Milwaukie High students get an advanced ride on the future Max Orange Line as part of TriMet’s School Safety Rides, sponsored by OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
Some 3,300 students at 17 schools located near the Max Orange Line will be given safety training on how to be safe and alert about approaching trains. TriMet is teaming up with OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Tom Sargent Safety Center to educate thousands of Portland and Milwaukie students on how to be safe around the Max Orange Line, which begins service between downtown Portland, Milwaukie and north Clackamas County on Sept. 12.
All aboard for safety
On May 27, the first of about 1,400 Milwaukie area students stepped on board Max trains and rode along the new alignment to the South Waterfront/SW Moody Ave Station. There, Doernbecher staff gave presentations about how to be safe around the trains.
TriMet’s Transit Police Commander Mike Leloff and Milwaukie Police Chief Steve Bartol accompanied students on the ride and stressed that being alert around aware around the trains.
Along with the ride and safety lessons, students also receive written transit safety education materials both in the class and during the ride. The materials are in English and Spanish.
