Keith A. Prior

I find it insane that MAX operators take the time and effort to make
cyclists get off the train while meth and crack smoking vagrants that curse
and harass passengers are never asked to leave!

Happy Friday ORBA land!! :)

-Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]On
Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:09 AM
To: James Marron
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Max "Rush Hour" Exclusion of Bikes

Old rules. Current rules:

http://trimet.org/howtoride/bikes/bikesonmax.htm

Bikes and crowded trains
Occasionally, TriMet may require bicyclists to leave MAX due to
overcrowding or anticipation of overcrowding at a special event, such as the
Rose Festival Starlight and Grand Floral parades.

The problem I run into, is that the rules say you need to where the bike
hangers are, and you have to guess where there are openings as the train
pulls up. And what do you do if the bike spots are full?

Stephen Hemminger

Old rules. Current rules:

http://trimet.org/howtoride/bikes/bikesonmax.htm

Bikes and crowded trains

Occasionally, TriMet may require bicyclists to leave MAX due to overcrowding
or anticipation of overcrowding at a special event, such as the Rose
Festival Starlight and Grand Floral parades.

The problem I run into, is that the rules say you need to where the bike
hangers are, and you have to guess where there are openings as the train
pulls up. And what do you do if the bike spots are full?

James Marron

Yesterday a Max driver advised me that I could not board the train with my
bike because it was the "rush hour train" at 4:45pm. I've never heard of
that before and have been using the Max from time to time in connection with
my bike commute from Hillsboro to downtown Portland for the last four years.
Is this a new policy or was the driver mistaken? It was crowded but the
designated bike hooks were open so there was plenty of room. Whats up with
that?