Editing TriMet (section)

=== Buses ===
[[File:TriMet bus 3913 in new paint scheme, at Beaverton TC on 2-16-2019.jpg|thumb|right|In early 2019, TriMet introduced a new paint scheme, the first such change since 2002. It is seen here on [[Gillig Low Floor|Gillig BRT]]-model bus 3913.]]
[[File:TriMet XE40 electric bus 3803 charging at Sunset TC on line 62 (2019).jpg|thumb|right|One of TriMet's first [[battery-electric bus]]es, five [[New Flyer Xcelsior|New Flyer XE40s]] that entered service in 2019, using the overhead charger at [[Sunset Transit Center]]]]
[[File:TriMet FX bus.jpg|thumb|right|Frequent Express [[articulated bus]]]]
{{As of|July 2022}}, TriMet's fleet included 696 buses, in lengths of either 40 or 30 feet (12 or 9 meters) for use on traditional fixed-route services.<ref name="Budget 2022" /> TriMet also owns a fleet of 253 minibuses and 15 vans for use on LIFT Paratransit service.<ref name="TriMet At-A-Glance" />

By March 2017, the entire active fleet of regular buses were [[low-floor]] models and equipped with [[air-conditioning]].<ref name="better buses march 2017">{{Cite web |date=March 2017 |title=Better Buses |url=https://trimet.org/newbuses/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407043217/https://trimet.org/newbuses/index.htm |archive-date=April 7, 2017 |access-date=May 11, 2017 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref>  This was the culmination of a plan launched 20 years earlier.  In 1997, the TriMet board decided that all buses purchased in the future should be low-floor type and equipped with air-conditioning.<ref name="steers">Oliver, Gordon (June 26, 1997). "Tri-Met steers toward easy-access, air-conditioned fleet". ''The Oregonian'', p. D1.</ref> The decision was for a gradual phase-out of high-floor, non-air-conditioned buses as they reached the ends of their normal lifespan (about 18–20 years) and in 2013 TriMet was anticipating that by 2017 all buses would have low floors without steps.<ref name="steers" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2013 |title=The first batch of 70 new buses rolls into service Tuesday, July 23 |url=http://news.trimet.org/2013/07/the-first-batch-of-70-new-buses-rolls-into-service-tuesday-july-23/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042642/http://news.trimet.org/2013/07/the-first-batch-of-70-new-buses-rolls-into-service-tuesday-july-23/ |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |access-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref>  TriMet retired its last non-air-conditioned buses in late December 2015.<ref name="year in review 2015">{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2015 |title=The Year in Review: 2015 |url=http://howweroll.trimet.org/2015/12/31/the-year-in-review-2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302223738/http://howweroll.trimet.org/2015/12/31/the-year-in-review-2015/ |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2016 |website=How We Roll |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> The last series of high-floor buses in service were taken out of regular use in June 2016, but with some kept serviceable<ref name="renewing-bus-2016jul">{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2016 |title=Renewing our bus fleet |url=http://howweroll.trimet.org/2016/07/12/renewing-our-bus-fleet/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714071053/http://howweroll.trimet.org/2016/07/12/renewing-our-bus-fleet/ |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> through the summer for use on temporary shuttles used during construction-related disruptions to MAX service that took place between August and September.

While most of TriMet's fleet uses diesel motors for propulsion, the agency has also experimented with [[hybrid electric bus]]es. The first two hybrid buses entered service in 2002,<ref>Boone, Jerry F. (May 6, 2002). "Tri-Met rolls out diesel-electric bus". ''The Oregonian''.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tribune staff |date=May 10, 2002 |title=PDX Update |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=11365 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608053354/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=11365 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name="better bus" /> but in 2008 TriMet stated that the buses had not performed sufficiently better than its newest diesel buses to justify the estimated 50-percent-higher purchase cost, and that consequently the agency had no plans to purchase additional hybrid buses at that time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hansen, Fred (TriMet General Manager, [[op-ed]] column) |date=April 1, 2008 |title=TriMet stays innovative |url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=65166 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819193639/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=65166 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref> These first two hybrid buses were retired in 2012.<ref name="better bus">{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=Building a better bus |url=https://trimet.org/newbuses/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809054817/http://trimet.org/newbuses/ |archive-date=August 9, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2013 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> However, with hybrid technology having improved since that earlier purchase, TriMet acquired four new hybrid buses in 2012 and placed them into service in January 2013 on line 72,<ref name="better bus" /><ref name="hybrids-2013">{{Cite news |last=Oberman |first=Lily |date=January 31, 2013 |title=TriMet unveils new hybrid buses; transit union responds with safety concerns |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/01/trimet_unveils_new_hybrid_buse.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208035447/http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/01/trimet_unveils_new_hybrid_buse.html |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2013 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> a long, mostly level north–south route. TriMet acquired four more hybrid buses in 2015 with even greater electronic technology on board.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Njus |first=Elliot |date=October 15, 2015 |title=TriMet shows off new generation of hybrid buses |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2015/10/trimet_shows_off_new_generatio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122004459/http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2015/10/trimet_shows_off_new_generatio.html |archive-date=November 22, 2015 |access-date=February 4, 2017 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref>

Since October 30, 2006, all TriMet buses and paratransit minibuses have been fueled by a B5 [[biodiesel]] blend.<ref name="biodiesel">{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2006 |title=TriMet becomes state's #1 biodiesel fuel user |url=https://trimet.org/news/releases/2006/oct30biodiesel.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607032714/https://trimet.org/news/releases/2006/oct30biodiesel.htm |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> Plans to increase to a B10 or higher mix were later put on hold as a result of cost increases and problems experienced in a trial use of B10 blend in about one-quarter of the fleet.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Budnick |first=Nick |date=May 15, 2008 |title=TriMet's biodiesel ambitions hit wall |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121080126676807200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608053905/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121080126676807200 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref>

The agency delayed new bus purchases for four years due to the [[recession of 2008]] and the resulting decrease in income from taxes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Angela |date=June 20, 2013 |title=New TriMet buses to begin service in less than a month |url=http://news.trimet.org/2013/06/new-trimet-buses-to-begin-service-in-less-than-a-month/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429091818/http://news.trimet.org/2013/06/new-trimet-buses-to-begin-service-in-less-than-a-month/ |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |access-date=April 28, 2018 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> In 2012 TriMet began to replace buses on an accelerated schedule.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Angela |first=Murphy |date=September 26, 2013 |title=New TriMet buses will continue to roll into service every year through 2019 |url=http://news.trimet.org/2013/09/new-trimet-buses-will-continue-to-roll-into-service-every-year-through-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203002327/http://news.trimet.org/2013/09/new-trimet-buses-will-continue-to-roll-into-service-every-year-through-2019/ |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |access-date=June 8, 2015 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> By that time some of the buses in the fleet were more than 20 years old and had become more expensive to maintain and less reliable. The first order of 55 40-foot [[Gillig]] buses began to enter service in fall 2012,<ref name="oreg-2012oct4">{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Joseph |date=October 3, 2012 |title=TriMet rolls out new state-of-the-art buses in Portland on Thursday |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2012/10/trimet_rolls_out_new_state-of-.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020124658/http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2012/10/trimet_rolls_out_new_state-of-.html |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |work=The Oregonian |page=C2 |orig-year=print edition October 4}}</ref> followed by 70 buses in 2013,<ref name=ping>{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Joseph |date=July 23, 2013 |title=A new look and a new ping for TriMet's buses<!--(print-edition headline, on front page)--> |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/07/new_trimet_buses_ditch_old_sto.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822210350/http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/07/new_trimet_buses_ditch_old_sto.html |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2013 |work=The Oregonian |page=1 |orig-year=online date July 22}}</ref> 60 in the summer of 2014,<ref name="new buses 2014">{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2014 |title=Our new buses are hitting the road! The first of 60 new buses went into service this morning |url=http://news.trimet.org/2014/06/our-new-buses-are-hitting-the-road/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407144537/http://news.trimet.org/2014/06/our-new-buses-are-hitting-the-road/ |archive-date=April 7, 2018 |access-date=August 10, 2014 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> followed by another 30 in October 2014.<ref name="new buses oct 2014">{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2014 |title=TriMet's newest fleet of buses begins to roll into service |url=http://news.trimet.org/2014/10/trimets-newest-fleet-of-buses-begins-to-roll-into-service/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414135754/http://news.trimet.org/2014/10/trimets-newest-fleet-of-buses-begins-to-roll-into-service/ |archive-date=April 14, 2018 |access-date=October 12, 2014 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> In early 2015, TriMet received its first new 30-foot buses in more than 20 years.<ref name="2015 30 foot buses">{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Angela |date=March 24, 2015 |title=New 30-foot TriMet buses are now in service in areas with tighter turns and terrain |url=http://news.trimet.org/2015/03/new-30-foot-trimet-buses-are-now-in-service-in-areas-with-tighter-turns-and-terrain/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133215/https://news.trimet.org/2015/03/new-30-foot-trimet-buses-are-now-in-service-in-areas-with-tighter-turns-and-terrain/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2021 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> These 22 Gillig buses are similar to the rest of TriMet's new buses, but their shorter length allows them to serve routes with tighter turns and difficult terrain.<ref name="2015 30 foot buses" />

By mid-2016 TriMet planned to have 326 buses on the road under four years old, which would allow the agency to meet the industry standard of an average age of eight years.  TriMet's 3900-series buses, an order of 64 diesel buses built in 2018 and 2019 and entering service in February 2019, introduced a new paint scheme for the agency, of all-over blue with a trio of semi-upright orange stripes near the rear on each side.<ref name="goes retro">{{Cite news |last=Theen |first=Andrew |date=February 15, 2019 |title=Orange is the new bus: TriMet goes retro with new bus colors |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/02/orange-is-the-new-bus-trimet-goes-retro-with-new-bus-colors.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153349/https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/02/orange-is-the-new-bus-trimet-goes-retro-with-new-bus-colors.html |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |access-date=September 15, 2019 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref>

The Frequent Express service operates a fleet of {{convert|60|ft|m|1|adj=on}} articulated buses;<ref name="trimet-unveils">{{Cite press release |title=TriMet unveils new look coming with better bus service in the Division Street corridor |date=June 25, 2021 |publisher=TriMet |url=https://news.trimet.org/2021/06/trimet-unveils-new-look-coming-with-better-bus-service-in-the-division-street-corridor/ |access-date=June 29, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630234421/https://news.trimet.org/2021/06/trimet-unveils-new-look-coming-with-better-bus-service-in-the-division-street-corridor/ |archive-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gordon |first=Tim |date=September 3, 2022 |title=TriMet gets ready to launch FX2-Division bus line, running between downtown Portland and Gresham |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/division-transit-bus-line-trimet-portland-gresham/283-1fbd2e53-9a63-48d8-bcf5-beae9de9e60c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905152208/https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/division-transit-bus-line-trimet-portland-gresham/283-1fbd2e53-9a63-48d8-bcf5-beae9de9e60c |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |access-date=September 5, 2022 |publisher=[[KGW]]}}</ref> they were manufactured by Nova Bus in [[Plattsburgh, New York]]. Each bus can carry up to 115 passengers, 60% more than TriMet's standard {{convert|40|ft|m|1|adj=on}} bus,<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--no by line; staff writer(s)--> |date=August 26, 2022 |title=The return of the bendy bus |url=https://blog.trimet.org/2022/08/26/the-return-of-the-bendy-bus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902184133/https://blog.trimet.org/2022/08/26/the-return-of-the-bendy-bus/ |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> and features all-door, right-side boarding via three doors along the front, middle, and rear.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introducing Frequent Express – The bus and station |url=https://trimet.org/fx/#station |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506170648/https://trimet.org/fx/#station |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=August 15, 2022 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref> Up to two [[bicycle]]s can be stored inside the bus using roll-in [[Bicycle carrier|racks]] located near the rear.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3PdEEPXw4s |title=How to load your bike on an FX bus |date=August 8, 2022 |publisher=TriMet |access-date=September 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826210713/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3PdEEPXw4s&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=August 26, 2022 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

TriMet's buses operate out of three garages:
* Center Street Garage (in inner Southeast Portland); current facilities opened in 1978, replacing former RCT facilities at same site<ref name="selinger-2019">{{Cite web |last=Selinger |first=Philip |date=October 2019 |title=Making History: 50 Years of Transit in the Portland Region |url=https://trimet.org/history/pdf/making-history.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225160919/https://trimet.org/history/pdf/making-history.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |access-date=February 25, 2020 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref>{{rp|25}}
* Merlo Garage (in Beaverton to the west); opened in 1980<ref name="selinger-2019" /> with temporary facilities, and full-service maintenance building opened in 1983<ref name="new repair complex" />
* Powell Garage (located in East Portland); opened in 1977;<ref name="selinger-2019" />{{rp|25}} completely rebuilt 2018–2022 (with main building and most other structures replaced)<ref name="DJC-2023jun1">{{Cite news |last=Huish |first=Scott |date=June 1, 2023 |title=Project of the Year: TriMet Bus Maintenance Facility |url=https://djcoregon.com/news/2023/06/01/project-of-the-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607180213/https://djcoregon.com/news/2023/06/01/project-of-the-year/ |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |access-date=January 3, 2024 |work=[[Daily Journal of Commerce]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+'''TriMet bus fleet'''
|-
! Make
! Model
! Year built
! Length
! Fleet numbers
! {{tooltip|Qty.|Quantity}}
! Fuel type
! class="unsortable"|Image
|-
| rowspan="16" |[[Gillig]]
| rowspan="14" |[[Gillig Low Floor#Gillig BRT|Low Floor BRT]]
| 2012
| rowspan="10" | 40'
| 3052–3055
| 4
| rowspan="2" |[[Hybrid electric bus|Diesel-electric hybrid]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:TriMet Gillig hybrid bus 3056 at 82nd & Multnomah on line 72 (2019).jpg|170px]]
|-
|2015
|3056–3059
|4
|-
| 2012
| 3001–3051
| 51
| rowspan="12" | [[Biodiesel]]
| rowspan="8" | [[File:TriMet 2013 Gillig BRT 40' (30496242842).jpg|170px]]
|-
| 2013
| 3101–3170
| 70
|-
| 2014
| 3201–3260
| 60<ref name="new buses 2014" />
|-
| 2014
| 3301–3330
| 30<ref name="new buses oct 2014" />
|-
| 2015
| 3261–3268
| 8
|-
| 2015
| 3501–3577
| 77<ref name="new buses feb 2016">{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2016 |title=First Batch of New Buses Take to The Streets |url=http://howweroll.trimet.org/2016/02/17/first-batch-of-new-buses-take-to-the-streets/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714054409/http://howweroll.trimet.org/2016/02/17/first-batch-of-new-buses-take-to-the-streets/ |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=February 18, 2016 |website=How We Roll |publisher=TriMet}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| 3601–3650
| 50
|-
| 2017
| 3701–3757
| 57
|-
| 2015
| 30'
| 3401–3422
| 22<ref name="2015 30 foot buses" />
| [[File:TriMet 31-foot Gillig BRT bus 3419 at Lake Oswego TC in Jan. 2021.jpg|170px]]
|-
| 2018
| rowspan="3" | 40'
| 3901–3964
| 64
| rowspan="3" |[[File:TriMet bus 3913 in new paint scheme, at Beaverton TC on 2-16-2019.jpg|170px]]
|-
| 2019
| 4001–4071
| 71
|-
| 2020
| 4201–4239
| 39
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Gillig Low Floor#Variants|Low Floor Plus]]
|2021
|rowspan="2" |40'
|4301–4305
|5
|rowspan="2" |[[Battery electric bus|Battery electric]]
|[[File:TriMet Gillig electric bus.jpg|170x170px]]
|-
|2024
|4401–4424
|24
|
|-
|[[New Flyer]]
|[[New Flyer Xcelsior#Xcelsior CHARGE|Xcelsior CHARGE]]
|2018
|40'
|3801–3805
|5
|Battery electric
|[[File:TriMet XE40 electric bus 3803 charging at Sunset TC on line 62 (2019).jpg|170px]]
|-
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFSA]]
|2022
|62'
|4501–4531
|31
|Biodiesel
|[[File:TriMet Frequent Express (FX) bus.jpg|170x170px]]
|}