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Here are Some Facts About Portland Oregon
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January 28, 2011 |
KOIN: A woman was killed when she fell onto MAX tracks in downtown Portland Friday night as a train moved past her. KATU KGW Oregonian |
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Sydney Meryl Coleman was walking with her head down and did not look up before stepping front of the path of the train at Southwest Baseline Road, |
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A man who was killed by a MAX train late Wednesday has been identified as Samuel Barcenas-Dominguez, 32, of Gresham. He was killed between the Ruby Junction/East 197th Avenue and Gresham City Hall stations, |
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Nov 22, 2009 |
Identified: Gresham man killed Sunday by downtown-bound train. Jose Lopez Rodriguez, 55, was trying to catch an eastbound Blue Line MAX train at the station when he ran into the crosswalk. |
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A woman on foot was struck and killed by a MAX train about 7:45 p.m. Monday in Southwest Portland has been identified as Meghan Rae Teresi. |
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Hakan Gun, 40, of Southeast Portland died in Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital. He was taken to the trauma center by Life Flight after the collision, which happened at 7:15 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Southeast 10th Avenue and Washington Street in Hillsboro. |
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Nov 19, 2007 Nov 24, 2007 |
Susan C. Dorsey killed near 82nd station-suffered from epilepsy- speculated "was not aware she was walking around and had left the platform." |
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May 16, 2006 |
Catalino Salazar-Salgado, 51, of Portland died Sunday night after being hit by a MAX train in Greshamg to... |
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September 30, 2005 |
A 40-year-old woman struck and killed by a MAX train Wednesday night in Gresham was attempting to cross two sets of tracks surrounded by fist-sized rocks, bordered by high curbs and lacking any crosswalk. |
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August 3, 2004 |
a 47-year-old Southeast Portland man had safely exited a MAX when his power wheelchair inexplicably rolled between the train's two cars |
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June 24, 2003 |
A 16-year-old Gresham boy was killed Monday night when he was hit by a MAX train on his bicycle at a stop near Northwest Eastman Parkway and Division Street more: http://www.aaronsbridgetosafety.com/ |
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October 10, 2002 |
A woman leaped to her death from the Vista Bridge onto TriMet light-rail tracks along Southwest Jefferson Street about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday |
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February 9, 2002 |
A man in his late 20s was killed Friday after he got caught between moving MAX train cars near the PGE Park |
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January 6, 2002 |
Mark Russell Arthur, 43, died when he was struck Friday by a MAX light-rail train in Gresham, |
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October 21, 2001 |
A MAX train hit and killed a man lying on the light-rail tracks just east of the Beaverton Transit Station on Saturday night. |
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April 10, 2001 |
Johnston, an engineering program manager at Intel's nearby Jones Farm Campus, died from massive injuries to his head |
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October 12, 1999 |
A 41-year-old Beaverton man was struck and killed by a MAX train early Monday as he walked along the light-rail tracks...the 16th fatal accident involving MAX trains since Tri-Met opened the system in 1986...... Randy Scott Ruetz is the fifth person to be killed by a MAX train in Washington County since the westside line opened last year. |
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August 3, 1999 |
A light-rail train struck and killed a pedestrian during Monday's afternoon rush hour at a busy commuter station in Beaverton |
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June 15, 1999 |
A light-rail train struck and killed a youth Monday afternoon just outside Beaverton, making him the second pedestrian killed by westside MAX in eight days. |
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June 8, 1999 |
Herbert Lee Johnson Jr., ...was killed about 2:30 a.m. Sunday when he was struck by an eastbound light-rail train while walking on the tracks......Tri-Met figures show that 10 pedestrians have been killed by eastside trains while walking in areas that were off-limits, and one person died after a car and a MAX train collided. |
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Sept 20, 1998 (actual) |
Transient rode bike into side of Westside train. Died five days later. (From Graphic on page D01, Oct 28,1999) |
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Sept 12, 1998 |
Westside MAX opens |
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Nov 1996 |
North-South LRT looses at the polls |
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Aug 1993 |
Ground Breaking for Westside MAX |
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June 22, 1992 (actual date) |
FY92 Pedestrian walking in ROW 82nd Avenue EB |
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February 26, 1992 |
A 40-year-old transient was killed by a Metropolitan Area Express train early Tuesday as he walked on the tracks at Northeast 24th Avenue.... He is the fourth person struck and killed by a MAX train. |
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March 23, 1991 |
Lee Heizer, 26, of Northeast Portland -- the third person killed in MAX's history -- was thrown approximately 100 feet |
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January 16, 1991 |
Collision w/ vehicle MLK |
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January 1, 1990 |
Pedestrian walking in ROW 21 & Banfield |
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July 28, 1986 |
Pedestrian walking in ROW Halsey & Banfield (date supplied by Trimet) |
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Sept 5, 1986 |
Opened (date from Trimet) |
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MAX Death Rate: 1.14, Motor Vehicle Death Rate: 0.46 MAX death rate is 248% that of motor vehicles |
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Max deaths = 19; MAX passenger-miles = 1,666,466,432 (through 2006); MAX Death Rate: 19/ 16.66 = 1.14 (per 100 million passenger-miles) |
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Autonobile deaths rate is from Portland State's: "Second Annual Portland Metropolitan Region Transportation System Performance Report" , page 47 |
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Summary of MAX Fatalities
Bribery |
Cheaper & Better Transit |
EuroTranistShareLoss |
Elderly Travel |
GM & The Streetcar |
Commute Time Chart |
Top 10 Bus |
Clackamas Public Safety |
transit_congestion |
McLoughlin Plan |
CRC_Planning |
Zoneing Increases Cost, Hurts Economy |
High Rise |