PDX Transit

More than 300 businesses along 5th and 6th avenues are affected by construction of the Portland Mall MAX Light Rail Project. Please join us in supporting these businesses as Mother’s Day approaches. View a directory of Portland Mall businesses

As crews install MAX Light Rail tracks on 5th Avenue downtown, you might have noticed something different: They curve! Here’s why:

The curvy tracks mark the future sites of MAX stations, which will be located every 4-5 blocks along the Mall. MAX will share the Mall’s two transit lanes with buses, so it needs to “change [...]