In smaller/lower cars, you cannot see above the wooden guardrails along side Hopkins as you approach the railroad tracks....to look down the tracks for trains.
Rather than looking for trains, try looking for the flashers and gates that operate when a train is approaching. The guardrail protects the bicyclists along the bike lanes. Unless you're someone who stops before they get to the tracks, the guardrail shouldn't be a problem.
I do, however, the nose of my car is nearly over the tracks. My father worked for the railroad. He told me to NEVER believe the signals and gates...he's seen more than a few times where neither have worked. Use your eyes. Can't do it if I can't see. If it's for the bike riders, why can't they change it to a hurricane fence that can be seen through? It's the same as having a bush on the corner of an intersection...can't see unless you sneak out towards traffic.
As a person intimately involved with railroad operations, I never just trust crossing signals to work. Ask any railroad signal maintainer how busy they are balancing crossing signals betweet false activation and no activation at all. The old slogan for railroad crossings still is valid today. Stop. Look, and Listen.
5000+ cars go over that crossing per day and what... 30 bikes? Get real. That "guardrail" neds to come down.
What's next? $1000.00 benches for the 10 pedestians per day to sit on should they have to wait for a train to go by?
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5000+ cars go over that crossing per day and what... 30 bikes? Get real. That "guardrail" neds to come down.
What's next? $1000.00 benches for the 10 pedestians per day to sit on should they have to wait for a train to go by?