Changes in Bus Routes starting Sept. 1

Part of Trimet's $12 million cost saving efforts include some changes in bus routes, including those that serve Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood.  Below is a summary of changes to the routes in our neighborhood with links to the new maps.  A link to all route changes is here.

Use the TriMet Trip Planner for current info:  http://ride.trimet.org/#/

Line 8 Jackson Park/ NE 15th - No changes in our area, through downtown to OHSU.  Northern terminus will become Dekum and Durham for all buses. Here's the new route in a map: http://trimet.org/pdfs/schedulemaps/9-2-2012/008.pdf

Line 9 Powell/Broadway - No changes along Broadway-Weidler and north.  When the Line 9 reaches downtown it will become the #17 Holgate.  Here's the map: http://trimet.org/pdfs/schedulemaps/9-2-2012/017.pdf

Line 73 NE 33rd Ave. - (Will be renumbered #70.) No changes through the Gulch and north.  In the Lloyd District at Multnomah and 9th and 11th Aves. it will connect to line 70 12th Aeve to Milwaukie.  It will no longer go to the Rose Quarter.  Here's the map: http://trimet.org/pdfs/schedulemaps/9-2-2012/070.pdf

Line 77 Broadway/Halsey - NW Portland Will continue to use Broadway-Weidler as it passes by Sullivan's Gulch with no changes to the east.  The changes are where it goes in NW Portland - across the Steel Bridge, up/down Everett -Glisan, turning on 21st to Thurman-Vaughan and circling around Montgomery Park for the return trip. Here's the new route in a map: http://trimet.org/pdfs/schedulemaps/9-2-2012/077.pdf

Other transit reminders: 

MAX Free Rail Zone ends Sept 1.

New ticket prices: 1 price for any trip (no zones any longer) - $2.50 or $5 for a day pass; seniors continue at $1.10.  See Trimet.org for youth fares.

Streetcar trips to OMSI, downtown and NW Portland begin Sept. 22.  Trimet tickets will allow you to transfer to the Streetcar.  Easy connection via line 9 on Broadway at 7th (stop ID 655) and Weidler (stop ID 6240) or line 77 closest stops are at 12th (streetcar turns at 7th Ave.)  Here's the streetcar map: http://www.portlandstreetcar.org/node/4