Editing Corvallis, Oregon (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
In 2009, the Corvallis metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked as the highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who biked to work (9.3%), and the second-highest percentage of commuters who walked to work (11.2%). More than one of five Corvallis commuters traveled to work via some form of active transportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|series=American Community Survey Reports|title=Commuting in the United States: 2009|access-date=December 26, 2017|date=September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726134351/https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|archive-date=2017-07-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 2013, the Corvallis MSA represented the fifth-lowest [[mode share]] for commuting by private automobile (72.6%). During the same period, 8.8% of Corvallis-area commuters biked, another 7.9% walked, and 7.7% worked from home.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/acs/acs-32.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813230230/http://census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/acs/acs-32.pdf |archive-date=2015-08-13 |url-status=live |title= Who Drives to Work? Commuting by Automobile in the United States: 2013 |series= American Survey Reports |access-date= December 26, 2017 |date= August 2015 |author= McKenzie, Brian}}</ref>

====Air====
[[Corvallis Municipal Airport]] (CVO) serves private and corporate aircraft. Many well known celebrities have flown in and out of the Corvallis Municipal Airport over the years including [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1960, [[Oprah Winfrey]] and [[Michelle Obama]].

The closest commercial air service is available at [[Eugene Airport]] (EUG), {{convert|35|mi|km}}, [[McNary Field|Salem Airport]] (SLE), {{convert|40|mi|km}} or [[Portland International Airport]] (PDX), {{convert|95|mi| km}}.

The Groome Transportation Company provides multiple shuttles daily between Corvallis and the Portland Airport (PDX) with stops in Albany, Salem and Woodburn.
<ref name="Groome Transportation Routes">{{cite web|title=Groome Transportation Routes|url= https://groometransportation.com/all-locations/?sd_client_id=0be00cc7-84c9-459b-a451-18f6247da786|website=Gtoome Transportation|accessdate=31 May 2024}}</ref>

====Train====
Historically Corvallis had a very busy passenger train station and depot that was located downtown. They are no longer in use, but have been moved to other areas in the city, preserved, and repurposed. The Corvallis passenger train station is currently the Corvallis [[Old Spaghetti Factory]] restaurant. Passenger service is currently provided by the [[Amtrak Cascades]] line at the nearby [[Albany station (Oregon)|Albany Amtrak Station]] (ALY).

There are 2 [[Rail freight transport|freight lines]] that run through the city regularly.

====Bus====
[[File:Buses at Corvallis Transit's Downtown Transit Center (2018).jpg|thumb|right|Corvallis Transit's Downtown Transit Center]]

Long-distance bus service is provided in Corvallis by [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]]. It stops at the Downtown Transit Center and at OSU campus Transit stop (station ID: CVI and CVO).

[[FlixBus]] provides Regional service from the Downtown Transit Center and OSU campus Transit Center. There are 4 daily trips southbound to [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] and the [[University of Oregon|U of O]] campus, and 4 daily northbound trips to [[Albany, Oregon|Albany]], [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] and a [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nbc16.com/news/local/flixbus-begins-service-between-portland-and-corvallis-eugene-this-thursday|title=Flicbus begins service|date=2019-02-01|access-date=2024-05-31|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531081534/https://nbc16.com/amp/news/local/flixbus-begins-service-between-portland-and-corvallis-eugene-this-thursday|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Campus Connector – The Groome Transportation Company also provides Shuttle Bus service between the Oregon State University campus and University of Oregon campus in Eugene multiple times daily called the "Campus Connector" with a stop at the Eugene Airport between the two rival university campuses.<ref name="Groome Transportation Routes"/>

Local bus service is provided by 3 different transit systems, the Corvallis Transit System (CTS), the Benton Area Transit System (BAT) and the OSU Transit System "Beaver Bus". The Corvallis City Council approved an additional fee on monthly water utility bills in January 2011, allowing all CTS bus service to become fareless.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/corvallis-transit-system-drops-bus-fares/article_e6ae31e0-2e8e-11e0-9a07-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Corvallis Transit System drops bus fares|author=Nancy Raskauskas|newspaper=[[Corvallis Gazette-Times]]|date=2011-02-01|access-date=2015-08-02|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701124623/http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/corvallis-transit-system-drops-bus-fares/article_e6ae31e0-2e8e-11e0-9a07-001cc4c002e0.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corvallisoregon.gov/index.aspx?page=175|title=Bus Fares / Fareless|publisher=Corvallis Transit System|date=2015|access-date=2015-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921110451/http://www.corvallisoregon.gov/index.aspx?page=175|archive-date=2015-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The CTS system runs a total of 12 daytime routes, 10 within the city limits, Monday through Saturday, covering most of the city and converging at the Downtown Transit Center. Additional commuter routes run in the early morning and late afternoon on weekdays, and midmorning and midafternoon on Saturdays.

Two short-distance intercity routes are also ran by CTS from the Downtown Transit Center and OSU campus Transit Center. The "Linn-Benton Loop" runs multiple trips daily to the Albany Transit Center/ [[Albany station (Oregon)|Albany Amtrak Station]] (ALY) and [[Linn-Benton Community College]] The "Philomath Connection", runs multiple trips daily to downtown [[Philomath, Oregon|Philomath]].

Two other intercity routes are run by the Benton Area Transit System (BAT) from the Downtown Transit Center and OSU campus Transit Center. The "99 Express" runs multiple trips daily to [[Lewisburg, Oregon|Lewisburg]] and [[Adair Village, Oregon|Adair Village]]. The "Coast to Valley Express" runs multiple trips daily between the Albany Amtrak station (ALY) and the [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]] Transit Center with stops in Philomath, [[Blodgett, Oregon|Blodgett]], [[Eddyville, Oregon|Eddyville]] and [[Toledo, Oregon|Toledo]].

The Beaver Bus is run by the Oregon State University Transit System for transportation across the main campus. The Beaver Bus has 3 routes from the [[Reser Stadium]] Transit Center and has multiple stops throughout campus. Buses arrive at every stop every 15–20 minutes from 7am-7pm.

From 2010 to 2011, CTS has seen a 37.9% increase in ridership, partially as a result of going fareless and "the rising cost of fuel for individual vehicles and the desire for residents to choose more sustainable options for commuting to work, school and other activities"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ci.corvallis.or.us/0/doc/332193/Electronic.aspx|title=p. 3}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> According to Tim Bates, the Corvallis Transit System and Philomath Connection had 3,621,387 passenger miles traveled and 85,647 gallons of fuel consumed in fiscal year 2011, a period that covers July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}
In 2019, the local bus system expanded to several more lines throughout the city, and the addition of a minimal Sunday service.

====Highways====
* [[File:OR 34.svg|20px]] [[Oregon Route 34|Highway 34]]
Oregon State Route 34 is the main connector from Corvallis to [[Interstate 5|I-5]], the main arterial north–south route though the state of Oregon, which lies 10–12 miles to the east of the city. Continuing on OR 34 another 9–10 miles east of I-5 is the city of [[Lebanon, Oregon]] the 3rd largest city of the [[Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon, OR CSA|Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon CSA]]. Westward on OR 34 connects Corvallis to Philomath, [[Marys Peak]], [[Alsea, Oregon|Alsea]] and [[Waldport, Oregon|Waldport]] on the [[Oregon Coast]].
* [[File:US 20.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 20|Highway 20]]

US Route 20 is the main connector between the cities of Corvallis and [[Albany, Oregon]], which is the 2nd largest city of the [[Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon, OR CSA|Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon CSA]]. US 20 runs approximately parallel to the Willamette River for 11 miles Northeast of Corvallis until it reaches North Albany and crosses the Willamette River into Downtown Albany. Westward US 20 connects Corvallis to Philomath, [[Blodgett, Oregon|Blodgett]], [[Eddyville, Oregon|Eddyville]], [[Toledo, Oregon|Toledo]] and [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]] and the Oregon Coast.
* [[File:OR 99W.svg|25px]] [[Oregon Route 99W|Highway 99W]]

Oregon State Route 99W runs a north–south route and is the main connector between Corvallis and [[Eugene, Oregon]], 44 miles to the South. On Highway 99w in between the cities of Corvallis and Eugene are the cities of [[Monroe, Oregon]] and [[Junction City, Oregon|Junction City]]. To the north on OR 99W from Corvallis are the cities of [[Adair Village, Oregon|Adair Village]], [[Monmouth, Oregon|Monmouth]], [[Independence, Oregon|Independence]], [[Rickreall, Oregon|Rickreall]], [[Amity, Oregon|Amity]] and [[McMinnville, Oregon|McMinnville]].

====Bridges====

There are eight major bridges in the city, all but two traverse the [[Marys River (Oregon)|Mary's River]] or the [[Willamette River]].
* Harrison Street Bridge
* [[Van Buren Street Bridge]]
* Willamette River Bridge (Highway 34)
* Mary's River Bridge (Highway 99W)
* 4th Street Bridge (Highway 99W over Mary's River)
* Pacific Highway Bridge (Highway 99W over Railroad in North Corvallis)
* 15th Street Bridge (Over Mary's River to Avery Park)
* [[Irish Bend Covered Bridge]]

There are over 100 street and pedestrian crossings that traverse over the tributaries throughout the city. There are 13 creeks and 2 rivers that run through the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Corvallis Public Works Water Master Plan|url=https://www.corvallisoregon.gov/publicworks/page/stormwater-master-plan|website=Corvallis Public Works Water Master Plan|accessdate=12 June 2024|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612110756/https://www.corvallisoregon.gov/publicworks/page/stormwater-master-plan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Corvallis Urban Creeks Tour|url=https://sustainablecorvallis.org/what-we-do/action-teams/water/urban-creek-tours/#:~:text=Jackson%20Creek%20%E2%80%93%20Located%20in%20the,into%20the%20Jackson%2DFrazier%20Wetland.|website=Corvallis Sustainability Coalition|accessdate=12 June 2024|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612111046/https://sustainablecorvallis.org/what-we-do/action-teams/water/urban-creek-tours/#:~:text=Jackson%20Creek%20%E2%80%93%20Located%20in%20the,into%20the%20Jackson%2DFrazier%20Wetland.|url-status=live}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Creek
! Neighborhoods/ Location
! Street/ Pedestrian crossings
! Tributary
|-
|Dixon Creek
|Glenridge, Timberhill, Northwest & Central Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|[[Willamette River]]
|-
|[[Oak Creek (Marys River tributary)|Oak Creek]]
|Cardwell Hill, Bald Hill, OSU campus & Southwest Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|[[Marys River (Oregon)|Mary's River]]
|-
|Dunawi Creek
|Sunset, County Club & Southwest Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|Mary's River
|-
|Sequoia Creek
|9th Street & Northeast Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|
|-
|Ryon Creek
|Crystal Lake, South Town & South Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|Willamette River
|-
|Muddy Creek
|Country Club & Southwest Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|Mary's River
|-
|Mulkey Creek
|Bald Hill & West Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|Oak Creek
|-
|Alder Creek
|Bald Hill & West Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|Oak Creek
|-
|Skunk Creek
|Bald Hill & West Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|Oak Creek
|-
|Village Green Creek
|Village Green, Conifer & Northeast Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|5
|Jackson-Frazier wetlands
|-
|Jackson Creek
|Crescent Valley & Northeast Corvallis
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|Jackson-Frazier wetlands
|-
|Frazier Creek
|Crescent Valley & Northeast Corvallis
|align=center |3
|Jackson-Frazier wetlands
|-
|Owl Creek
|Colardo Lake, Eastgate, Peoria & East Corvallis
|align=center |3
|Colorado Lake
|}

====Bicycle====
The [[League of American Bicyclists]] gave Corvallis a gold rating as a Bicycle-Friendly Community in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2011/09/eleven-new-bicycle-friendly-communities-designated-city-leaders-invest-in-bicycle%E2%80%90friendly-future/#more-5935 |title= Eleven New Bicycle Friendly Communities Designated: City Leaders Invest in Bicycle-friendly Future |date= September 14, 2011 |publisher= League of American Bicyclists |access-date= March 9, 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928163908/http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2011/09/eleven-new-bicycle-friendly-communities-designated-city-leaders-invest-in-bicycle%e2%80%90friendly-future/#more-5935 |archive-date= September 28, 2012 }}</ref> Also, according to the United States Census Bureau's 2008–12 [[American Community Survey]], 11.2% of workers in Corvallis bicycle to work. The city of Corvallis is ranked third-highest among 'small' U.S. cities (with populations under 200,000) for bicycle commuters, behind Key West, Florida (17.4%) and Davis, California (18.6%).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/acs-25.pdf |title= Modes Less Traveled – Bicycling and Walking to Work in the United States: 2008–2012 |last= McKenzie |first= Brian |work= American Community Survey Reports |date= May 2014 |access-date= 2017-12-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180207082010/https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/acs-25.pdf |archive-date= 2018-02-07 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

===Utilities===
====Water====
The city's water system has two water treatment plants, nine processed water reservoirs, one raw water reservoir, and some {{convert|210|mi|km}} of pipe. The system can process up to about {{convert|19|e6USgal|m3}} of water per day.<ref name="wateroverview">{{cite web|url= http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=398&Itemid=353| title = Water Utility| publisher = City of Corvallis Public Works| access-date = 2009-01-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070808150446/http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=398&Itemid=353| archive-date = 2007-08-08| url-status = dead}}</ref>

The Rock Creek treatment plant processes water from sources in the {{convert|10000|acre|km2|adj=on}} Rock Creek Municipal Watershed near Marys Peak. The three sources are surface streams, which are all tributaries of the Marys River. Rock Creek has a processing capacity of {{convert|7|e6USgal|m3}} of water per day (gpd), though operational characteristics of the {{convert|9|mi|km|adj=on}}, {{convert|20|in|cm|adj=on}} pipeline to the city limits capacity to half that.<ref name="waterdetail">{{cite web| url = http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=431&Itemid=364| title = Water Treatment Facilities| publisher = City of Corvallis Public Works| access-date = 2009-01-26| archive-date = August 12, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070812230254/http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=431&Itemid=364| url-status = live}}</ref>  The Rock Creek Plant output remains steady year round at about {{convert|3|e6USgal|m3}}.<ref name="wateroverview"/>

The H.D. Taylor treatment plant obtains water from the Willamette River, and has been expanded at least four times since it was first constructed in 1949. Its output varies seasonally according to demand, producing from {{convert|2|to|16|e6USgal|m3}} per day,<ref name="wateroverview"/> though it has a capacity of {{convert|21|e6USgal|m3}} per day.<ref name="waterdetail"/>

The total reservoir capacity is {{convert|21|e6USgal|m3}},<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=400&Itemid=355| title = Water Distribution| publisher = City of Corvallis Public Works| access-date = 2009-01-26| archive-date = August 8, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808204921/http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=400&Itemid=355| url-status = live}}</ref> though measures to voluntarily reduce water usage begin when reservoir levels fall below 90% of capacity, and become mandatory at 80% or below.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842&Itemid=2942| title = Water Supply Emergency Curtailment Plan| publisher = City of Corvallis Public Works| access-date = 2009-01-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070812211809/http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842&Itemid=2942| archive-date = 2007-08-12| url-status = dead}}</ref>  As part of its ongoing water-conservation program, the water department jointly publishes a guide to water-efficient garden plants.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/downloads/pw/PGPlantGuide.pdf| title = Water Efficient Plants for the Willamette Valley| date = c. 2004| publisher = City of Corvallis Public Works| access-date = 2009-01-26| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090320140549/http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/downloads/pw/PGPlantGuide.pdf| archive-date = 2009-03-20| url-status = dead}}</ref>
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====Green power====
According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency report on its "green power communities", Corvallis is among the top cities in the nation in terms of buying electricity produced from renewable resources. Corvallis purchases more than 126 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which amounts to 21% of the city's total purchased electricity.<ref name="Corvallis Gazette Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/01/31/news/community/5aaa02_green.txt|title=Corvallis Tops Green Cities List|last=Neznanski|first=Matt|date=2009-01-31|access-date=2009-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/communities/gpcrankings.htm|title=Green Power Community Challenge Rankings|author=Green Power Partnership|publisher=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]|date=2012-03-26|access-date=2012-05-04|archive-date=November 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111151951/http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/communities/gpcrankings.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Fire department===
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The Corvallis Fire Department is headed by Fire Chief Ben Janes as of February 14, 2022, and currently has four stations in the City and 1 station located in the Corvallis Rural Fire Protection District which is staffed by 1 paid Lieutenant and several Interns. A sixth fire station was shuttered several years ago due to budgeting shortfalls and remains closed to date. Corvallis Fire provides ALS ambulance service for all of Benton County with 6 frontline ambulances. In 2024 CFD ran around 12,000 calls for service. The Corvallis Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2240 represents all line personnel and prevention staff.