Service will operate from 6AM to midnight 7 days a week as a normal transit service. There are 32 stops located every two to three blocks to provide good neighborhood access and service. Stop locations and other design features were developed in close cooperation with the community. Tracks are located in the right hand traffic lane with sidewalks widened into the parking lane for about 40' to provide curbside level loading to the low floor cars. Still to be done is the Pearl Street area on NW Northrup, NW Lovejoy, NW10th and NW 11th where new streets are being built to replace the former elevated viaduct streets, and in the Portland State University area.
Rail is streetcar girder rail with concrete paving.
Track and lane locations are consistant with progressive traffic engineering standards. Power collection is from a single overhead wire suspended from an arm cantilevered from steel poles. In some cases, wire is suspended from span wires attached to adjacent buildings or to poles. Not complete is overhead on SW 11th crosssing the MAX line and lead tracks into the MAX turnaround loop between Morrison and Yamhill. The Portland Streetcar will operate from a two track maintenance building with a third exterior track located under the I-405 structure on NW Northrup between NW 15th and NW 16th.