Editing Columbia County, Oregon (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:CC Rider van at Willow Creek MAX station.jpg|thumb|right|The ''CC Rider'' transit service links the county to Portland and points in Washington County, including connecting with [[TriMet]] buses and the [[MAX Light Rail|MAX light rail]] system in eastern Hillsboro.]]

===Public transit===
[[Columbia County Rider]] (CC Rider), a service of the Columbia County Transit Division, provides six intercity bus lines and one "flex route" serving various points of downtown St. Helens and downtown Scappoose.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia County Rider |url=http://www.nworegontransit.org/agencies/columbia-county-rider/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517153410/http://www.nworegontransit.org/agencies/columbia-county-rider/ |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |publisher=NW Oregon Connector}}</ref> From 2016 to 2022, CC Rider buses were operated by contract drivers supplied by [[MTR Western]], a charter motor coach operator,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mann |first=Cody |date=June 28, 2016 |title=Where does CC Rider go from here? |url=https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/where-does-cc-rider-go-from-here/article_0e91689c-3d8b-11e6-b298-6764a26e3d52.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701042738/https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/where-does-cc-rider-go-from-here/article_0e91689c-3d8b-11e6-b298-6764a26e3d52.html |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |work=[[The Chronicle (St. Helens)|The Chronicle]] |location=St. Helens, Oregon}}</ref> but since July 2022 the county has operated the service directly.<ref name="in-house">{{Cite news |last=Del Savio |first=Anna |date=July 6, 2022 |title=Columbia County brings CC Rider in-house |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/scs/83-news/550968-440861-columbia-county-brings-cc-rider-in-house |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709062125/https://pamplinmedia.com/scs/83-news/550968-440861-columbia-county-brings-cc-rider-in-house |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=[[Columbia County Spotlight]] |publisher=[[Pamplin Media Group]]}}</ref>

The transit service is largely funded by grants from the [[Oregon Department of Transportation]] and the federal government. Attempts at making CC Rider a separate transit district and to introduce new taxes to fund it have repeatedly failed since 2015. Columbia County and nearby [[Clatsop County, Oregon|Clatsop County]] are currently studying options on consolidating the two county's transit services.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stratton |first=Edward |date=December 4, 2017 |title=Clatsop, Columbia transit networks look at linking |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20171204/clatsop-columbia-transit-networks-look-at-linking |access-date=May 16, 2018 |work=[[The Daily Astorian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vaughn |first=Courtney |date=June 9, 2017 |title=CC Rider looks at service cuts, possible transit merger |url=https://www.columbiacountyspotlight.com/news/cc-rider-looks-at-service-cuts-possible-transit-merger/article_0e7c086c-b1a6-5b0b-acf0-64b7e60e8a68.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820103806/http://www.pamplinmedia.com/scs/83-news/362604-242443-cc-rider-looks-at-service-cuts-possible-transit-merger |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |url-status=live |work=Columbia County Spotlight}}</ref>

Single-ride fares range from $2 to $6 per ride, depending on number of zones traveled. A ride to [[Astoria, Oregon|Astoria]] costs up to $10 per ride each way.<ref>{{Cite web |title=7 Lower Columbia Connector |url=http://www.nworegontransit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Route-7-CCR.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.nworegontransit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Route-7-CCR.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |publisher=CC Rider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1 Downtown Portland |url=http://www.nworegontransit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Route-1-CCR.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.nworegontransit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Route-1-CCR.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |publisher=CC Rider}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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