of the line in exchange for development rights to the 120-acre (485,622.8 m2) Portland International Center.[8] Led by officials from the city of Portland, Metro, Trimet, the Port, and Bechtel, a decision was made to speed up the project by excluding Federal Transit Administration funds, instead pursuing a public-private partnership.

Funding and construction

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References

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  1. ^ "May 2018 Monthly Performance Report" (PDF). TriMet. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Selinger 2015, p. 82.
  3. ^ a b Gosling, Geoffrey D. (May 2012). Case Study Report: Portland MAX Airport Extension (PDF) (Report). Mineta Transportation Institute. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "Airport MAX Red Line" (PDF). TriMet. July 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Sturtz, Paul (June 3, 1991). "Airport ready to take off on $300 million expansion". Portland Business Journal. p. 1A+.
  6. ^ Airport Max: A Case Study (PDF) (Report). BATIC Institute. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  7. ^ Marks, Anita (February 25, 1994). "Airport struggles with runaway growth". Portland Business Journal. p. 1+.
  8. ^ Rose, Michael (December 19, 1997). "PDX light rail may lead to south-north line". Portland Business Journal. p. 1+.

To be used

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Work cited

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WES

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The WES Commuter Rail (for Westside Express Service) is a commuter rail line near Portland, Oregon, United States. Owned by TriMet and operated by Portland and Western Railroad (P&W), it serves five stations across the cities of Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, and Wilsonville. The line spans 14.7 miles (23.7 km) and travels along the western side of Oregon Highway 217 and a segment of Interstate 5 on a north to south route. The WES operates on weekdays during morning and evening rush hours on a 30-minute headway. In May 2018, it carried an average 1,590 riders. The line connects to the Blue and Red lines of MAX Light Rail at Beaverton Transit Center.

Planned since the mid-1990s, passenger rail service opened in February 2009. From the start of the first serious discussions of the idea,[1] it took thirteen years and $166 million to get WES operational.[2]

MAX routes

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MAX Light Rail map and stations
Blue Line Green Line
Orange Line Red Line Yellow Line

The MAX Yellow Line is a light rail line that is part of the MAX Light Rail system in Portland, Oregon, United States. The 7.6-mile (12.2 km) line, which is owned and operated by TriMet, runs north–south from the Portland Expo Center to the southern end of Portland State University, connecting North Portland to Portland City Center. Also referred to as the Interstate MAX, it serves 17 stations, ten of which are located on an exclusive, 5.8-mile (9.3 km) segment that predominantly occupies the median of North Interstate Avenue, traveling bidirectionally from Expo Center to Interstate/Rose Quarter. The remaining seven stations sit on the Southwest 6th Avenue alignment of the Portland Transit Mall, a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) single-track line which the Yellow Line shares with the Green Line and on which, since 2015, it has run northbound as a through service of the Orange Line from PSU South/Southwest 6th and College Street to Union Station/Northwest 6th & Hoyt Street. Conversely, most southbound Yellow Line trains, which had served the other half of the mall on Southwest 5th Avenue, through operate into the Orange Line from Union Station/Northwest 5th & Glisan Street to Southeast Park Avenue in Milwaukie. The Yellow Line is the fourth-busiest in the MAX system, carrying an average 13,270 daily weekday riders in May 2018.

  1. ^ Hamilton, Don (July 18, 1996). "Cities take another look at passenger trains". The Oregonian.
  2. ^ Justin Carinci (July 7, 2009). "State studying WES possibilities". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 2009-07-13.