Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon/Transportation

The Oregon Transportation Subproject covers the transportation infrastructure of the State of Oregon. This page was begun by User:Ajbenj. Please feel free to modify as needed. This is a part of the WikiProject Oregon. See the talk page for discussion about what to include on this page. See Category:Transportation in Oregon for what falls under this subproject.

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Priorities
Many existing articles need expansion, are have missing external links or references, and/or need info boxes, photos, and/or other graphics. There are plenty of extremely short stubs. More than one sentence describing the article, photos, and some nice formatting really go a long way toward a good article!

History of Oregon transportation
Below are notes for a future article on the history of transportation in Oregon. Chronological for now, but grouping by topic might be worthwhile.


 * Celilo Falls - hub of commerce and culture for 11,000 years
 * Spanish exploration/search for Columbia River
 * Bridge of the Gods (geologic event)
 * Robert Gray Sails the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon, Hudson's Bay Company, Columbia Bar and jetties
 * Lewis and Clark exploration and overland settlement
 * Barlow Road and Santiam Wagon Road improve access from the east
 * Steamboats of the Columbia River, Steamboats of the Willamette River, Steamboats of the Oregon Coast
 * Samuel Hill as influential businessman/politician: Columbia River Highway, Pacific Highway
 * Glenn Jackson: Oregon's most influential Commissioner, oversaw expansion of highway infrastructure
 * Robert Moses, Jim Howell (see here: ), Neil Goldschmidt, and the freeway revolts surrounding Harbor Drive, the Mount Hood Freeway, etc.
 * Pacific Crest Trail, MAX Light Rail, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, and other "alternative" modes of transport

Highways
There already are good articles and groups working to keep track of highways and roads, but we ought to keep an eye on our own routes and highways. Some need pictures, some need graphics or maps, and others simply need to be created! Here are a few resources to help find things needing to be done:


 * Category:State routes in Oregon - Existing articles about the signed routes in Oregon.
 * Category:State highways in Oregon - Existing articles about unsigned, but officially designated highways in Oregon.
 * State highways in Oregon -An incomplete listing of signed routes and official unsigned, but State-designated route numbers.
 * See Category talk:Scenic highways in Oregon for a list of articles to be created.

Bridges
There are a lot of articles about Oregon Bridges that we can better organize, add, and/or expand articles on:


 * List of bridges on the Oregon Coast
 * Category:Bridges in Oregon
 * Hayden Bridge (Springfield, Oregon) — could use expansion

Rail
There is a lot to cover here. We should start by getting the present rail infrastructure covered. There are other collaborations working on railroad-related articles, and we should respect the established templates of existing pages. New pages should be formatted in the same way as similar rail-related pages, if possible.

Historic railroads, non-active rail passenger stations, old trolley systems, heritage lines and museums, interurbans, "fallen flags", can generally fall into this category, although they can also fit into the scope of the Oregon History subproject.

Some resources and ideas on where to start:


 * Category:Rail transport in Oregon
 * Active Railroad stations needing articles:
 * Klamath Falls (Amtrak station)


 * Needing expansion:
 * Albany (Amtrak station) (this could use some images)
 * Chemult (Amtrak station)
 * Eugene (Amtrak station)
 * Oregon City (Amtrak station)
 * Salem (Amtrak station)
 * Oregon Electric Station

Perhaps getting the Amtrak stations filled in will encourage other state projects to complete their lists.

Air
This will cover any aircraft-related infrastructure in Oregon: airlines, airports, seaplane ports, etc. So far all the scheduled service airports in the state have articles, although there are many that can be expanded.

Airports
Every existing Oregon Airport - public and private - now has an article. However they are in need of expansion and protected from being an orphan. Check out the airports here: Category:Airports in Oregon

There are several redlinked Military and former airports that are in need of articles. Feel free to pitch in at the bottom of the List of airports in Oregon.

Aviation companies
Oregon aviation related companies in need of articles:
 * Oregon Aero Scappoose, Oregon major aircraft seat manufacturer
 * American Blimp Corporation Hillsboro, Oregon Manufacturer of blimps, such as the famous Snoopy Metlife Blimps

Aviation articles needing expansion:
 * Epic Aircraft Bend, Oregon Manufacturer of turbine GA aircraft
 * Erickson Air-Crane Type Certificate & Production certificate holder for former Sikorsky S-64
 * Columbia Helicopters Aurora, Oregon Type Certificate holder former Boeing Model 107 and 234. Largest civilian operator of tandem rotor helicopters.

There is now a category for aviation related businesses in Oregon: Category:Aviation companies based in Oregon. So far Van's Aircraft is the only article that really has meat to it. All others are prime targets for expansion.

Other

 * Hijacking incident on Horizon Air (discussed in that article) flight from Eugene to PDX with a dumb criminal, DYK aspect to it.

Ferry systems
There used to be more passenger and vehicle ferry systems than there are now in Oregon. All are in need of articles or work to expand them:

Portland area

 * Stark Street Ferry-Willamette River in Portland
 * Taylors Ferry
 * Two Columbia River Ferries between Astoria and Megler and Portland and Vancouver

Marion/Polk counties

 * Spongs Ferry-between Spong's Landing county park and Cherry Knoll Rd in Polk County (south of Wheatland, east of Zena/Lincoln) ✅
 * Doaks Ferry-South of Spongs, in community of Eola, west of Minto-Brown park✅
 * Halls Ferry-South of Doaks✅ (also the intriguingly named "Social Security Fishing Hole")
 * Hales Ferry needs expansion, info in OGN and here.
 * Conser's Ferry, original name of Jefferon, and Jacob Conser ref + OGN

Lane County

 * Nimrod, Oregon ferry

Existing

 * Canby Ferry
 * Buena Vista Ferry
 * Wheatland Ferry - stub, needs expansion
 * Boones Ferry- stub started

There are probably more, please feel free to add!

Waterways
Canals, Jettys, anything which facilitates movement of river and ocean transport.

One article comes to mind that should have a bit more meat to it is Willamette Falls Locks.


 * Oregon Steam Navigation Company
 * Tualatin Canal

Lighthouses
Related to ocean and river navigation:
 * Category:Lighthouses in Oregon - all the public coastal ones, plus a lightship
 * List of lighthouses in the United States - has redlinked Willamette River Light also

Ports
Port Authorities, repair facilities, harbors, man-modified bays, State-designated Port areas, etc. See: Category:Ports and harbors of Oregon.


 * Ports

Pacific Ocean (north to south)
 * Port of Nehalem
 * Port of Garibaldi
 * Port of Tillamook Bay
 * Port of Newport
 * Port of Alsea (Waldport, Oregon)
 * Port of Siuslaw (Florence, Oregon)
 * Port of Umpqua (Reedsport, Oregon)
 * Port of Coquille River (Myrtle Point, Oregon) (inland)
 * Port of Port Orford
 * Port of Gold Beach

Columbia River (east to west)
 * Port of Astoria (Includes Warrenton)
 * Port of Cascade Locks
 * Port of Hood River
 * Port of The Dalles
 * Port of Arlington
 * Port of Morrow (Boardman, Oregon), Oregon's 2nd-largest port
 * Port of Umatilla


 * Marinas
 * Pacific City Marina
 * Port of Depoe Bay ?? - perhaps should redirect to Depoe Bay, Oregon and expand port info in that article (Depoe Bay already redirects to Depoe Bay, Oregon) part of Newport port district
 * Salmon Harbor Marina (Winchester Bay, Oregon)


 * Sources
 * Port Districts of Oregon
 * NOAA Oregon Port and Harbor Profiles


 * Need expansion
 * Port of Bandon
 * Port of Brookings Harbor
 * Port of Coos Bay
 * Port of St. Helens
 * Port of Toledo (Oregon)


 * See also
 * Port of Portland
 * List of marinas

Mass transit
The scope of Mass transit includes bus, urban rail, and small-scale streetcar systems. Also this includes any stations, maintenance facilities, and mass transit management agencies. Information about the history of public transportation, including trolley systems, trolley companies, former publicly-managed bus systems, and old private bus systems can go here and in the Oregon history area as well.

Portland

 * Existing TriMet pages probably do not need much work, they are well-maintained, but more pictures and graphics could be added and some expanding could make the individual MAX station articles look better.
 * There could be some use for articles on the bus-only TriMet transit centers.
 * Perhaps we should get a history of Portland transportation going? The whole scope seems a bit too broad to put in the context of just public transport though. Bridges, ferries, and roadways are also big chunks of Portland's rich transportation herritage.

Eugene

 * Lane Transit District Could be expanded, along with the EMX.

Medford

 * Rogue Valley Transportation District - Needs more information on funding and organizational structure. Also, the history section needs info. noting any significant developments of the 1980s and 1990s.

Articles needed

 * Albany Transit System (Oregon)
 * Astoria Riverfront Trolley
 * Basin Transit Service (Klamath Falls)
 * Bend Extended Area Transit
 * City of Woodburn Public Works Department Transit Division
 * Corvallis Transit System
 * Lincoln County Transit
 * Umpqua Public Transit (Roseburg)

The needed articles list also appears at Category:Mass transit in Oregon

Long-distance bus service
This covers the routes and facilities of large-scale bus systems, such as Greyhound, or even Amtrak Thruway.

The Portland, Oregon Greyhound Station is a sundry that needs an article.

Bicycling
Portland alone holds a large collection of bicycle-only infrastructure, such as the bike path along the length of I-205 between Oregon City and the Columbia River. This large network of bike paths may deserve articles.


 * Need articles
 * Sunset Highway bikepath — from near Cedar Hills to the Oregon Zoo. (Proper name for this article should be researched.) Highway 26 Path?
 * Ruth Bascom bikepath seems notable


 * To expand
 * Pacific Crest Bicycle Trail - from Canada to Mexico, traverses Oregon through Cascades
 * Springwater Corridor — rail/trail conversion
 * I-205 Bike Path


 * Sources
 * http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PLANS/docs/trails/FullReport.pdf

Trails
Public trails may fall into the realm of parks, as there are many deserving of articles inside the Portland city limits maintained by the parks bureau. Large trails, such as the Pacific Crest Trail, or hiking trail networks would fall into this category.

See also: Category:Historic trails and roads in Oregon

Streetcars, tramways
There is a list of Oregon streetcar systems data here.