Robert Nobles

I remeber that before just anyone could take a bike on Tri-Met you had to get a special pass that required a rules and rack test. One of the rules was that they excluded bikes from the MAX during rush hour.

I also know from riding the MAX without my bike during rush hour that it is very difficult for other passengers when they have to make room for bikes getting on or off.

There is the additional room that a bike takes up even once it's on the hook. Imagine a single person taking up two seats when the train is full.

There's also the less considerate riders who fling their bikes around without being aware of how much room they have. I have witnessed people bumped into and even marked with bike grease while someone was loading their bike on a crowded rush hour train.

If I don't want to bike over the West Hills, I can usually find a Bus route to get me over during rush hour (#20,51,55, 56, 58,63). The racks are outside the Bus and I can get off at the top of the hill and "bomb" down. It breaks the monotony of sitting in the MAX.

James Marron wrote:
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?

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Robert W Nobles
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