1999 locale sandy oregon service type transit bus routes 2 website sandy transit a sam bus at trimet s gresham transit center sandy area metro called sam is a small public transit system operated by the city government of sandy oregon . one sam route provides service between sandy and the portland suburb of gresham where riders can use trimet to travel to most of the portland metropolitan area . a new route between sandy and eagle creek where riders can also connect with trimet to go to estacada started on july 2 2003 . citation needed now the route continues on to the city . rides on the sandy gresham and sandy estacada routes cost 1 each way . rides on the star on demand route which runs through the side streets of sandy cost 0.50 and that route is partially funded by a federal grant . riders wishing to view mount hood can ride the mountain express which stops at various places along highway 26 going towards the mountain . that fare is 5.00 for a one way ticket . citation needed sam was created after the city successfully petitioned trimet to be removed from the trimet district in the late 1990s . 1 the name was chosen in july 1999 2 and service began operating on january 4 2000 . 3 the local transit provider gave its one millionth ride on tuesday nov. 21 2006 . contents 1 routes 2 see also 3 references 4 external links routes edit sandy gresham express sandy estacada see also edit transportation in portland oregon references edit briggs kara december 29 1998 . sandy gets tri met ok for own transit system . the oregonian . city names bus system sam but it won t roll until jan. 3 july 8 1999 . the oregonian . riders express happiness as free bus service starts january 5 2000 . the oregonian washington county editions . external links edit city of sandy sandy transit v t e mass transit in the portland metropolitan area bus trimet list of transit centers c tran canby area transit mount hood express sandy area metro south clackamas transportation district south metro area regional transit rail max light rail list of stations blue line green line orange line red line yellow line portland streetcar a loop b loop ns line heavy rail wes commuter rail heritage rail vintage trolley willamette shore trolley other biketown bike share fareless square hop fastpass i 205 transitway metro portland aerial tram portland transit mall tilikum crossing transit bridge transportation in portland oregon union station italics denote lines or services which are planned under construction or otherwise not operating at the present time . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sandy area metro & oldid 675496044 categories bus transportation in oregon1999 establishments in oregontransportation in clackamas county oregontransportation in multnomah county oregonhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2012articles with unsourced statements from august 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 august 2015 at 23 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view