Metro Oregon and Portland's TriMet are studying the possibility of creating a new below-ground transit route through the city's downtown.
Planning for future growth, the organizations are working to link the Lloyd Center shopping mall on the eastern banks of the Willamette River with Southwest Portland through downtown. The transit authority currently runs approximately 40 trains per hour during the busiest times of the day across the downtown area, a figure that will need to increase by at least 50% in coming decades to accommodate projected population growth.
The new route could, according to Metro Oregon, reduce travel time through downtown Portland by up to 15 minutes while adding 15,200 daily riders to the city's transit system.
TriMet is planning to hold community meetings as it moves to initiate a formal process for approving and constructing the tunnel.
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