|Line #39 Route|

"Efforts to increase ridership on the #39 to help keep the route alive," since 2005.

Extending Line #39 to Hillsdale

A Working Group of citizens and college staff proposed a modified route that has improved the usefulness and performance of the #39. The FIRST RIDE for the #39 commenced Sunday Morning, June 4th, 2006, at 11:29, departing fom Lewis & Clark College! TriMet has Transit Tracker and Trip Planner working with the new route, so there's no excuse — Get on the bus!

Public Hearing Coming Up April 17th, 2007!

From the trimet website: TriMet is holding a public hearing about proposed service changes to Line 39-Lewis & Clark. A six-month trial with extended service on the line showed an increase in ridership on weekdays, however weekend numbers fell short of expectations. TriMet is proposing discontinuing Saturday and Sunday service due to low ridership.

Can you think of a good reason why the #39 should continue to serve Lewis & Clark College, and Hillsdale... 7 days a week? Check out the Trimet site for details on how to voice your point of view, or show up in person at the Council Chambers between 5:30 and 8:00 PM on the 17th!! Note that TriMet has extended the hours of service for the #39 on the night of the hearing, with the last bus departing the College at 8:45 PM.

The New Route

Small Loop via Spring Garden Reversing along Spring Garden back to L&C
Map drawn with OpenOffice.org Draw by John Miller. Click on the map to get just the map in your browser. Your browser may show a reduced map to begin with but the cursor will be a magnifying glass. Click again, and you'll have a large map that you can scroll over.
DETAILED ROUTE DESCRIPTION

Supporting Information

Description of the First Ride on June 4th, 2006.
Schedules for weekdays and weekends.
Marketing Ideas for #39 test periods
Summer Ride Ideas
Destinations - where it can take you.
Stops - All Bus stops along the proposed route.
Transfers to other TriMet lines.
L&C Shuttle
L&C Turnaround and Layover (No text Yet).
Fred Meyer and Safeway
Snow Route

Background and Context

Route Segments

There were four aspects of the route that we had to evaluate and choose between.

Other Routes Considered

The descriptions, Pros, and Cons of these previously considered routes are from earlier incarnations of this web page. Each route has a separate page. Alternatives 5, 6, and 7 are on paper maps only at this time. This is background, historical info only, for the record of the project.

Working Name Proposed Withdrawn Who

1. Hillsdale CounterClockwise mm/dd mm/dd Miller

2. Lasso Hillsdale-Multnomah mm/dd mm/dd Miller

3. Hillsdale Clockwise mm/dd mm/dd Dave & Dixie

4. Two Way Hillsdale-Multnomah mm/dd mm/dd Miller

5. Safeway mm/dd 08/01/05 Don Baack

6. SW Community Center mm/dd 08/01/05 Zach Horowitz

7. Split Center 7/12/05 08/01/05 Bryan Backler

8. #139 = #1 Vermont + #39 08/01/05 mm/dd TriMet

9. Two Way via Spring Garden mm/dd mm/dd Group

10. Two Way via Terwilliger mm/dd mm/dd Group

11. Small Loop Spring Garden** mm/dd - Group

12. Large Loop Spring Garden + Terwilliger - - Weiss/Baack

**This is actually the winning route.

Working Name	Proposed	Withdrawn	Who
1. Hillsdale CounterClockwise	mm/dd	mm/dd	Miller
2. Lasso Hillsdale-Multnomah	mm/dd	mm/dd	Miller
3. Hillsdale Clockwise	mm/dd	mm/dd	Dave & Dixie
4. Two Way Hillsdale-Multnomah	mm/dd	mm/dd	Miller
5. Safeway	mm/dd	08/01/05	Don Baack
6. SW Community Center	mm/dd	08/01/05	Zach Horowitz
7. Split Center	7/12/05	08/01/05	Bryan Backler
8. #139 = #1 Vermont + #39	08/01/05	mm/dd	TriMet
9. Two Way via Spring Garden	mm/dd	mm/dd	Group
10. Two Way via Terwilliger	mm/dd	mm/dd	Group
11. Small Loop Spring Garden**	mm/dd	-	Group
12. Large Loop Spring Garden + Terwilliger	-	-	Weiss/Baack

Collins View Neighborhood Association | John Miller's Home Page | miller@lclark.edu
Portland, Oregon | March 21st, 2007