A commercial power outage in downtown Portland is causing delays on MAX lines tonight, TriMet confirmed.
Bekki Witt, a TriMet spokeswoman, said the Yellow and Green lines cannot cross the Steel Bridge at this time.
However, those light rail trains are still running in the downtown mall and east of the Rose Quarter Transit Center. Shuttle buses are taking commuters across the bridge.
The Red and Blue lines are still running but slower than usual, Witt said.
Because the Red and Blue lines operate on a different signal system than the Yellow and Green lines, drivers can manually bypass the signals, allowing them to go over the bridge.
The delays are in effect until further notice.
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