Editing TriMet (section)

=== 2000s ===
*2001 Fareless Square is expanded to a small portion of Northeast Portland between [[Lloyd Center]] and the [[Steel Bridge]]. Airport MAX (the [[MAX Red Line|Red Line]]) begins service on September 10 after a public/private partnership, prompted by a proposal from [[Bechtel Corporation]], enables its construction years ahead of TriMet's plans for the use of public funds. Bechtel received exclusive development rights to 120 acres (486,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>) near the entrance to [[Portland International Airport]]. The original MAX line began to be referred to as the MAX Blue Line upon the opening of the Red Line. Bus sector symbols began to be phased out from maps and publications.
*2002 With the September schedule change, Tri-Met launches a new [[corporate identity]] strategy.  It is renamed '''TriMet''' (without a hyphen) and a new [[logo]] and blue, white and yellow livery are introduced.<ref name="hyphendrop" /> An improved automated phone service is introduced.
*2004 Interstate MAX (the [[MAX Yellow Line|Yellow Line]]) opens along Interstate Avenue.  The fleet has grown to 638 buses, 208 paratransit vehicles, and 105 trains with a daily ridership of over 300,000.
*2005 TriMet introduces [[biodiesel]] fuel into its fleet, using a B5 blend (5 percent pure biodiesel, 95 percent petroleum diesel), initially on LIFT (paratransit) minibuses only.  Use of B5 biodiesel was expanded to the entire bus fleet in late 2006.<ref name="biodiesel" />
*2007 The [[Portland Transit Mall|Portland Mall]], on 5th and 6th Avenues, is shut down for rebuilding and southward extension (to [[Portland State University|PSU]]), including adding a second light-rail alignment through downtown.  The rebuilding, to take over 2 years, is part of the [[MAX Green Line]] project, but will also replace all infrastructure for buses on the already 29-year-old transit mall.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Redden |first=Jim |date=January 12, 2007 |title=Bye-bye, bus mall as we know it |url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=81323 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410142956/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=81323 |archive-date=April 10, 2015 |access-date=April 4, 2015 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref>  Most bus routes serving downtown are detoured to other streets until 2009.
*2009 The {{convert|14.7|mi|km|adj=on}} [[WES Commuter Rail]] opens on February 2. WES (Westside Express Service) provides service between Beaverton and Wilsonville with stations in Tigard and Tualatin in between.<ref name="Operation date" />
*2009 In May, the Portland Mall reopens for buses, and testing and training runs for the new Mall MAX tracks begin, for opening August 30.<ref name="orderly">{{Cite news |last=Redden |first=Jim |date=May 21, 2009 |title=TriMet: Mall can be safe, orderly |url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=49851 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410160204/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=49851 |archive-date=April 10, 2015 |access-date=April 4, 2015 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref>
*2009 Due to the [[Late-2000s recession|national recession's]] effect on the agency's finances, the board approves a series of service reductions, to take effect in September.<ref>Rivera, Dylan (May 28, 2009). "TriMet adopts cuts, warns of more later". ''The Oregonian'', p. B1.</ref>  The board votes on August 12 to discontinue [[Fareless Square]] for bus service beginning in January 2010, while retaining [[zero-fare public transport|fare-free]] rides in the downtown area on MAX and the Portland Streetcar.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rivera |first=Dylan |date=August 12, 2009 |title=The days of a free bus ride are over |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/no_more_free_bus_rides_in_port.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816143355/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/no_more_free_bus_rides_in_port.html |archive-date=August 16, 2009 |access-date=August 13, 2009 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref>
*2009 On August 30, MAX service on the transit mall is introduced, with the shifting of the Yellow Line to the new alignment.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tribune staff |date=August 28, 2009 |title=New MAX line opens downtown |url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=54413 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070923/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=54413 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=April 4, 2015 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref>  September 12 brings the opening of the [[MAX Green Line|Green Line]], also using the new transit-mall tracks, running from downtown (PSU) to [[Clackamas Town Center]].<ref name="riderspack">{{Cite news |last=Rivera |first=Dylan |date=September 12, 2009 <!-- (online); September 13, 2009 (print edition) --> |title=Riders pack MAX Green Line on first day of service |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/riders_pack_max_green_line_on.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922191206/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/riders_pack_max_green_line_on.html |archive-date=September 22, 2009 |access-date=September 27, 2009 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref>  It is TriMet's first light rail line serving Clackamas County.<ref name="leaderspraise">{{Cite news |last=Redden |first=Jim |date=September 13, 2009 |title=Leaders heap praise on new MAX Green Line |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125287334832689400 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608054136/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125287334832689400 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=May 13, 2014 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref>
[[File:Tilikum Crossing from north sidewalk with MAX train 2016.jpg|thumb|right|TriMet's [[Tilikum Crossing]], built as part of the [[MAX Orange Line]] project, opened in 2015.]]