TriMet holds meeting in Milwaukie to talk future bus service - hosts online survey

TriMet is sharing its proposal for bus service changes that aim to complement the service the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project will offer when it opens in September 2015 online at www.trimet.org/buschanges, and at an Open House on Monday, July 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at St. John The Evangelist Episcopal Church, 2036 SE Jefferson Street.

Service would include:

• Revised route for Line 28 west of Linwood Street that serves Johnson Creek Boulevard, connects to MAX at the SE Tacoma St/Johnson Creek MAX Station, and serves the existing Milwaukie Park & Ride.
   
•  Doubled frequency on Lines 28 and 34 (weekdays, about every 35 minutes instead of existing 70-minute frequency).
   
• Revised route for Line 99 that continues to serve existing Milwaukie Park & Ride, connects to MAX at the SE Tacoma St/Johnson Creek Station, serves Tacoma Street and continues into downtown Portland via Sellwood Bridge (as soon as Sellwood Bridge is available for bus traffic; interim route to be determined.)
   
•  Revised routes for Lines 31, 32 and 33, with connections to MAX in Milwaukie, but no service into Portland.
   
• Revised route for lines 9 and 17, using Tilikum Crossing instead of Ross Island Bridge. (Line 19 would keep its current route, in order to maintain service at stops near Ross Island Bridge.

TriMet is also working with the community to create a long-term vision for better transit in the southeast part of the region, including the area around the new MAX Orange Line.  Through 2015, TriMet will be identifying opportunities for more local and regional service and better connections to jobs, education, and services.  TriMet will also seek early opportunities for better local service and connections in and with the cities and urbanized areas of Clackamas County.  Learn more and get involved at www.trimet.org/southeast.