Portland MAX in Action - October 2013

(Re-uploaded with improved titles, transitions and extra clips) Portland's Metropolitan Area Express - nicknamed 'MAX' is the region's highly-efficient light-rail system operated by TriMet. Four lines were operational at the time - the Blue Line was the first line built, the eastern portion of the line from Downtown Portland through to Gresham along I-84 opening in 1986, and the western extension to Hillsboro opening in 1998. The Red Line followed, basically running on the same tracks as the Blue line from Beaverton to NE 99th Avenue TC, before running on its own alignment to Portland International Airport, opening in 2001. The Yellow Line opened in 2004, running from Rose Quarter TC up Interstate Avenue to the Expo Center on Hayden Island, and an extension of this route was heralded with the opening of the new alignment of the Yellow and Green Line down the Portland Transit Mall to PSU - seen at Pioneer Square in the video. The Green Line opened in 2009 along with the Yellow Line extension, which runs along I-205 to Clackamas Town Center from PSU. The Orange Line was under construction, it opened in 2015 with a route to Milwaukie from Union Station, using the same tracks as the Yellow and Green line between Union Station and PSU and over a newly built cable-stayed suspension bridge located between the Marquam and Ross Island road bridges. For TriMet MAX fleet info, see here: http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?ti...