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- Rose_City_Transit abstract "The Rose City Transit Company (RCT, or RCTC) was a private company that operated most mass transit service in the city of Portland, Oregon, from 1956 to 1969. It operated only within the city proper. Transit services connecting downtown Portland with suburbs outside the city but within the Portland metropolitan area were run by other private companies, mainly a consortium of four companies known collectively as the "Blue Bus" lines.Rose City Transit was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Portland Traction Company (PTC), which was also its predecessor. Prior to the formation of RCT, most transit service in the city had been provided directly by Portland Traction under that name since the 1930s. After PTC's bus routes were transferred to Rose City Transit in 1956, PTC continued to run two interurban trolley lines (to Oregon City and Bellrose) under its own name, but those two lines – the only trolley car lines remaining in operation in Portland after abandonment of the last city streetcar lines in 1950 – were the only transit routes still operated directly by PTC, which otherwise was a freight railroad. Although RCT was a private company, it operated under a franchise agreement with the city of Portland, through which the city had some oversight control. Any fare increases or major service changes had to be approved by the city council.Many transit systems in the United States were changing from private to public control in the 1950s, as growth in private-car ownership and other factors made the provision of mass transit service an increasingly difficult business in which to make a profit. By 1962, all but two major West Coast cities had made the change and begun subsidizing transit, and one of those two exceptions was Portland, served by the Rose City Transit Company (with San Diego being the other). By 1967, RCT was the last remaining privately owned big-city transit system on the West Coast, after San Diego Transit became municipalized. Rose City Transit's annual ridership declined from 32.3 million in 1956 to 15.7 million in 1968.Effective December 1, 1969, a newly formed public authority, Tri-Met, replaced Rose City Transit, taking over all operation and facilities, and using the same personnel, under an agreement reached between RCT, the city council and Tri-Met.".
- Rose_City_Transit closingYear "1969".
- Rose_City_Transit location Portland,_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit location United_States.
- Rose_City_Transit numberOfLines "20".
- Rose_City_Transit numberOfVehicles "200".
- Rose_City_Transit openingYear "1956".
- Rose_City_Transit owner Portland_Railway,_Light_and_Power_Company.
- Rose_City_Transit passengersPerYear "1957".
- Rose_City_Transit passengersPerYear "1968".
- Rose_City_Transit regionServed Government_of_Portland,_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit thumbnail Rose_City_Transit_tokens_-_Portland,_Oregon.jpg?width=300.
- Rose_City_Transit type Public_transport_bus_service.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageID "17985595".
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageLength "36012".
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageOutDegree "100".
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageRevisionID "625078992".
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Advertising_character.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Amalgamated_Transit_Union.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Blue_Bus_lines_(Oregon).
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Board_of_directors.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:1956_establishments_in_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:1969_disestablishments_in_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bus_transportation_in_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_established_in_1956.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_companies_based_in_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_public_transport_operators_in_the_United_States.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Portland,_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_transportation_in_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Transportation_in_Portland,_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trolleybus_transport_in_the_United_States.
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- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Concession_(contract).
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Consortium.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Downtown_Portland.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Elephant.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Fare.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink File:RCT_logo_bw.png.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink File:Rose_City_Transit_502_in_1961.png.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Freight_rail_transport.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink GM_New_Look_bus.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink General_Motors.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Government_of_Portland,_Oregon.
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- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Holding_company.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Interurban.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Lawsuit.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Local_union.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Mack_Trucks.
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- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Motor_bus.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Municipal_bond.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Municipalization.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Oregon_City,_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Oregon_House_of_Representatives.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Oregon_Legislative_Assembly.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Oregon_Public_Utility_Commission.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Oregon_Zoo.
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- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Overhead_line.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Overhead_lines.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Patronage_(transportation).
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Portland,_Oregon.
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- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Portland_Traction_Company.
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- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Rush_hour.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink San_Diego.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Springwater_Corridor.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Strike_action.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Subsidiary.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Subsidy.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Suburb.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Terry_Schrunk.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Token_coin.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Tom_McCall.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Trade_union.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Tram.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Transit_bus.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Transportation_in_Portland,_Oregon.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink TriMet.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Trolleybus.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver,_Washington.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink West_Coast_of_the_United_States.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink File:Ex-Rose_City_Transit_bus,_Tri-Met_575,_in_1985.jpg.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLink File:Rose_City_Transit_tokens_-_Portland,_Oregon.jpg.
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rose City Transit Co.".
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rose City Transit Company".
- Rose_City_Transit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rose City Transit".
- Rose_City_Transit annualRidership "1957".
- Rose_City_Transit annualRidership "1968".
- Rose_City_Transit defunct "1969".
- Rose_City_Transit fleet "about 200–230 buses".