Portland International Airport MAX Station

I was a little worried about riding the max around 10:45 pm after talking to a lady on the plane about weird people in Portland. When my hubs suggested riding the max over über, I began thinking to myself… who has time for that? Not I! Unlike houston, I see a diversity of people riding the rail at this time of night, so I was not too alarmed until two suspicious teens boarded the train in a hurry. I knew doe thing was up. It’s sad, but I thought we were all going to get robbed. Call it judge mental if you want, but I overheard one guy telling the other to keep his head down because they are looking for us. I looked at my hubs wondering is our life worth the expense of saving a lot of über coins? He began watching the two guys because he knew something was off as well. Will I ride again!!! Ask me when I return to Portland. Besides the two suspicious guys, the rail seemed safe.

The public transit in Portland is pretty good. Nice to get right on the train at the airport instead if a bus. IKEA is only two stops away if you want some delicious meatballs.

Omg.
Wanted to go to airport.
Took a green train to Pioneer Square, where we had to catch a shuttle bus. Then to another, yep, green line. Where we translated finally to a red to airport.
Four vehicles? Even Chicago only goes to three.

Recently spent the weekend in Portland, Oregon. With no car to explore the city, my entire trip revolved around public transportation. Thank goodness for the MAX Station! Those citing similarity to the BART in SF– they are right, absolutely! The ride to and fro the city was slooooooow but efficient, and at $ 2.50 per person ($ 5 for a day pass) I can’t possibly complain. If you plan your time and trip right you won’t have any problems. Only hiccup that occurred during my visit was when the road was blocked due to a car running into the Red Line, we had to take a near two hour bus ride through the city just to hop on another train, which really ate the day and my energy. All in all a great experience, and saved us from being stuck at the hotel all weekend!

The Max station takes about the same amount of time from the airport to the center of the city as BART does from SFO to SF. Yet, the cost is only a fraction of the cost (just a single ride fare.) Just another example of how Portland is serious about transit and SF only relies on it because it can’t afford not to.

The Portland International Airport MAX Station is right outside the airport. You can exit the station and take an escalator to check your bags and in vice-​versa, return quickly off the escalator and enter the station. Only the MAX Red Line goes here, but that will take you to much of East Portland, Downtown and Beaverton.
I enjoy the ability to ride to downtown from here in an efficient manner. It would just be nice if at this station, even though it’s a terminus, if the trains would run more often. Sometimes, you have to wait about ten minutes for the train to depart.
If you are a visitor, this is a helpful station. Taking the MAX from here is easy. It just should run a little bit more often, but the level is okay and the expansion was cost-​efficient. Two hours on Trimet is $ 2.50 and a day is $ 5.