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TriMet is your ride to Pride

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Mark Miller

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Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Parade are easy to reach by transit

Image of TriMet's "From Progress to Beyond" artistic bus wrap by Daniel Quasar on a Portland city street. A person on a bicycle riding past the bus appears to be looking at it.

TriMet is gearing up for big crowds and summer fun this weekend in Downtown Portland!

Portland is celebrating the LGBTQ+ community on Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20, with the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Portland Pride Parade — featuring a special TriMet bus!

The festival, held at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, will take place both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The parade kicks off at the North Park Blocks at 11 a.m. before making its way to the festival.

TriMet is the best way to get to and from Portland Pride! The festival entrances along Southwest Naito Parkway are conveniently located close to TriMet bus stops and MAX stations, as is the parade route. Skip the traffic, save on parking and take TriMet instead!

Taking TriMet

Getting to and from Portland Pride is easy with TriMet.

Portland Pride Waterfront Festival entrances are located along Naito Parkway at Southwest Ash, Pine and Harvey Milk streets. The Harvey Milk Street entrance is just a block east of the Oak St/SW 1st Ave MAX Station, which is served by the MAX Blue and Red lines.

The parade route along Northwest Davis Street passes right by the NW 6th & Davis and NW 5th & Couch MAX stations, which are served by the MAX Green, Orange and Yellow lines, as well as the Old Town/Chinatown MAX Station on the Blue and Red lines.

Several bus lines also stop near Waterfront Park and the parade route.

Visit trimet.org to plan your trip!

Image of a rider's hand tapping a bank card to a Hop reader at a MAX station. A MAX train is in the background.

What to expect

Parade day service

As always, TriMet works closely with organizers to keep people safe during the parade.

Lines 16 and 77 will be detoured from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MAX trains on all lines may pause for a few minutes to allow parade groups and floats to cross the tracks, before proceeding once it’s safe.

We encourage riders of these lines to allow some extra time on Sunday, as the parade may cause minor delays.

It’s easy to get on board!

You don’t need a Hop Fastpass® card or cash to pay Adult fare on TriMet!

Just tap your contactless credit or debit card, or a smartphone with a digital wallet, at a green Hop reader when you ride. Each rider should use a separate card.

You can ride for 2½ hours, anywhere on TriMet, when you tap. If you tap again with the same payment method after that, you’ll earn a Day Pass! Learn more at trimet.org/fares.

Always be respectful of fellow riders and TriMet employees. Check out our Rules for Riding before you go. Call or text 503-238-7433 (RIDE) anytime to report unwanted or suspicious behavior.

Free parking

Park for free at a TriMet Park & Ride near you! Instead of driving into Downtown Portland and paying for parking, you can leave your car at one of our parking facilities, hop on a bus or MAX, and skip the stress and expense.

Park & Rides are located throughout our service area, with hundreds of parking spaces at facilities like:

Check out the travel options in our Trip Planner at trimet.org and see which Park & Ride is the best fit for your trip!

Pride Progress bus

A TriMet bus, featuring a special LGBTQ+ themed design, will roll in the Portland Pride Parade!

We unveiled “From Progress to Beyond,” by Portland artist Daniel Quasar, last year. This dazzling bus has been turning heads on metro-area streets ever since.

Quasar is also the artist behind the Pride Progress flag, which has become popular around the world as an inclusive symbol of LGBTQ+ and other diverse communities. For “From Progress to Beyond,” Quasar adapted their flag to wrap around a TriMet bus, covering it in bold, angular stripes.

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