Commuting is the necessary evil of the Parisian lifestyle. Portland, being the large-small town that is claimed to be, has a Metropolitan Area Express or MAX for short. This modern light rail system with a tap to pay and its own app is for the most part useful bordering on useless. As a Portlander, I pride myself on this cute little transit system and have much respect for the person that has figured out when and where each train, bus, and streetcar stops. It, however, leaves much to be desired. First off, the platforms. If you have ever traveled the underground systems of NYC or London, toss that image out of your mind. The MAX is an open transit system and as such many of the stops are literally a Ticket station on an otherwise unsuspecting sidewalk. You are walking along one second, and the next you are at a MAX stop getting run over by people pouring onto the sidewalk. If you are not looking you can easily miss the "Hop" post, a cute pole with a touch less pay box o
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