Originally Posted by
GhostRider62
That is one awful rail crossing. The shoulder leading into it disappears into a narrow wheel catcher....nasty. There is only two ways to make that crossing. On foot or take the lane. You fall with traffic next to you and you are probably dead.
The rider crossing in the middle was probably trying to minimize those risks.
I am a bit confused. The rider did neither of the two things you identified as the only way to make that crossing. The rider was passing at close distance on a double yellow in between two rows of moving cars.