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==Ground transportation== [[File:Portland Airport MAX station May 2024.jpg|thumb|A [[MAX Red Line]] light-rail train at [[Portland Airport station]]]] Public transit service to the airport is provided by [[TriMet]], the metropolitan area's primary transit agency, with its [[MAX Red Line]] [[light rail]] service. The 1986-opened [[MAX Light Rail]] system was extended to the airport in 2001.<ref name="pbj-2001sep">{{cite news| title=MAX trains begin airport service| newspaper=Portland Business Journal| date=September 10, 2001| url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/10/daily3.html| access-date=November 1, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121014119/http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/10/daily3.html| archive-date=January 21, 2005| url-status=live}}</ref> The Red Line originally provided service as far as downtown Portland only, but in 2003 it was extended west to Beaverton.<ref name=oreg-2003aug27>Leeson, Fred (August 27, 2003). "MAX fares increase, direct service from Beaverton to PDX starts". ''The Oregonian'', p. D2.</ref> The light rail [[Portland International Airport station|station]] is located only about {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} from the airport's baggage claim area.<ref name="pbj-2001sep"/> Prior to 2001, TriMet service to the airport consisted of bus route 72-82nd Avenue from 1970<ref name=oreg-1970oct23>{{cite news| title=Tri-Met Expands Bus Service, Including Trips To Airport| newspaper=The Oregonian| date=October 23, 1970| page=25}}</ref> to 1986, and route 12-Sandy Blvd. from 1986<ref name=oreg1986sep4-changes>{{cite news| title=Changes set in schedules, bus routes| newspaper=The Oregonian| date=September 4, 1986| page=ME8}}</ref> to 2001.<ref name=oreg-2001aug31-trimet>{{cite news| last1=Stewart| first1=Bill| title=Most Tri-Met fares rise Saturday, while route switches start Sept. 9| work=The Oregonian| date=August 31, 2001|page=B1}}</ref> Pacific Crest Lines also offers daily service to [[Portland_Union_Station|Union Station]], [[Salem,_Oregon|Salem]] and [[Bend,_Oregon|Bend]]. [[C-Tran (Washington)|C-Tran]] route 67 bus connects the airport to Fisher's Landing Transit Center in east [[Vancouver, Washington]]. By road, the terminal is accessible from exit 24 on [[Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)|Interstate 205]].
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