Will someone in portland, oregon explain these bus directions to me?

...in local terms? i've never been to portland, and will need to take this journey as a first-timer. so could you explain this by saying like... "Go to the bus station on ninth and street, near the Walgreens, and take the 12 towards the whatever"... you know? these google map directions make very little sense.





Union Station/NW 6th %26amp; Hoyt St MAX Stn Stop ID: 7763

MAX Green Line

Light rail towards Clackamas Town Center

2:56pm - 3:17pm (21 mins, 8 stops)



Gateway/NE 99th Ave TC MAX Station Stop ID: 8347

Walk to Gateway/NE 99th Ave Transit Center

About 4 mins (12 mins to make transfer)



Gateway/NE 99th Ave Transit Center

The Dalles - Hood River - Portland Fixed Route

Bus towards Eastbound: Hood River / The Dalles

3:30pm - 4:35pm (1 hour 5 mins, 1 stop)



Columbia Area Transit Office

Walk to Hood River, OR

About 25 mins (1.1 mi)



Hood River, ORWill someone in portland, oregon explain these bus directions to me?
The first item directs boarding a Max train, not a bus at NW 6th Ave and NW Hoyt Street. (The streets in this neighborhood are alphabetical south to north: Ankeny, Burnside, Couch, Davis, Everett, Flanders, Glisan, Hoyt, Irving, Johnson, Kearney, Lovejoy, ... York. Other potential confusion is that 7th Avenue was renamed "Broadway" and Park Avenue is between 8th and 9th.)

The tracks carry trains in both directions and multiple Max train routes run on the same tracks, distinguished by color-coding. Besides green trains, there are blue, yellow, and red. The color is only in the route reader board (at the top of the front of the train), and is not literally the color of the train, which is white plus advertising.

Before boarding at the first stop, buy a ticket from the dispenser. This journey requires fare from $1 to $2.35 depending on your age. If the dispensed ticket does not have a timestamp, insert it into a validator machine at the Max stop.

Board the appropriate Max train when it comes. (For this journey, any eastbound Red, Green, or Blue train works just as well. Eastbound Red is labeled "Airport"; eastbound blue is "Gresham", and eastbound Green is "Clackamas TC") If a fare inspector comes along anytime during your ride, pull out your ticket and display it if asked. Otherwise, you don't have to show it to anyone. Wait eight stops, and get off at the stop labeled (and announced) as Gateway/99th Ave Transit Center. No transfer is required to get there. All announcements are in English and Spanish for your convenience.

Once disembarked at Gateway, walk to the appropriate bus area, which are on both sides of the tracks. See this aerial photo http://maps.google.com/?ll=45.53053,-122鈥?/a> There are spaces for about 14 buses and three trains at once: three buses and one Max train are visible; two buses are parked for load/unload, one is driving into the transit center. A Max train is also arriving at the station from below right.

Your connecting bus is not Tri-met, so it will probably be at one end or the other of the bus area. Look for the Columbia Area Transit or CAT bus. I expect you pay $8 when boarding. See http://community.gorge.net/hrctd/Fares.h鈥?/a> If you are there more than a few minutes before the CAT's scheduled departure time, it probably won't be there. Look for a small sign which indicates where the bus will be. If you can't find one, then just stand where you can see buses arriving and watch for it.

The next stop is your stop and is in Hood River after a 65 minute ride. The CAT website planner can help guide for a walking journey from the Hood River stop.

It should be an easy and scenic journey. Good luck!