Editing Hillsboro, Oregon (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:TriMet Type 5 LRVs in Hillsboro May 2015.jpg|left|alt=A MAX light rail train parked at the Hatfield Government Center Station in Downtown Hillsboro. The train is a pair of Type 5 LRVs.|thumb|The western terminus of the MAX Blue Line at the Hatfield Government Center Station]]
Public transportation is available by bus and light rail, managed by regional transit agency [[TriMet]].<ref name=snapshot/> The first [[MAX Light Rail]] line, now known as the [[MAX Blue Line|Blue Line]], was extended to serve Hillsboro on September 12, 1998.<ref name=end>{{cite news |title=Go west young MAX |last=Oliver |first=Gordon |author2=Don Hamilton |date=September 9, 1998 |work=The Oregonian |page=C1}}</ref> The western terminus is located downtown. The Willow Creek and Hillsboro transit centers (TC) are the main hubs of the public transit system, although seven other MAX stations provide varying degrees of bus interconnection. MAX stations (west to east) are the {{stn|Hatfield Government Center}}, [[Hillsboro Central/Southeast 3rd Avenue Transit Center|Hillsboro Central TC]], [[Tuality Hospital/Southeast 8th Avenue station|Hillsboro Health District]], [[Washington/Southeast 12th Avenue station|Washington/Southeast 12th Avenue]], [[Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds station|Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds]], {{stn|Hawthorn Farm}}, [[Orenco station (TriMet)|Orenco]], {{stn|Quatama}}, and [[Willow Creek/Southwest 185th Avenue Transit Center|Willow Creek TC]]. Located next to the Tuality Hospital station is the [[Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility]], which opened in 2010 and was jointly paid for by the hospital, Pacific University, and the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1234554635179080.xml&coll=6 |title=Parking garage coming to health campus |last=Gordanier |first=Susan |date=February 13, 2009 |newspaper=The Hillsboro Argus |access-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128080327/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1234554635179080.xml&coll=6 |url-status=live }}</ref> The facility is primarily a parking garage, but includes lockers and showers for bicyclists along with [[electric vehicle]] charging stations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hillsboro hopes its electric charging stations entice alternative-energy industry |last=Parks |first=Casey |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=March 19, 2010 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/03/hillsboro_hopes_its_electric_charging_stations_entice_new_industry.html |access-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-date=January 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010509/http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/03/hillsboro_hopes_its_electric_charging_stations_entice_new_industry.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[MAX Red Line]] was also extended in 2024 from [[Beaverton Transit Center]] to the Fairgrounds station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Design – A Better Red |url=https://trimet.org/betterred/design.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213644/https://trimet.org/betterred/design.htm |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |publisher=TriMet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-26 |title=Major changes take effect for TriMet's MAX, bus lines. Here's what you should know |url=https://www.koin.com/news/trimet-max-a-better-red-line-expansion-beaverton-hillsboro-airport/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=KOIN.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Freight rail service from [[Portland and Western Railroad]] with interconnections to the [[BNSF Railway]] and the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] both serve Hillsboro.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/portland_western_railroad_inc |title=Portland & Western Railroad |publisher=Genesee & Wyoming |access-date=February 1, 2009 |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224090226/http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/portland_western_railroad_inc |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city is not served by passenger rail service over a heavy-rail line.<ref name=econ/> Air travel is available at the [[Hillsboro Airport]] in the center of the city and at [[Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark]], a [[general aviation]] field south of the city. The Hillsboro Airport is a general aviation airport operated by the [[Port of Portland (Oregon)|Port of Portland]], and is the second-busiest airport in the state after [[Portland International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Two growth patterns, one worry |last=Bermudez |first=Esmeralda |date=July 19, 2006 |work=The Oregonian |page=C1}}</ref> The airport mainly serves private pilots and corporate flights, with no [[Airline|scheduled airline]] flights from its two runways, but does have an on-call customs service.<ref name=econ/><ref>{{cite news |title=West Zoner: Hillsboro Airport to get customs service operation |last=Potter |first=Connie |date=May 25, 1989 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=4}}</ref>

[[Oregon Route 8]], known locally as the [[Tualatin Valley Highway]] (TV Highway), is the primary east–west highway.<ref name=businessprofile/> [[U.S. Route 26 (Oregon)|U.S. Route 26]], also known as the [[Sunset Highway (Oregon)|Sunset Highway]], bisects the northeast corner of the city. Other major east–west roads are [[Cornell Road]] and Main Street (formerly Baseline Road).<ref name=econ/> Major north–south routes are [[Oregon Route 219]] / 1st Avenue, 10th Avenue, [[Cornelius Pass Road]], and Brookwood Parkway.<ref name=econ/> The easternmost north–south route, 185th Avenue, borders Beaverton and runs between the Tanasbourne Town Center and the rest of Hillsboro. TV Highway connects to [[Cornelius, Oregon|Cornelius]] and [[Forest Grove, Oregon|Forest Grove]] to the west and Beaverton to the east.

===Services===
Hillsboro operates its own library system, fire department, parks department, water system, police department,<ref name=econ/> and municipal internet service. The [[Hillsboro Fire Department]] has five stations, and the [[Hillsboro Police Department]] operates two standard precincts and a mobile precinct.<ref name=econ>{{cite web |url=http://info.econ.state.or.us:591/FMPro?-db=Community.fp4&-Format=forms.htm&-lay=webpage&-op=eq&sort%20name=Hillsboro&-Find |title=Hillsboro Community Profile |work=Oregon Economic & Community Development Department |publisher=[[Oregon Secretary of State]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415211823/http://info.econ.state.or.us:591/FMPro?-db=Community.fp4&-Format=forms.htm&-lay=webpage&-op=eq&sort%20name=Hillsboro&-Find |archive-date=April 15, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=obb>{{cite web |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/e-k/hillsboro.aspx |title=Incorporated Cities: Hillsboro |work=[[Oregon Blue Book]] |publisher=Oregon Secretary of State |access-date=October 6, 2007 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025031353/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/e-k/hillsboro.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/08/new_cherry_lane_fire_house_see.html |title=New Cherry Lane fire house seeds future for expansion |last=Eckert |first=Kurt |date=August 5, 2010 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |access-date=August 8, 2010 |archive-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807191813/http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/08/new_cherry_lane_fire_house_see.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Wastewater treatment is provided through the county-wide [[Clean Water Services]]. The city's municipal internet service, [[HiLight]], was initially launched in 2020 and expects to cover all households by 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=December 10, 2020 |title=Hillsboro launches HiLight, aspiring to build Oregon's largest city-run internet service |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2020/12/hillsboro-launches-hilight-aspiring-to-build-oregons-largest-city-run-internet-service.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122232809/https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2020/12/hillsboro-launches-hilight-aspiring-to-build-oregons-largest-city-run-internet-service.html |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=The Oregonian/OregonLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2021 |title=Hillsboro's HiLight internet service years ahead of schedule |url=https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/hillsboros-hilight-internet-service-years-ahead-of-schedule/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=KOIN.com |language=en-US |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122233414/https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/hillsboros-hilight-internet-service-years-ahead-of-schedule/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Health care===
Hospital services in the city are provided by [[Hillsboro Medical Center]] (formerly Tuality Community Hospital) in the downtown area of the city.<ref name=snapshot/> Opened in 1918 as the city's first hospital,<ref>{{cite news |title=Business and Industry: Tuality Hospital begins in home |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=10}}</ref> the 167-bed facility is operated by [[Tuality Healthcare]]. Other significant medical facilities include [[Kaiser Permanente]]'s Sunset Medical Office and [[Providence Health & Services]]' immediate care center, both in the Tanasbourne neighborhood. Kaiser Permanente also opened the [[Kaiser Westside Medical Center]], a 126-bed hospital in 2013, next to its Sunset Medical Office.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy |title=Maternity unit tour: Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/kiddo/index.ssf/2013/08/maternity_ward_tour_kaiser_per.html |access-date=January 10, 2014 |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=August 29, 2013 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092834/http://www.oregonlive.com/kiddo/index.ssf/2013/08/maternity_ward_tour_kaiser_per.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] opened a medical clinic in the Tanasbourne area in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/02/va_clinic_will_host_open_house.html |title=VA clinic will host open house of new facilities |last=Crepeau |first=Megan |date=February 12, 2009 |work=The Oregonian |access-date=February 16, 2009 |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609145157/http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/02/va_clinic_will_host_open_house.html |url-status=live }}</ref>