Sunset Transit Center

Sunset Transit Center
MAX light rail station
Station statistics
Address 10470 Southwest Barnes Road
Portland, OR 97225
Lines MAX Light Rail
  Blue Line
  Red Line
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking 579 regular spaces
13 accessible/disabled spaces
2 Quick Drop spaces
16 carpool spaces
12 short-term parking spaces
Bicycle facilities 74-space secure area
Other information
Opened September 12, 1998
(parking garage opened March 3, 1997, served by one bus route)[1]
Accessible
Owned by TriMet
Fare zone 3
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
Blue Line
Terminus
 Red Line

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. It is the 5th stop westbound on the Westside MAX. This is the first stop after the Roberston Tunnel under Portland's West Hills. Named for the adjacent Sunset Highway (part of U.S. 26), the transit center also has a pedestrian bridge over that freeway, to connect to the Cedar Hills Shopping Center.[2] Several bus routes serve the center.

The transit center's MAX platforms are below street level, set in an open cut, immediately west of an unnamed 600-foot-long tunnel to the shoulder of Oregon Route 217. Multiple bus stops are located around the top of the station pit, and at the station's west end is a two-story park-and-ride garage with 622 parking spaces on three levels (the top level is open). The garage includes a mostly unused 74-space secured parking area for bicycles,[3] opened in 2010. The park-and-ride is the busiest park-and-ride in TriMet's system.[3]

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History

The parking garage opened on March 3, 1997, served by a single bus line (89) whose route was altered for the purpose, because its construction was completed well ahead of the opening of the Westside MAX line.[1] Route 89 provided service between downtown Portland and Rock Creek at that time.

The transit center effectively opened on September 12, 1998, with the start of MAX service and the addition of several more bus routes,[4] the latter altered to serve Sunset TC in place of the 1979-opened Cedar Hills Transit Center, located on the other side of the freeway (and closed permanently on this date).

TriMet converted eight automobile parking spaces to a secure bicycle parking area, opening in July 2010. The bicycle parking cage was built at a cost of $275,000 and has a capacity of 74 bicycles. It averages 1.2 bicycles per day, with a concurrent maximum of seven bicycles.[3][5]

Bus service

This station is served by the following bus lines:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Oliver, Gordon (March 3, 1997). "Tri-Met will open 2 park-and-ride lots". The Oregonian, p. B2.
  2. ^ "Sunset Transit Center". Transit Centers. TriMet. http://trimet.org/transitcenters/sunset.htm. Retrieved 31 July 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c Rose, Joseph (July 29, 2010). "Sunset Transit Center now holds eight fewer cars -- but 74 more bikes". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/07/sunset_transit_center_now_hold.html. Retrieved July 24, 2011. 
  4. ^ Hamilton, Don. Eastside, Westside, all around the town, it’s MAX party time. The Oregonian, September 12, 1998.
  5. ^ Rose, Joseph (22 April 2011). "Sunset Transit Center's 'Bike and Ride' is a lonely cage". The Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/04/sunset_transit_centers_bike_an.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 

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