CAT buses are free and do not run on weekends or major holidays, and offer connections to the Portland area TriMet WES commuter rail system in Wilsonville and to Woodburn and Oregon City ( bus connections only ).

Sandy Area Metro ( SAM ) extends bus service from City Hall to Sandy on weekdays, with connections to Gresham, connecting with TriMet lines and MAX light rail there.

Very limited public transit service provided by the Columbia County Rider ( or CC Rider ), a service of the county's Transit Division, connects Vernonia with the Willow Creek MAX ( light rail ) station and bus transit center of TriMet, in Hillsboro.

Cornelius is within the TriMet district, and public transit service is provided by TriMet's bus line 57-TV Highway, which operates seven days a week.

Forest Grove is within the TriMet district, and public transit service is provided by TriMet's bus line 57-TV Highway / Forest Grove, which operates seven days a week.

In addition to rail lines, TriMet provides the region's bus system, as well as LIFT paratransit service.

TriMet was formed in 1969 after disputes between the Portland city council and Rose City Transit Company, the private company that previously operated the bus system serving the city ( but not its suburbs ).

Fares on MAX ( as well as WES ) are the same as TriMet bus fares, and fare collection uses a proof-of-payment system ( or honor system ) with ticket vending machines at each station.

As of May 2012, TriMet was operating 79 bus routes.

From 1969 until 1973, TriMet bus routes were named but not numbered, a practice inherited from Rose City Transit and the " Blue Bus " lines, but route numbers were assigned to all routes in August 1973.

TriMet buses began carrying bicycles on the front in 1992, on a trial basis on eight routes ; the experiment was judged a success and within three years the entire bus fleet had been fitted with bike racks.

Passengers who use a C-Zone fare must pay each time they board the bus or purchase a Day Pass either a C-Zone day pass valid only on C-TRAN Local and Limited routes or a GoAnywhere Express Day pass which is also valid on TriMet and the Portland Streetcar.

Currently, three TriMet bus routes use the bridge.

This has caused the diversion of about 1, 400 daily truck and bus trips, including 94 daily TriMet bus trips.

However, TriMet continues to refer to it as Gresham Transit Center ( or Gresham TC ) on bus destination signs and bus schedules.

TriMet bus service, including a seasonal shuttle, and trails, some part of the 40 Mile Loop, connect this station to other parts of Washington Park, including the International Rose Test Garden and the Portland Japanese Garden.

The Sunset Transit Center is a TriMet bus transit center and light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red lines in Washington County, Oregon.

TriMet bus being passed by a CC Rider midibus at the station

The transit center is served by TriMet bus lines 52, 59 and 88.

The TriMet owned station does not have a parking lot nor bus connections.

There is no TriMet bus service to the Portland International Airport.

TriMet bus route 57-TV Hwy.

Some of the costs would be paid by TriMet, some by the federal government, and some by Vintage Trolley, Inc. An order for three replica trolleys was placed ( a fourth car was added later ), a carbarn was built in the Coliseum ( now Rose Quarter ) area, and a short length of track and overhead wire were built along Northeast 11th Avenue near Lloyd Center mall.

Public transportation is primarily operated by TriMet and includes buses, the Westside Express Service commuter rail, and MAX Light Rail.

The CC Rider transit service links the county to Portland and points in Washington County, including connecting with TriMet buses and the MAX Light Rail | MAX light rail system in eastern Hillsboro.

As with the heavier-duty MAX Light Rail network which serves the broader Portland metropolitan area, Portland Streetcars are operated and maintained by TriMet.

TriMet started operating a light rail system named MAX in 1986, and opened new lines in 1998 ( Westside ), 2001 ( Airport ), 2004 ( Interstate Ave .), and 2009 ( Clackamas ), as well as a commuter rail line in 2009.

In Fiscal Year 2009, TriMet operated a total of 654 buses on 81 lines, 105 MAX light rail cars on three lines, and 269 LIFT paratransit vehicles.

TriMet runs the MAX Light Rail ( short for Metropolitan Area Express ) system, and contracts with Portland and Western Railroad to operate the Westside Express Service ( WES ) commuter rail line.

TriMet also operates the Portland Vintage Trolley service, which runs on a portion of the MAX system and currently operates on Sundays only.

The average daily traffic in 2000 was 23, 100 vehicles ( including many TriMet buses ), 200 MAX trains, 40 freight and Amtrak trains, and 500 bicycles.

The new deck put in place in the outer lanes during the 1998 – 99 renovation was designed to be strong enough for possible use by modern, heavier streetcars or light rail trains in the future, which was proposed at that time, and TriMet was still considering a Hawthorne Bridge routing for its future MAX Orange Line, to Milwaukie, in 2002.

Burlington Northern operated the last freight train on the Portland-Beaverton segment of this mainline on December 31, 1994, in preparation for the construction of Westside MAX, part of the TriMet light rail system.

As of September 2006, TriMet said the Eastside MAX has spawned over $ 4. 7 billion in development and redevelopment " within walking distance " of its route.

* MAX Blue Line, from the TriMet website

* Westside MAX Blue Line Project History ( brief summary ) on TriMet website

* Eastside MAX Blue Line Project History ( brief summary ) on TriMet website

When the Portland International Airport was suffering from heavy road traffic coming from increased passenger service, and the Port of Portland was running out of land for new parking lots, the Port approached TriMet about bringing MAX to the airport, following through on a plan that dated to highway construction in the 1970s which had left room for such a connection.

TriMet still defines the MAX Red Line as being Airport – City Center – Beaverton TC.

* MAX Red Line Project History ( brief summary ) on TriMet website

The Gresham Central Transit Center station, also known as Gresham Transit Center, is a TriMet transit center and MAX light rail station in Gresham, Oregon, United States.

* MAX Light Rail Stations – TriMet page