Editing Oregon City, Oregon (section)

==Transportation==

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===Road===
[[Image:Oregon City Main Street 1920.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|alt=Main Street, circa 1920|Main Street c. 1920]]

[[Interstate 205 (Oregon-Washington)|Interstate 205]] passes through the city's northern edge, and is the only freeway to serve the city. In addition, three state highways ([[Oregon Route 43]], [[Oregon Route 99E]], and [[Oregon Route 213]]) pass through or terminate in Oregon City. The former two serve the city's downtown core, the latter provides service to the southern parts of Oregon City.

===Rail===
The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] mainline passes through the city. The city also has an [[Oregon City (Amtrak station)|Amtrak station]], which is served twice daily in each direction by [[Amtrak Cascades|Amtrak ''Cascades'']] trains running between Portland and [[Eugene, Oregon]]. The ''[[Coast Starlight]]'' (Seattle–Los Angeles) passes through but does not stop.

===Air===
There are no public airports within the city. A small private airfield is along Beavercreek Road, south of Oregon City. Oregon City is served by [[Portland International Airport]], {{convert|15|mi}} to the north, and by [[Portland-Mulino Airport]], a general-aviation facility in the town of [[Mulino, Oregon|Mulino]], approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} to the south.

===Water===
The Willamette River in Oregon City is [[navigable river|navigable]] to small craft, and Oregon City has a thriving fishing and recreational boating industry. The [[Willamette Falls Locks]] once allowed boats to navigate around the falls. The Clackamas River is not navigable, except for the lowermost portions.

===Mass transit===
As part of the greater [[Portland metropolitan area]], Oregon City is served by [[TriMet]], the regional transit authority, with several bus lines which converge at the [[Oregon City Transit Center]]. Until 1958, an [[interurban]] [[tram|trolley]] line operated by the now-defunct [[Portland Traction Company]] connected Oregon City with Portland;<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Richard |year=2006 |title=Portland's Streetcars |pages=114–121 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=0-7385-3115-4 }}</ref> remnants of this line are still visible (such as an abandoned bridge across the Clackamas River, just east of the OR 99E bridge). In more recent years, the city operated a "historic trolley" service during the summer months, primarily to serve the needs of tourism, but the vehicles used were [[tourist trolley|trolley-replica buses]], rather than actual trolley cars, and in 2013 it was decided to discontinue that service and sell the vehicles.<ref name=oregonian-2013jul27>{{cite news |last=Mayes |first=Steve |title=Oregon City trolley makes its last run on Labor Day, 3-bus fleet will be sold |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |date=July 27, 2013 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2013/07/oregon_city_trolly_makes_its_l.html |access-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028161314/http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2013/07/oregon_city_trolly_makes_its_l.html |archive-date=October 28, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Two other public agencies provide transit service in Oregon City, supplementing that of TriMet. The [[South Clackamas Transportation District]] (SCTD) operates a route between Clackamas Community College on the south east end of Oregon City to Molalla, about {{convert|18|mi|km}} south on Oregon Route 213. [[Canby Area Transit]] (CAT) operates regular service on Oregon Route 99E between the Oregon City Transit Center and Canby. [[South Metro Area Regional Transit|SMART]], South Metro Area Regional Transit, serving Wilsonville, connects to CAT in Canby. CAT also has service to Woodburn.

[[Dial-a-Ride]] service is operated by TriMet, but CAT also operates within the Oregon City city limits for trips originating or terminating in the CAT service area. If transfers between TriMet and CAT are necessary, they are accomplished at the Oregon City Transit Center (OCTC) at 11th & Main, which is at the northeast end of the downtown area.