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Area code (s) 503, 971, 360 & 564. The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area with its core in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. [ 2 ][ 3 ] It has 5 principal cities the largest being Portland, Oregon. [ 4 ] The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies it as the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan ...
The Greater Portland METRO is a regional public transportation system, established in 1966, in Southern Maine. Operated by the Greater Portland Transit District, a transit district comprising Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Brunswick, [ 1] the system also covers Gorham and The Maine Mall portion of South Portland .
A Greater Portland Metro bus en route to Westbrook (route number 4) in 2010. Established in 1966, Greater Portland Metro is the state's largest transportation agency. [28] It has two hubs: one on Elm Street (known as the Metro Pulse) in downtown Portland and one in Westbrook.
UTC−5(EST) • Summer (DST) UTC−4(EDT) The city of Portland, Maine, is the hub city of a metropolitan areain southern Maine. The region is commonly known as Greater Portlandor the Portland metropolitan area. For statistical purposes, the U.S. federal government defines three different representations of the Portland metropolitan area.
Metro is the regional government for the Oregon portion of the Portland metropolitan area, covering portions of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties. It is the only directly elected regional government and metropolitan planning organization in the United States. [ 2] Metro is responsible for overseeing the Portland region's solid waste ...
41-59000. GNIS ID. 2411471 [ 6] Website. www .portland .gov. Portland ( / ˈpɔːrtlənd / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County ...
The statistical criteria for a standard metropolitan area were defined in 1949 and redefined as a metropolitan statistical area in 1983. [ 3] Due to suburbanization, the typical metropolitan area is polycentric rather than being centered around a large historic core city such as New York City or Chicago. [ 4]
The Metropolitan Area Express ( MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Owned and operated by TriMet, it consists of five lines connecting the six sections of Portland; the communities of Beaverton, Clackamas, Gresham, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove; and Portland International Airport ...