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TriMet Service Enhancement Plans
In 2012, TriMet began a study of transit service needs throughout the Portland region, starting with the Westside and
Southwest Service Enhancement Plans, which collectively cover TriMet’s entire service district within Washington
County. Data collection included a public survey of resident and worker travel habits and perceptions, interviews with
study-area stakeholders, and a geographic analysis of residential concentrations, employment hubs, and commuting
travel patterns. TriMet’s findings reveal existing or future needs for transit service in many of the areas described in
Washington County’s analysis above, including:
• Laidlaw Road and 174th Avenue in Bethany,

• 170th Avenue south of Elmonica MAX station,
• Century Boulevard (including present-day 229th and 231st avenues and a future bridge over Rock Creek)
from Gordon Faber Recreation Complex to the South Hillsboro plan area,
• Brookwood Parkway/Avenue from Fair Complex or Hawthorne Farm MAX station to the South Hillsboro/
Witch Hazel area,
• Evergreen Road/Parkway, Shute Road and Butner Road in north Hillsboro,
• Horizon Boulevard and Barrows Road in the Progress Ridge area of south Beaverton,

• Durham Road in Tigard, and
• Tualatin-Sherwood Road.

For many of the corridors listed above, significant development and infrastructure investment would need to occur be-
fore TriMet provides new service. For example, a route along the Century Boulevard corridor would likely be prompted by
major development in the South Hillsboro plan area and construction of the Century Boulevard Bridge over Rock Creek.
In the near term, TriMet plans to focus largely on restoring more frequent service on existing bus routes that were
impacted by prior service cuts. TriMet’s service enhancement plan recommendations are incorporated into the Transit
System Map with a small number of minor differences.

Bus Stop Amenity Needs
As mentioned earlier, TriMet does not have sufficient resources to provide the full array of amenities (shelters, benches,
trash cans) at every bus stop. TriMet works with partner jurisdictions including Washington County to appropriately
match amenities with transit patronage at each stop. TriMet generally does not provide shelters and benches at loca-
tions that lack sidewalks and curbs. The geographic comparison of major bus stops and stops without amenities reveals
stops that may warrant amenity improvements. Concentrations of such stops include:
• Baseline Street in Cornelius,
• TV Highway between River Road and Brookwood Avenue in Hillsboro,
• Cedar Hills Boulevard between Sunset Highway and Hall Boulevard,

• Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway between Lombard Street and Oleson Road,
• Hall Boulevard in the Washington Square Regional Center,
• Downtown Hillsboro, and

• Downtown Beaverton.

Access to Transit Needs
TriMet’s 2011 Pedestrian Network Analysis Project assessed the availability of pedestrian amenities, such as sidewalks
and crosswalks, near high-ridership transit stops throughout the region. Locations with a significant concentration of
high-ridership transit stops, a relatively high density and mix of land uses, and an observed deficiency of pedestrian fa-
cilities, were advanced as “focus areas” for further site study and consideration of solutions. According to the analysis,

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