82nd Ave Transit Project

• Faster travel times with more reliable bus service.
• Buses arriving every 12 minutes or better.
• Longer, 60-foot, zero-emissions buses with multiple doors for briefer stops.
• Bus stations with weather protection, lighting, accessibility improvements, in close proximity to pedestrian crossings.
• Next-generation transit signal priority that prioritizes buses for faster trips.
• Improved connections to 20 other bus lines and three MAX lines with access to key destinations.

The 82nd Avenue Transit Project will bring high-capacity FX–Frequent Express bus service along SE 82nd Avenue, between Clackamas Town Center and the Cully neighborhood. This is based on a preliminary vote by the 82nd Avenue Transit Project Steering Committee. The new bus line will improve travel times and access to transit while providing better connections to jobs, schools, retail centers and other destinations along the route.

The project will improve transit service for our community and complement other investments already underway on 82nd Avenue as part of Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Building a Better 82nd project, including new pedestrian crossings, sidewalks, lighting, additional trees and other roadway upgrades. We will also partner with the Oregon Department of Transportation to develop safety and accessibility improvements in the corridor. Project costs are approximately $320 million.

The bus currently serving this corridor, Line 72, has the highest ridership of any route, with approximately 10,000 daily trips. However, Line 72 also has the most delays of any of our bus lines, due to congestion on 82nd Avenue. The new FX line would use the same route as today's Line 72 between Clackamas Town Center and the Cully neighborhood*.

The new bus service will speed up trips, provide more reliability and maintain existing connections to MAX Blue, Green and Red Lines and the 20 other intersecting bus lines along 82nd Avenue.