Editing Beaverton, Oregon (section)

==Infrastructure==
Fire protection is provided through [[Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue]]. [[Emergency medical services|EMS]] services are provided by [[Metro West Ambulance]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About TVF&R|url=http://www.tvfr.com/index.aspx?NID=93|publisher=Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>

===Transportation===
[[File:BeavertonTransitCenter SEside.jpg|thumb|right|TriMet buses parked at Beaverton Transit Center]]

Beaverton is served by [[transit bus]], [[commuter rail]], and [[light rail]] services operated by the Portland metropolitan area's regional transit agency, TriMet. [[MAX Light Rail]] serves the city with seven light rail stations; from west to east, they are: {{stn|Elmonica/Southwest 170th Avenue}}, {{stn|Merlo Road/Southwest 158th Avenue}}, {{stn|Beaverton Creek}}, {{stn|Millikan Way}}, {{stn|Beaverton Central}}, [[Beaverton Transit Center]], and [[Sunset Transit Center]].<ref>{{cite map |url=https://www.beavertonoregon.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8235/Bike-Beaverton-Route-Map |title=Bike Beaverton Route Map |publisher=City of Beaverton, Oregon |date=June 2014 |access-date=May 20, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trimet.org/transitcenters/#beaverton |title=Transit Centers |publisher=TriMet |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> The [[MAX Blue Line]] serves all seven stations while the [[MAX Red Line]] serves only Beaverton Transit Center and Sunset Transit Center.<ref name="MAX system map">{{cite map |url=https://trimet.org/maps/pdf/railsystem.pdf |title=Rail System Map with transfers |publisher=TriMet |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210194620/https://trimet.org/maps/pdf/railsystem.pdf |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Beaverton Transit Center, TriMet's busiest transit center,<ref name="fall-2018-tc-ridership">{{cite web |url=https://trimet.org/about/pdf/census/2018fall/transit-center-ridership.pdf |title=TriMet Transit Center Ridership – Fall 2018 |publisher=TriMet |access-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302171425/http://trimet.org/about/pdf/census/2018fall/transit-center-ridership.pdf |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in addition to MAX, serves as a [[transit hub]] for [[bus route]]s mostly operating on the west side and as the northern terminus of [[WES Commuter Rail]].<ref name=oreg-2009feb3>{{cite news|last=Crepeau|first=Megan|title=Westside commuter rail launch smooth<!--(print-edition headline)-->|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=February 3, 2009 <!--(online date Feb. 2)-->|page=B2|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/02/wes_debuts_smoothly_but_with_a.html|access-date=August 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019184648/http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/02/wes_debuts_smoothly_but_with_a.html|archive-date=October 19, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> {{stn|Hall/Nimbus}}, the second station southbound on WES, is also located in Beaverton.<ref>{{cite map |url=https://trimet.org/schedules/pdf/wes.pdf |title=WES Commuter Rail |publisher=TriMet |access-date=June 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302141721/http://trimet.org/schedules/pdf/wes.pdf |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Intercity bus service]]s with stops in Beaverton include [[Oregon POINT|POINT]] and [[Tillamook County Transportation District|TCTD]].

[[Oregon Electric Railway|Oregon Electric]] and [[Red Electric]] interurban lines once served the city in the early 20th century. In the 1940s, [[Blue Bus lines (Oregon)|Tualatin Valley Stages]], a division of Portland Stages, Inc., provided limited bus transit service between the city and [[downtown Portland]];<ref>{{cite news|title=Stage Fares To Increase|date=August 6, 1947|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|page=9}}</ref> it operated later as a separate company, Tualatin Valley Buses, Inc., through the 1960s. This was one of four privately owned bus companies that served the Portland metropolitan area and were collectively known as the [[Blue Bus lines (Oregon)|"Blue Bus" lines]]. All four companies were replaced in 1970 by TriMet,<ref name="tri-met action averts">{{cite news|last=Federman|first=Stan|date=September 2, 1970|title=Tri-Met Action Averts Strike Of Bus Drivers; Agency To Assume Operation Of Four Suburban Blue Lines|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|page=1}}</ref> which expanded bus service to cover more areas of Beaverton.

The city is the location of a major [[Interchange (road)|freeway interchange]] for [[U.S. Route 26 in Oregon|U.S. Route 26]] (US 26; Sunset Highway) and [[Oregon Route 217]] (OR 217). The Sunset Highway connects Beaverton to Hillsboro and the [[Oregon Coast]] to the west and Portland to the east. OR 217 travels from Beaverton south through Tigard and terminates at an interchange with [[Interstate 5 in Oregon|Interstate 5]] (I-5).