The MAX blue line between the Gateway Transit Center and the 102nd MAX station will not be running this weekend (June 21 & 22). Like the two weekends in April, TriMet crews will be working on the MAX green line, installing overhead wires.

Shuttles will be provided for MAX riders who wish to go between the two stations. The red line is unaffected with this interruption.

Stacy over at Hello… This is Me recently wrote a post with six mentions of the word “MAX.” With six mentions, the post has to be good… right? Well, turns out that is indeed a positive post about using the MAX to get around that beautiful Saturday we had last weekend.

The post goes over some nice destinations individuals can use the MAX for. Stacy and a friend happened to use the MAX to hop on over to the Saturday Market as well as hit the Lloyd Center up for some shopping. Then they hit that little MAX disturbance over the weekend when they were planning on going to the local IKEA near the Portland International Airport. Three worthwhile destinations that MAX can take you - the Saturday Market, Lloyd Center & IKEA.

That’s a full day’s worth of shopping right there!

Read over at BikePortland that there was some “Public Transportation” graffiti on I-84 eastbound. Lo and behold, as we pulled into the 42nd Avenue MAX Station there it was:

Not a whole lot of room for someone to go about making that on I-205…