June 3, 2008

Rose Festival fleet arrivals cause transit delays

Ships arrive June 4 & 5

Ten ships coming to Portland for the Rose Festival may mean MAX and bus delays up to 15 minutes on Wednesday and Thursday, June 4 and 5.

Ship arrivals

Four ships are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday between 3 and 4 p.m.
Four ships will arrive on Thursday in 15-minute intervals starting at 3 p.m.
Final two ships are scheduled to arrive on Thursday at 6:15 and 6:30 p.m.

MAX

During the lifts, all MAX trains (Blue, Red and Yellow lines) may need to drop riders at the Old Town/Chinatown and Rose Quarter Transit Center stations. Shuttle buses will be available to take MAX riders across the river, but they will have limited options if several bridges are raised at the same time. TriMet staff will assist riders at the Old Town and Rose Quarter stations.

Airport MAX shuttle

During bridge lifts, MAX riders traveling to the airport may board an airport shuttle bus at the Old Town/Chinatown Station that will take them directly to the airport. Riders should schedule extra travel time for their trip.

Bus lines crossing bridges

These 12 bus lines crossing the Broadway, Burnside and Morrison bridges will also experience delays and may have some detours:

4-Fessenden
8-NE 15th Ave
9-Broadway
10-NE 33rd Ave
12-Sandy Blvd
15-Belmont
19-Glisan
20-Burnside/Stark
33-Fremont
35-Greeley
44-Mocks Crest
77-Broadway/Halsey

Ships depart June 9

All ships will be departing the harbor on Monday, June 9th. Four ships are scheduled to leave Portland between 5 and 6 a.m. The final six ships will leave following rush hour at 9 a.m. Riders can expect 5-10 minute delays due to bridge lifts.