Beaverton is a city in Washington County,in the U.S. state of Oregon with a small portion bordering Portland in the Tualatin Valley. The city is among the main cities that make up the Portland metropolitan area. Its population was 97,494 at the 2020 census,making it the second most populous city in the county and the seventh most populous city in Oregon. Beaverton is an economic center for Washington County along with neighboring Hillsboro.
Sandy is a city located in Clackamas County,Oregon,United States,settled c. 1853 and named after the nearby Sandy River. Located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range,the city serves as the western gateway to the Mount Hood Corridor,and is located approximately 27 miles (43 km) east of Portland.
Gresham is a city located in Multnomah County,Oregon,United States,immediately east of Portland. It is considered a suburb within the Greater Portland Metropolitan area. Though it began as a settlement in the mid-1800s,it was not officially incorporated as a city until 1905;it was named after Walter Quintin Gresham,the American Civil War general and United States Secretary of State.
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. Trains run seven days a week with headways of between 30 minutes off-peak and three minutes during rush hours. In 2019,MAX had an average daily ridership of 120,900,or 38.8 million annually. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,which impacted public transit use globally,annual ridership plummeted,with only 14.8 million riders recorded in 2021.
Milwaukie is a city mostly in Clackamas County,Oregon,United States;a very small portion of the city extends into Multnomah County. The population was 21,119 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1847 on the banks of the Willamette River,the city,known as the Dogwood City of the West,was incorporated in 1903 and is the birthplace of the Bing cherry. The city is now a suburb of Portland and also adjoins the unincorporated areas of Clackamas and Oak Grove.
The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that spans most of the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Created in 1969 by the Oregon legislature,the district replaced five private bus companies that operated in the three counties:Multnomah,Washington,and Clackamas. TriMet started operating a light rail system,MAX,in 1986,which has since been expanded to five lines that now cover 59.7 miles (96.1 km),as well as the WES Commuter Rail line in 2009. It also provides the operators and maintenance personnel for the city of Portland-owned Portland Streetcar system. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 62,055,600,or about 196,900 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
Boring is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County,Oregon,United States. It is located along Oregon Route 212 in the foothills of the Cascade mountain range,approximately twelve miles (19 km) southeast of downtown Portland,and fourteen miles (23 km) northeast of Oregon City. A bedroom community,Boring is named after William Harrison Boring,a Union soldier and pioneer whose family built a farm in the area in 1856,before Oregon had received statehood.
The MAX Blue 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 Hillsboro,Beaverton,Portland,and Gresham. The Blue Line is the longest in the network;it travels approximately 33 miles (53 km) and serves 48 stations from Hatfield Government Center to Cleveland Avenue. It is the busiest of the five MAX lines,having carried an average 55,370 riders each day on weekdays in September 2018. Service runs for 221⁄2 hours per day from Monday to Thursday,with headways of between 30 minutes off-peak and five minutes during rush hour. It runs later in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays and ends earlier on Sundays.
The Gresham Central Transit Center,also known as Gresham Transit Center,is a TriMet transit center and MAX light rail station in Gresham,Oregon,United States. The center is a connection point for several bus routes and the MAX Blue Line. The light rail station is the 25th stop eastbound on the eastside MAX line,which was the Portland metropolitan area's first light rail line.
Pioneer Square South and Pioneer Square North are a pair of light rail stations in Portland,Oregon,United States,served by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. Situated directly west of the Portland Transit Mall at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland,they occupy the sidewalk on Yamhill and Morrison streets between Broadway and 6th Avenue. The stations consist of one side platform each;trains traveling eastbound stop at Pioneer Square South while trains traveling westbound stop at Pioneer Square North.
Beaverton Transit Center is a multimodal transport hub in Beaverton,Oregon,United States. Owned and operated by TriMet,it is served by bus,commuter rail,and light rail. The transit center is MAX Light Rail's 15th station eastbound on the Blue Line and western terminus on the Red Line. It is also the northern terminus of WES Commuter Rail and a hub for bus routes mostly serving the westside communities of the Portland metropolitan area. Beaverton Transit Center is situated on Southwest Lombard Avenue,just north of Southwest Canyon Road in central Beaverton,connected by walkway to Canyon Place Shopping Center. It recorded 9,709 average weekday boardings for all modes in fall 2018,making it TriMet's busiest transit center.
Samuel Francis Adams is an American politician in Portland,Oregon. Adams was mayor of Portland from 2009 to 2012 and previously served on the Portland City Council and as chief of staff to former Mayor Vera Katz. Adams was the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city.
David Douglas High School (DDHS) is a public high school in Portland,Oregon,United States. It is a part of the David Douglas School District.
Laurie Monnes Anderson is an American Democratic politician who most recently served in the Oregon Senate,representing District 25 in eastern Multnomah County,Oregon,including parts of the cities of Fairview,Gresham,Troutdale,and Wood Village. She previously served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives.
David L. Bragdon is an American politician and civic leader in the U.S. states of Oregon and New York. From 2003 to 2010,he was the elected president of the Metro Council,a regional government in the Portland metropolitan area. He served as Director of the Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability in the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City. He is currently executive director of TransitCenter,Inc.,a New York-based non-profit organization which commissions and conducts research and advocacy related to urban transportation.
The "Blue Bus" lines were a group of four affiliated privately owned public transportation companies that provided bus transit service in the Portland,Oregon metropolitan area in the 1950s and 1960s. The name was unofficial but was in common use in the 1960s,and variations included "Blue Bus lines","Blue Lines","blue bus" lines and "blue buses". The Blue Bus companies provided service only between Portland and suburbs outside the city,or within such suburbs,as transit service within the city of Portland was the exclusive franchise of the Portland Traction Company or,after 1956,the Rose City Transit Company (RCT). The "blue buses" were prohibited from making stops inside the city except to pick up passengers destined for points outside RCT's service area. The "blue" name was a reference to the paint scheme worn by most buses of the consortium. By contrast,city transit operator Rose City's buses wore a primarily red paint scheme.
Kvinneakt is an abstract bronze sculpture located on the Transit Mall of downtown Portland,Oregon. Designed and created by Norman J. Taylor between 1973 and 1975,the work was funded by TriMet and the United States Department of Transportation and was installed on the Transit Mall in 1977. The following year Kvinneakt appeared in the "Expose Yourself to Art" poster which featured future Mayor of Portland Bud Clark flashing the sculpture. It remained in place until November 2006 when it was removed temporarily during renovation of the Transit Mall and the installation of the MAX Light Rail on the mall.
The 2016 Oregon gubernatorial special election took place on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor of Oregon,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives,other gubernatorial elections and various state and local elections.
Living Room was an outdoor 2001 sculpture by Tamsie Ringler,installed at the Gresham Central Transit Center in Gresham,Oregon,United States.
Frequent Express (FX) is a high-capacity bus service with some bus rapid transit (BRT) features in Portland,Oregon,United States. Operated by TriMet as FX2–Division,the 15-mile (24 km) route runs east–west from 5th &Hoyt on the Portland Transit Mall in downtown Portland to Cleveland Avenue Park and Ride in Gresham via Division Street. It connects Portland City Center,Portland State University (PSU),South Waterfront,Southeast Portland,and central Gresham,with transfers to MAX Light Rail and the Portland Streetcar.
