To make cycling even more convenient, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) welcomes
bicycles on trains and buses throughout the year. Our network of buses and trains
offers many travel possibilities that let you use your bicycle for commuting and
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In addition, you’ll help reduce air pollution by not driving.
In 2007, the CTA expects to generate $552.7 million through fares and other revenue initiatives.
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If no additional funding is obtained, CTA will be required to take actions to balance its operating budget, as mandated by law.
“I got on the MAX downtown several weeks ago, specifically entering the one door where there was an open bike hook.
Standing in that space was a guy working a crossword puzzle who refused to move, claiming that the law said he had to get out of the handicapped area for someone in a wheelchair, but he didn’t have to get out of the bike hook area for a bike.
I disagreed, as did several bystanders…but I let it go…
Does anyone know what the rules are regarding whether passengers or bikes have priority in the bike hook area on MAX?”
TriMet’s bike policy liaison Eric Hesse answered nothstine’s comment:
Designated bike hook area.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
“This has recently been reviewed by our legal department, and passengers are not required to move from the bike hook area to make way for bikes, though we encourage them to do so. This is why we instruct passengers wishing to bring bikes onboard to courteously ask the other rider(s) to move and make that room available, and in most instances the other rider(s) will do so without any issue (providing space is available for them to move). I am very sorry to hear that this was not your experience recently, and trust that this was unusual in your general experience. Please let me know if not.”
Keep this in mind next time you board a crowded train.
Portland is touted as a bike-friendly community, which is cool by me, except for the occasional idiot like this guy.
Instead of using the bicycle hook to hang his bike on the side of the train car, this jackass locked his bike to an
upright post where it then blocked half of the aisle and took up a bunch of standing room.
Of course, one of the discussions on bikeportland.org led to a commenter telling me that TriMet shouldn’t be trying to carry more
people, only carry more bikes. I guess attitudes like that lead to asshat behavior like this.
think>>>
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