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==Transportation== Electric [[interurban]] service connecting Troutdale with Gresham began in 1907, operated by the [[Portland Railway, Light and Power Company]] and connecting in Gresham with interurban service through to Portland.<ref name="labbe">Labbe, John T. (1980). ''Fares, Please! Those Portland Trolley Years''. Caldwell, Idaho (US): [[Caxton Press (United States)|Caxton]]. {{ISBN|0-87004-287-4}}.</ref> The line was abandoned in 1927.<ref name="labbe"/><ref name="Thompson_WVR">Thompson, Richard (2008). ''Willamette Valley Railways'', p. 9. [[Arcadia Publishing]]. {{ISBN|978-0-7385-5601-7}}.</ref> From at least the 1940s<ref>"Stage Fares To Increase" (August 6, 1947). ''[[The Oregonian]]'', p. 9.</ref> through the 1960s, [[Public transport bus service|bus transit service]] connecting Troutdale with Gresham and Portland was provided by a private company named [[Blue Bus lines (Oregon)|Portland Stages, Inc]].<ref>"Morgan [state public utility commissioner] Grants Bus Fare Hike". (September 17, 1958). ''The Oregonian'', p. 1.</ref> This service was taken over by [[TriMet]], a then-new public agency, in 1970, and TriMet continues to provide transit service in Troutdale today. [[Columbia Area Transit]] operates the [[Columbia Gorge Express]] to Portland and [[Hood River, Oregon|Hood River]]. The city is home to [[Portland–Troutdale Airport]], a general aviation airport.
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