Woman riding bike struck by MAX train in Gresham

Generally speaking, I don’t see many of the arms that come down in E Portland like there are in Beaverton.

Sounds like there were two trains and she got confused of which train was going which way or she did not see the Eastbound one because it was hidden from the incoming Westbound one.

Regardless, I am glad she was still conscious and if she got away with only a broken leg, she is pretty lucky as it could have been a lot worse.

this is exactly how I pictured it happening too… it’s an unusual MAX stop so you don’t expect it…

now I know what the delay was that people were talking about on the green line…

Sean and some and everyone else that has, …thanks for thinking about and answering questions about what signals relative to the passing of trains, exist at this intersection that road users and pedestrians should be considering before proceeding to cross the tracks.

Especially when the signals are on, but even if they aren’t, people have to acquire the habit of looking down the tracks before actually crossing the tracks. Once it’s in front of your field of vision, the trains are a 200′ long wall, that can block the view of a train coming from the opposite direction on the other set of tracks, if such a train happens to be coming.

The trains are fairly loud at a brisk speed, but as the trains reduce speed to stop at a station, they’re very quiet quite a ways distant from the actual station stop. Almost whisper quiet. For people that don’t look before crossing, on these two points is where it can be really easy to make a mistake and get too close to a train.

Reason number one why cyclists should get in the habit of obeying traffic signals. I’m truly sorry she got hurt and hope that the damage done was minor, but the lesson here is that a red light should not be considered optional, whether or not you think it’s safe to proceed.

The signals in that intersection feature regular automotive traffic signals

Fixed that for you.

this accidents supports my theory about those blinking train signs being a waste of money… there’s already a red light, and the extra signal doesn’t seem to be helping…

Is there really much difference between East PDX and Gresham?

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Mike
The word “perhaps” is well used in your post.
As many of such “cyclist meets moving object” stories, questions abound. However, you may have confused your own thoughts for a relevant inquiry. Your mind, while important to steer your life, will be more helpful to us, the readers, with either another sentence, or a more useful single sentence. I identify with “being late for an appointment” and I also ride bikes and trains. It is mindful to bring hard questions to all such situations, and parties involved there within. Thanks for beginning to ask the hard questions.

Why grief people who have a legitimate complaint with stupidity? The world would be a better place without people like her. The real victims are anyone who was delayed by her stupidity, and the MAX spanked her for it. If I were on the train, I’d have gotten her info so I knew where to send the invoice for my lost time.