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Old 10-16-2012, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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So my husband is flying to Portland Thursday morning for a job interview. The interview is in Clackamas, but he'll have a few hours to kill beforehand (he arrives around 11am and the interview is at 6pm). What are the best public transportation options for getting downtown from the airport, and then to Clackamas (and how long does that take, roughly)?

Thanks in advance!!
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Old 10-16-2012, 03:39 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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MAX light rail - the Red line from the airport to downtown (the airport station is next to baggage claim), and the Green line from downtown to Clackamas.

TriMet: Public Transit in the Portland Area
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Old 10-16-2012, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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He should check on transportation from the Clackamas MAX station to his interview.
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Old 10-16-2012, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Lakewood OH
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Airport to downtown is no problem. It can take about an hour. But be sure that the MAX will go from downtown Portland to wherever the job interview is from downtown Portland to Clackamas. You can check that out now by using the TriMet Trip Planner online. Just put in something like 5th and Morrison or Pioneer Square as the starting point and then put the address of the interview in Clackamas as the destination point. It may be possible that the MAX doesn't go near there or it could be it does. In either case, your husband will need to know so he can adjust his plans accordingly. There are also buses that go from downtown to Clackamas.

TriMet has a travel office in Pioneer Square.
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Old 10-16-2012, 05:13 PM
 
Location: Dallas, Oregon & Sunsites Arizona
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He should have no trouble getting there in six hours, but it could be close. Things happen. Cabs are another choice. He will have to take a bus part way if he uses MAX.
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Old 10-16-2012, 05:34 PM
 
Location: Lakewood OH
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He should have no trouble getting there in six hours, but it could be close. Things happen. Cabs are another choice. He will have to take a bus part way if he uses MAX.
Yeah, on second thought, if it were me and it was a job interview, I wouldn't take a chance on TriMet from downtown. I would take a cab to the interview.
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Old 10-16-2012, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Portland OR
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Yeah, on second thought, if it were me and it was a job interview, I wouldn't take a chance on TriMet from downtown. I would take a cab to the interview.

I think a 6 hour window would be safe. Just take the Red to Gateway and transfer to the Green and ride to the end of line. Worse comes to worse you can call a cab is it's delayed at any stop. If you take the train to the end of the line you can hang out at the mall (take advantage of our lack of sales tax ). Not to mention you probably don't want to be gallivanting around before an interview, risk getting rained on, ruin a suit etc. Not to mention be stressed out with rushing to find the business. Have your husband get a nice lunch at the airport before heading out as prices onsite are the same as offsite. Flying Elephants deli in the main concourse outside of security has very good deli style food for a good price. Anyways - best wishes on the interview! So many people move here without jobs I always cheer for the ones who move here the right way (like me ), let the company pay for the move!

Cheers!

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Old 10-16-2012, 06:56 PM
 
Location: Lakewood OH
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I think a 6 hour window would be safe. Just take the Red to Gateway and transfer to the Green and ride to the end of line. Worse comes to worse you can call a cab is it's delayed at any stop. If you take the train to the end of the line you can hang out at the mall (take advantage of our lack of sales tax ). Not to mention you probably don't want to be gallivanting around before an interview, risk getting rained on, ruin a suit etc. Not to mention be stressed out with rushing to find the business. Have your husband get a nice lunch at the airport before heading out as prices onsite are the same as offsite. Flying Elephants deli in the main concourse outside of security has very good deli style food for a good price. Anyways - best wishes on the interview! So many people move here without jobs I always cheer for the ones who move here the right way (like me ), let the company pay for the move!

Cheers!
Red goes from the airport to downtown. No problem. Green goes from downtown to Clackamas Town Center, the end of the line. So why does the OP's husband have to transfer from Red to Green at Gateway going to Clackamas? Returning to the airport from the interview in Clackamas, if that what he plans to do, then he will have to take the Green and transfer to the Red at Gateway.

But all this is kind of iffy because it will depend upon just where in Clackamas the interview will take place and whether or not the MAX get him there. If the interview is at 6pm in Clackamas, where will the OP's husband need to go to afterwards? The airport again? How is he planning to get there? At that point will he be near enough to the Green MAX station to transfer to the Red to get back to the airport if he has a flight out?

I think there needs to be some mapping out here since we are talking about one end of the suburbs to another end of the city which are nowhere near one another and the transit system might not meet the time frame involved. It would help for the OP to let us know the vicinity in which the interview is going to take place in Clackamas. It may not be near a MAX station.

We don't want hubby to get stranded and miss that interview!
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Old 10-17-2012, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Portland OR
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Red goes from the airport to downtown. No problem. Green goes from downtown to Clackamas Town Center, the end of the line. So why does the OP's husband have to transfer from Red to Green at Gateway going to Clackamas? Returning to the airport from the interview in Clackamas, if that what he plans to do, then he will have to take the Green and transfer to the Red at Gateway.

But all this is kind of iffy because it will depend upon just where in Clackamas the interview will take place and whether or not the MAX get him there. If the interview is at 6pm in Clackamas, where will the OP's husband need to go to afterwards? The airport again? How is he planning to get there? At that point will he be near enough to the Green MAX station to transfer to the Red to get back to the airport if he has a flight out?

I think there needs to be some mapping out here since we are talking about one end of the suburbs to another end of the city which are nowhere near one another and the transit system might not meet the time frame involved. It would help for the OP to let us know the vicinity in which the interview is going to take place in Clackamas. It may not be near a MAX station.

We don't want hubby to get stranded and miss that interview!
I was suggesting the OP's husband not go to downtown. The Red to Gateway and then a transfer to the Green to Clackamas is correct if he's heading there from the airport.
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Old 10-17-2012, 01:05 PM
 
Location: Lakewood OH
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I was suggesting the OP's husband not go to downtown. The Red to Gateway and then a transfer to the Green to Clackamas is correct if he's heading there from the airport.
Oh I see. I would also skip downtown. I am with you on this one. Good suggestion.
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