No longer will you need to drive all the way to the terminal to pick up or drop someone off at the airport. What's unique about the Streetcar is that it fits the size, scale and flavor of the urban neighborhoods it serves. And with all of the housing and business development in that area, it will provide good transit service and reduce the need for private vehicles. Tri-Met is an essential component of providing mobility for people who live in our region. We connect people with jobs, with recreational opportunities, shopping, and to other people.
Transit is what knits our community together.
A year ago last September we partnered with KOIN to offer a free ride day. On that day we saw people use the system to make connections to their community. There was the family going from Gateway to downtown on MAX for lunch, back to Gresham for dessert, then returning to Gateway to retrieve their car for the drive back home to Oregon City. There were the two senior citizens, friends for many decades, one living in Portland the other in Vancouver, who met that day on a bus and decided to go to Tualatin, Tigard and King city - a chance to explore the region and places they has never visited before. These are trips that simply would not have occurred in a car, even though they would have been easier in one.