Public Transportation Partnership with Ride Connection

Connecting People and Communities

Our partnership with Ride Connection, Inc., a non-profit public transportation provider, is helping more people get to more places. Together we are meeting the transit needs of our community and developing a coordinated vision for transit services throughout Washington County.

We are working to:

• Provide public transportation to serve growing communities that lack other transportation options
• Reduce service fragmentation, making it easier to take public transportation within and beyond the Portland region
• Develop transit stops that are safe, comfortable and accessible to people living with disabilities
• Maintain our transit system and reduce transportation emissions

Transportation shuttles

Door-to-Door Service

Door-to-Door service runs 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday for older adults, people living with disabilities and people living in rural areas for general purpose and medical trips. Riders arrange service by phone and request service to and from Gaston, Banks, North Plains, Timber, Forest Grove, Cornelius and Hillsboro.

BethanyLink

BethanyLink runs between Sunset Transit Center and Portland Community College-Rock Creek campus from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Friday. BethanyLink provides additional transit to communities and employment sites north of US 26 and offers more direct access to and from downtown Portland via Sunset Transit Center. The route serves other notable destinations including:

• North Bethany
• Bethany Village
• Hansen Ridge Park/Westside Trail
• Sunset High School/Columbia Sportswear/Tosoh Quartz

Commuters, students and those who live in the Bethany and Cedar Mill communities can ride BethanyLink to Sunset Transit center to connect with TriMet MAX and bus lines, as well as Tillamook County Transportation District (The WAVE) and NorthWest POINT to the Oregon Coast.

CorneliusLink

CorneliusLink runs in a one-way counterclockwise loop north and south of OR 8 (TV Highway) from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, serving communities and worksites that are not easily accessed by TriMet Line 57. CorneliusLink key destinations include:

• Cornelius Fred Meyer
• Cornelius Walmart
• Harleman Park
• Cornelius Library
• Centro Cultural
• Forest Grove Safeway (Connections with Ride Connection GroveLink and westLink; TriMet Line 57; and Yamhill County Transit Route 33 to McMinnville)

GroveLink

GroveLink serves the Forest Grove community, providing first-last mile transit to neighborhoods and employers that are not easily accessed by TriMet Line 57. Ride Connection operates four separate services as part of the GroveLink system.

The GroveLink West Loop runs 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and primarily serves neighborhoods north and west of downtown Forest Grove in a counterclockwise direction. It offers connections to TriMet Line 57 and other Ride Connection services. Key destinations on the West Loop include:

• Pacific University (Connections with Ride Connection westLink and GroveLink East Loop)
• Forest Grove High School
• Lincoln Park
• 19th Avenue/B Street (Connection with TriMet Line 57)

The GroveLink East Loop runs weekdays 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in a counterclockwise direction and primarily serves neighborhoods northeast and southeast of downtown Forest Grove. It offers connections to TriMet Line 57, Yamhill County Transit and other Ride Connection services. Key destinations on the East Loop include:

• Pacific University (Connections with Ride Connection westLink and GroveLink West Loop)
• Stites Nature Park
• Forest Grove Safeway (Connections with Ride Connection westLink and Cornelius Link; TriMet Line 57; and Yamhill County Transit Route 33 to McMinnville)
• Forest Grove Primary Care Clinic
• Forest Grove Rogers Park

The GroveLink Employment Loop provides additional early morning and late afternoon transportation to worksites in industrial areas of Forest Grove east of OR 47, with connections available to TriMet Line 57 and other Ride Connection services at the Forest Grove Safeway. Employment sites served include:

• Old Trapper Smoked Products
• Chaucer Foods
• New Season Foods, Inc.
• Sisters Fruit Company
• Westak Circuits
• TTM Technologies

The GroveLink Saturday service offers free public shuttle service from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Single one-way counterclockwise loop soperates within the same areas as the weekday East and West loops, serving the same destinations as those routes. Connections area available to the CorneliusLink Saturday service and TriMet Line 57 at the Forest Grove Safeway.

North Hillsboro Link

North Hillsboro Link provides access to employment in the North Hillsboro Industrial Area from the MAX Red and Blue lines at Orenco Stations. The service runs 5 a.m to 10 p.m. seven days a week. North Hillsboro Link services the following key worksites:

• Amazon Fulfillment Centers: PDX5/HIO9/DPD8
• LAIKA Studios
• Intel Ronler Acres
• Flexential Data Center
• Reser's Fine Foods
• Genentech
• QTS Data Center
• Beaverton Foods
• UCT QuantumClean
• Edwards Vacuum

King City Link

King City Link connects the cities of King City, Tigard and Tualatin along Durham Road, filling a gap in the TriMet fixed-route network and providing connections to TriMet bus and WES commuter rail service, as well as intercity transit to the Willamette Valley. The service operates weekdays. King City Link serves the following key destinations:

• King City City Hall and King City Civic Association
• King City Plaza (Connections with TriMet Line 94 and Yamhill County Transit Route 44)
• Tigard Promenade (King City Safeway)
• Tigard High School
• Bridgeport Village
• Tualatin Park & Ride (Connections with TriMet bus service, Cascade POINT and SMART Route 2X)
• Tualatin WES station (Connections with TriMet bus service and Tualatin Shuttle Blue and Red lines)

Tualatin Shuttle

Tualatin Shuttle serves the Tualatin area, providing first-last mile transit to neighborhoods and employers that are not easily accessed by TriMet fixed-route service. Ride Connection operates two separate services as part of the Tualatin Shuttle system, both of which connect at the Tualatin WES station for connections to Ride Connection King City Link, TriMet WES commuter rail and bus lines 76 and 97.

The Tualatin Shuttle Blue Line operates every weekday from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. primarily serving employment sites in the Tualatin Industrial Area west of downtown Tualatin. Tualatin Shuttle Blue Line serves the following key worksites:

• City of Tualatin Services
• Lam Research
• DPI Specialty Foods
• JAE Oregon
• Fujimi

The Tualatin Shuttle Red Line operates every weekday from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a focus on serving community destinations in downtown Tualatin and the residential neighborhoods to the south. Tualatin Shuttle Red Line serves the following key destinations:

• Tualatin Library
• Juanita Pohl Center
• Tualatin Fred Meyer
• Marquis Tualatin Assisted Living
• Kaiser Permanente Tualatin Medical Office
• Martinazzi Woods

An additional Hospital Trip Loop runs at 5 a.m. weekdays from the Tualatin WES station, serving Nyberg Woods and Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

westLink

The westLink is an intercommunity shuttle that primarily serves Banks and North Plains in rural Washington County, providing connections to TriMet service and other essential destinations in Forest Grove and Hillsboro, as well as Tillamook County Transportation District’s Route 5 (The WAVE) to Tillamook and Portland. Ride Connection subsidizes fares for all passengers traveling between Banks, North Plains and Portland.

The westLink operates every weekday with six round trips between 5:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. and serves the following key destination:

• Hillsboro Transit Center (Connection with TriMet MAX Blue Line and other bus lines; and Yamhill County Transit Route 33 to McMinnville)
• Glencoe High School
• Banks Log Cabin Park (Connection with The WAVE)
• North Plains Senior Center (Connection with The WAVE)
• Forest Grove City Hall
• Forest Grove Senior Center
• Forest Grove Safeway (Connection with Ride Connection GroveLink and Cornelius Link; TriMet Line 57; and Yamhill County Transit Route 33)

Funding for development, maintenance and expansion of these transit services is part of our Transit Development Plan (TDP). The plan guides near-term investment of Statewide Transportation Improvement Funds (STIF) for public transit service improvements in Washington County. STIF is funded by the Statewide Transit Tax, a 0.1 of 1% employee payroll tax, dedicated to improving or expanding public transportation services.