Who commutes between Wilsonville and the hundreds of thousands of jobs at the Beaverton TC? Does anyone have a count of the amount of MIDDLE CLASS or higher jobs within 3 miles of the stop? I betcha it's under a thousand. Lets be honest, everyone that hops on the commuter train is going to catch the MAX into downtown adding another 20 to 25 minutes to their commute. Does it really take, even in heavy traffic, one hour to one and a quarter hours to get from Wilsonville to downtown? Even by bus?
I've heard from some circles that the commuter rails is intended to one day connect to Salem and then Eugene with much faster travels on the 5 corridor. The trip up 217 is going to be the sticky spot just like the MAX in downtown.
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