Editing TriMet (section)

=== 2010s ===
* 2012 TriMet purchases 55 new Gillig diesel buses to begin replacing buses dating back to 1990. The last four of the new buses are [[hybrid electric bus|hybrid-electrics]] estimated to be 20-50% more fuel-efficient<ref name="hybrids-2013" /> and produce 95% fewer emissions; they replaced hybrid buses that were in service since 2002.<ref name="better bus" />
* 2012 TriMet discontinues "Free Rail Zone" (formerly known as the "Fareless Square") in Downtown Portland and ends use of three-zone, distance-based fare system.<ref name="oreg-2012aug31">{{Cite news |last=Bailey Jr. |first=Everton |date=August 30, 2012 <!--print edition date Aug. 31, 2012, page 1--> |title=TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport/index.ssf/2012/08/trimet_boosts_most_fares_start.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902193556/http://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport/index.ssf/2012/08/trimet_boosts_most_fares_start.html |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2018 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> Until this time, the TriMet district was divided into three fare zones, with fares based on the number of zones in which a passenger traveled.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult Fares and TriMet's Fare Zones [2012] |url=https://trimet.org/fares/zones.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626172110/https://trimet.org/fares/zones.htm |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2018 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref>
* 2015 TriMet opens the new [[MAX Orange Line]] from Downtown Portland to [[Milwaukie, Oregon|Milwaukie]], and the [[Tilikum Crossing]],<ref name="wait's over">{{Cite news |last=Njus |first=Elliot |date=September 12, 2015 |title=The wait's over: TriMet's Orange Line, Tilikum Crossing up and running |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2015/09/orange_line_tilikum_crossing_o_1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190516/https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2015/09/orange_line_tilikum_crossing_o_1.html |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |access-date=September 16, 2015 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> used by the Orange Line and two bus lines
* 2018 After 32 years without any all-night transit service, TriMet extends service hours on lines 20-Burnside/Stark and 57-TV Highway to run 24 hours a day. The agency also establishes Line 272-PDX Night Bus to provide early-morning service between NE 82nd Avenue and the [[Portland International Airport]].<ref name="24 hour">{{Cite news |last=Mesh |first=Aaron |date=August 19, 2018 |title=In Two Weeks, Some Portland Buses Will Run 24 Hours a Day—Including a Line to the Airport |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/08/19/in-two-weeks-some-portland-buses-will-run-24-hours-a-day-including-a-line-to-the-airport/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008015915/https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/08/19/in-two-weeks-some-portland-buses-will-run-24-hours-a-day-including-a-line-to-the-airport/ |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |work=[[Willamette Week]]}}</ref> (This service was discontinued April 5, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has not returned.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ORDINANCE NO. 362 OF THE TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON (TRIMET) RETROACTIVELY ADOPTING APRIL 2020 AND AUGUST 2020 SERVICE CHANGES AND UPDATING ROUTE DESIGNATIONS (FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING) |url=https://trimet.org/meetings/board/pdfs/2020-01-27/Ord%20362%20-%20FY%202020-2021%20Pandemic%20Service%20Reductions.pdf}}</ref>
* 2019 TriMet introduces a new paint scheme,<ref name="goes retro" /> the first such change since 2002.
* 2019 TriMet's first [[battery-electric bus]]es, numbered 3801–3805, go into service.<ref name="metro-mag-2019-apr">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=April 17, 2019 |title=TriMet's New Flyer electric buses powered entirely by wind |url=https://www.metro-magazine.com/technology/news/733793/trimet-s-new-flyer-electric-buses-powered-entirely-by-wind |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417192341/https://www.metro-magazine.com/technology/news/733793/trimet-s-new-flyer-electric-buses-powered-entirely-by-wind |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=September 15, 2019 |work=[[Metro Magazine]]}}</ref>