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TECHNICAL MEMO #1

Intercity service between Washington County and McMinnville is also provided by two Yamhill
County Transit Area routes. Route 33 connects McMinnville, Forest Grove, and Hillsboro Transit
Center. Buses operate Monday through Friday between 6 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with a frequency
ranging from two and four-and-a-half hours. Route 44 runs along Highway 99W, connecting
McMinnville and the Tigard Transit Center. Buses operate Monday through Friday between 5
a.m. and 9 p.m., with a frequency of one to three hours. On Saturday, buses operate from 8 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m., with four trips each way.

Columbia County Transit, CC Rider, stops at the Willow Creek Transit Center, connecting with other TriMet bus routes and the MAX
Blue line.
Source: Steve Morgan, Wikimedia Commons

2.3.4 Transit Plans

Recent comprehensive service planning efforts outline a future transit vision in Washington
County. These efforts are summarized below:

• Westside Service Enhancement Plan (2013) is part of TriMet’s future transit vision for
Hillsboro, Beaverton, Forest Grove, Cornelius and unincorporated Washington County
north of Scholls Ferry Road. The major themes of the WSEP were to improve transit
access and mobility by expanding north-south service to complete the grid of transit
routes in Washington County, upgrading several existing high-utilization lines to
Frequent Service (15 minute service or better, all day, 7 days a week), increasing local
bus frequencies to 15 minute during peak and 30 minutes at minimum during off-peak,
and implementing transit priority treatments to reduce rider delays. Figure 2-6
illustrates the WSEP.

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