MAX Light-Rail Line Will Reach Clackama County
Published Feb 13, 2009
MAX provides convenient light-rail service from outlying areas to the heart of downtown Portland.
Get ready for a new north-south train to downtown Portland.
Known as the Green Line, the MAX (Metropolitan Area Express) light-rail service is scheduled to begin in September 2009, traveling along 5th and 6th avenues between Union Station and Portland State University – and from there southward to Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas County.
“TriMet’s fifth MAX line not only will serve the busiest transit destination in the region – Portland State University – it also will help revitalize downtown Portland,” says Mary Fetsch, communications director for the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, commonly known as TriMet.
TriMet is a public agency that operates the mass-transit system in Portland, including the region’s primary bus system and the MAX light-rail system. The agency projects the new line will have nearly 50,000 daily boardings by 2025.
“The budget for this project is $575.7 million, with construction being completed in three- to four-block sections in order to minimize impacts to businesses,” Fetsch says. “This new line will also feature several other downtown improvements, including new brick intersections and sidewalks, better street lighting and eye-catching public art.”
Other possible MAX extensions are being studied.
Story by Kevin Litwin
Photo by Jeff Adkins
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