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TriMet, more formally known as the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that spans most of the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Created in 1969 by the Oregon legislature, the district replaced five private bus companies that operated in the three counties; Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas. TriMet started operating a light rail system named MAX in 1986, which has since been expanded to 5 lines that now cover , as well as a commuter rail line in 2009. It also provides the operators and maintenance personnel for the City of Portland-owned Portland Streetcar system. In addition to rail lines, TriMet provides the region's bus system, as well as LIFT paratransit service. There are 610 buses in TriMet's fleet that operate on 80 lines.〔 In Fiscal Year 2013, the entire system averaged almost 316,700 rides per weekday and operates buses and trains between the hours of approximately 5 a.m. and 2 a.m. with no "night owl" service. TriMet's annual budget for FY2014 is $489 million, with over half of revenues coming from a district-wide payroll tax. The district is overseen by a seven-person board of governors appointed by the state's governor. In 2014, the agency has around 2,500 employees. == General information == TriMet is "a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon", with powers to tax, issue bonds, and enact police ordinances and is governed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by the Governor of Oregon.〔(Board of Directors. ) TriMet〕 It has its own boundary, which currently encompasses an area of about .〔 The TriMet district serves portions of the counties of Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas; it extends from Troutdale to Forest Grove east to west, and from Sauvie Island to Oregon City and Estacada north to south. For more than 30 years the agency called itself Tri-Met, but it formally dropped the hyphen from its name in 2002, as part of a new corporate identity strategy involving a redesigned logo and new color scheme for its vehicles and other media. TriMet was formed in 1969 after disputes between the Portland city council and Rose City Transit Company, the private company that previously operated the bus system serving the city (but not its suburbs).〔 The new public agency was created by an ordinance of the Portland city council, under provisions of a law enacted by the 1969 Oregon Legislature, and took over all of Rose City Transit's service and fleet effective December 1, 1969.〔"Tri-Met Takes Bus Control; Strike Averted" (December 1, 1969). ''The Oregonian'', p. 1.〕 Bus service in the suburban portions of the metropolitan area was operated by four smaller private companies which had a common union and were collectively known as the "Blue Bus" lines: Portland Stages, Tualatin Valley Buses, Intercity Buses and Estacada-Molalla Stages. These were taken over by TriMet on September 6, 1970.〔"Federman, Stan (September 2, 1970). "Tri-Met Action Averts Strike Of Bus Drivers; Agency To Assume Operation Of Four Suburban Blue Lines". ''The Oregonian'', p. 1.〕 Eighty-eight buses owned by the four suburban companies were transferred to TriMet,〔"Tri-Met To Get Blue Buses Sunday; New Suburban Runs To Start Tuesday" (September 5, 1970). ''The Oregonian'', p.15.〕 but many were found to be in poor condition〔"Tri-Met Takes Over Operation Of Blue Buses, Finds Rolling Stock In Bad Condition" (September 9, 1970). ''The Oregonian'', p. 9.〕 and the TriMet board soon took action to replace them with new buses. As of Fiscal Year 2015, TriMet operates a total of 610 buses on 80 lines, 127 MAX light rail cars on four lines, and 268 LIFT paratransit vehicles.〔 Each of the 4 MAX and 12 of the bus lines are designated as "Frequent Service" lines, scheduled to operate at headways of 15 minutes or less for most of the service day, Monday through Saturday (service is less frequent in the early morning, late evening and on Sunday).〔 TriMet connects to several other mass transit systems:〔(Other Local Transit Services. ) TriMet. Retrieved 2009-10-02.〕 * C-Tran, the public transit district for Vancouver and Clark County, Washington * Canby Area Transit, the public transit service for Canby and rural areas south of Oregon City along Highway 99E (formerly within the TriMet district) * Cherriots, the public transit service for Salem and Keizer. This connection is at the Wilsonville Station of TriMet's WES Commuter Rail rail line. * Columbia County Rider, the public transit service for Scappoose, St. Helens, and Columbia County * Portland Streetcar, a circulator streetcar service in downtown Portland and neighborhoods near downtown * Sandy Area Metro, the public transit service for Sandy (formerly within the TriMet district) * SMART, the public transit service for Wilsonville (formerly within the TriMet district) * South Clackamas Transportation District, the public transit service for Molalla and rural areas south of Oregon City along Highway 213 (formerly within the TriMet district) * Tillamook County Transportation District, the public transit service for Tillamook and Tillamook County * Yamhill County Transit Area, the public transit service for McMinnville, Newberg and Yamhill County TriMet also links to various local shuttle services operated by the following: Ride Connection, which serves Banks, Gaston, King City and North Plains; the Swan Island Transportation Management Association; the Tualatin Transportation Management Association; Intel; Nike; and Oregon Health & Science University, including the Portland Aerial Tram. Long-range transportation planning for the metropolitan area is provided by Metro, an elected regional government. Metro also has statutory authority to take over the day-to-day operations of TriMet, but has never exercised that power, as past studies of such a merger have found it to be problematic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TriMet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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