Host Teams & Practices | Accomodations | All About Portland | Getting To & Around Portland | Visiting Teams Guide
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No need to spend big bucks on a town car when you arrive! MAX, Portland's light rail system, runs right from the airport to downtown Portland and from the train and bus stations through downtown.
A note for plane travelers: Most airlines think your paddle is a weapon and will make you check it. A protective golf bag or other sports equipment bag may work for your paddle, with some extra bubble wrap. If you prefer not to travel with your paddle, there will be wooden ones at the race venue to borrow.
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Getting around Portland is lot easier when you know the city is divided into 4 quadrants, with a 5th thrown in to confuse you. | |
| The Willamette River divides Portland into east and west sides. North/south running streets are generally numbered, starting at the Willamette River and going up in number as you head east or west. Burnside Street divides Portland into north and south halves. East/west running streets in the NW quadrant are in alphabetic order with Burnside representing "B" on the southern end and Vaughn representing "V" on the northern end. The fifth quadrant is North Portland, which has less distinct boundaries, but is generally the peninsula between the Willamette and Columbia, west of I-5. Street names are preceded with an N, NW, NE, SE or SW corresponding with the "quadrant." | ||
| Bridges crossing the Willamette are also a reference point. From north to south, the bridges are: St. John's, Fremont (I-405), Broadway, Steel, Burnside, Morrison, Hawthorne (our finish line), Marquam (I-5, just south of our start line), Ross Island and Sellwood. | ||
| The race venue, host hotels and downtown are all in SW; the airport is in NE. Nothing is really that far away from you, wherever you are in Portland. | ||
If you aren't already driving to Portland, you probably won't need a car while you are here.
Portland has an extensive bus sytem (TriMet) and MAX, Portland's light rail system, runs right from the airport to downtown Portland and from the train and bus stations through downtown. The Portland Streetcar also runs from the RiverPlace to Northwest Portland, with free service in the downtown area.
If you need a cab, ask at a hotel or call. They arrive fairly quickly. Radio Cab is (503) 227-1212 and Broadway Cab is (503) 227-1234.
If you do need a rental car, you can pick one up at the airport or downtown. Portland is also a Zipcar city, and you can pick up cars at multiple locations downtown if you are a Zipcar member.
Getting around Portland by bicycle is also a popular way to go... consider renting a bike instead!
