Initial application:federal funds will help trimet to reconfigure update and renovate depreciated and undersized bus layover facilities at trimets beaverton transit center to provide a safer…

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded TriMet (Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon) $217,035 through the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500) on September 30, 2025, to support capital improvements at TriMet's Beaverton Transit Center. The grant funds construction activities designed to reconfigure, update, and renovate the facility's deprecated bus layover areas and pedestrian infrastructure. Specific deliverables include expansion of the pick-up and bus layover area to accommodate sixty-foot articulated battery electric buses, modernization of passenger transfer areas, and remodeling of the operator break facility to accommodate nine additional operators with improved amenities and updated fixtures.

The project aims to create a safer pedestrian environment, improve bus pull-in and pull-out procedures, and enhance work conditions for bus operators—thereby supporting workforce retention in a competitive labor market. As one of the oldest and undersized transit centers in the TriMet system, the Beaverton Transit Center modernization is identified as a high-priority asset management initiative that will improve accessibility and service operations. The environmental review process has been completed, allowing construction activities to proceed with an anticipated project completion date of April 30, 2027.

Activities

This initial grant application will include funds for construction activities related to improvements at trimets beaverton transit center. Total federal funds will be used to expand the pick-up and bus layover area to increase safety support planned service upgrades and provide space for sixty-foot articulated battery electric buses and remodel and expand the operator layover facility to accommodate nine (9) additional operators and update worn spaces and fixtures.

Expected outcomes

This initial grant application will include funds for construction activities related to improvements at trimets beaverton transit center. The updates to beaverton transit center will modernize the passenger transfer areas bus layover areas and operator break facilities. These changes will make BTC safer more accessible and will provide an improved work environment for trimets bus operators during their scheduled breaks and layovers. The current BTC facility is a high priority for modernization as part of trimets asset management plan as IT is one of the oldest transit centers in the system is undersized and lacking updated features. Other benefits particularly those to the operator break facility will help increase job satisfaction for bus operators that will aid in the retention of operators in a competitive job market.

Intended beneficiaries

Beaverton transit center is a major transfer point for accessing employment centers throughout washington county. Reliable accessible transit reduces barriers to employment in growth industries and provides upward mobility for historically disadvantaged communities that have a higher percentage of transit dependent individuals than the regional average. Reconfiguration of this site not only increases safety for pedestrians using the transit center but will also increase reliability of bus services.

Subrecipient activities

The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.