"Overseeing transportation in Portland is not a task for those who lack clarity in direction or detail. It's a difficult job that combines high public expectations with limited financial resources that are declining in real value everyday"
So what is difficult about paving streets that are unpaved; installing sidewalks where there are none; installing crosswalks when the nearest safe crosswalk is over 1600 feet away?
"it's no surprise that we directed 76% of dollars earmarked for safety improvements there. "
So, what you're saying is that Portland has directed a minimum $16.5 million dollars in projects to East Portland to compensate for the cost of this single project? I see an previous poster that mentioned a figure of $1.2 million. Sam needs to find a few more bucks for East Portland.
I see that Far Southwest is ignored, as is North/Northeast Portland, and inner Southeast Portland.
"The group came to consensus there wasn't sufficient room to accommodate bikes in the Burnside/Couch corridor. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance made a proposal: they would cede the legal right to bike lanes on Burnside and Couch "
So, will I expect to see an outright prohibition on bikes on Burnside and Couch, with 'criminal trespass' arrests given for any bicyclist who violates the "no bicycles" signs posted on every single block of this street?
"West Burnside kills. "
So do other streets. You're naming $5.5 million dollars for ONE fatality in how many years? How many people have died crossing Barbur, or Beaverton-Hillsdale, or 82nd, or 122nd, or Powell, or McLoughlin, or Sandy, or Lombard, or any other street?
If each fatality is worth $5.5 million dollars, then I expect a committment to that. Each time someone dies in Portland on our transportation system, there will be an IMMEDIATE $5.5 million expenditure in the memory of that person for transportation improvements in that area.
"Some suggest 30 feet in width for non-motorized uses is extravagant. An analysis of high volume corridors suggests existing widths that vary between 10 feet (Hawthorne Bridge) and 15 feet (Eastbank Esplanade) are inadequate to handle peak travel."
OK, if we are planning for peak travel, then let's start seeing some widening projects on our streets. Let's start with the Ross Island Bridge and its ramps, the Sellwood Bridge and its ramps, Capitol Highway from Barbur to Hillsdale, Powell Boulevard east of I-205...etc.
"The Sauvie center span move is projected to cost $5.5 million. Sources are:
• $2 million in Transportation System Development Charges;
• $2 million in River District Urban Renewal funding;
• $1 million in Transportation Enhancement funds from the Oregon Department of Transportation;
• $500,000 from the Safe, Sound & Green Streets program; and
• Private contributions. "
This proves the lie that is being perpetuated that "this money can't be spent on anything else". $2 million in transportation SDCs that CAN be spent elsewhere. $2 million River District URA funding (this is limited). $1 million ODOT funds (CAN be spent elsewhere). $500K from Safe, Sound & Green (this money doesn't yet exist!), and "private contributions".
So, take the $2 million River District funding, and the rest can be "private donations". Remember, I get to cross FIVE LANES of 40 MPH BARBUR BOULEVARD TRAFFIC, WHICH INCLUDES AN OFF-RAMP OFF OF I-5, to get off my bus and home. But, I guess since I don't live in the Pearl District and don't earn $150K/year and live in a $650K condo that my life isn't worth $5.5 million and if I die on Barbur, that's OK by Sam Adams because I'm just a loser that rides the 12 bus.
Again - Sam - I personally invite you to come out to my bus stop to see what I see each and every day. A bus stop, without a crosswalk or any other way to cross Barbur. Next to a "Speed 40" sign. Next to a merge for traffic coming off of I-5 that frequent goes by at 40+ MPH. The nearest traffic signal has absolutely no crosswalk/signal across Barbur.
But I know you won't respond...because you don't want to face the reality that I see each and every day. You don't care. You just don't care. You want me to just blindly believe whatever you say.
"Overseeing transportation
"Overseeing transportation in Portland is not a task for those who lack clarity in direction or detail. It's a difficult job that combines high public expectations with limited financial resources that are declining in real value everyday"
So what is difficult about paving streets that are unpaved; installing sidewalks where there are none; installing crosswalks when the nearest safe crosswalk is over 1600 feet away?
"it's no surprise that we directed 76% of dollars earmarked for safety improvements there. "
So, what you're saying is that Portland has directed a minimum $16.5 million dollars in projects to East Portland to compensate for the cost of this single project? I see an previous poster that mentioned a figure of $1.2 million. Sam needs to find a few more bucks for East Portland.
I see that Far Southwest is ignored, as is North/Northeast Portland, and inner Southeast Portland.
"The group came to consensus there wasn't sufficient room to accommodate bikes in the Burnside/Couch corridor. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance made a proposal: they would cede the legal right to bike lanes on Burnside and Couch "
So, will I expect to see an outright prohibition on bikes on Burnside and Couch, with 'criminal trespass' arrests given for any bicyclist who violates the "no bicycles" signs posted on every single block of this street?
"West Burnside kills. "
So do other streets. You're naming $5.5 million dollars for ONE fatality in how many years? How many people have died crossing Barbur, or Beaverton-Hillsdale, or 82nd, or 122nd, or Powell, or McLoughlin, or Sandy, or Lombard, or any other street?
If each fatality is worth $5.5 million dollars, then I expect a committment to that. Each time someone dies in Portland on our transportation system, there will be an IMMEDIATE $5.5 million expenditure in the memory of that person for transportation improvements in that area.
"Some suggest 30 feet in width for non-motorized uses is extravagant. An analysis of high volume corridors suggests existing widths that vary between 10 feet (Hawthorne Bridge) and 15 feet (Eastbank Esplanade) are inadequate to handle peak travel."
OK, if we are planning for peak travel, then let's start seeing some widening projects on our streets. Let's start with the Ross Island Bridge and its ramps, the Sellwood Bridge and its ramps, Capitol Highway from Barbur to Hillsdale, Powell Boulevard east of I-205...etc.
"The Sauvie center span move is projected to cost $5.5 million. Sources are:
• $2 million in Transportation System Development Charges;
• $2 million in River District Urban Renewal funding;
• $1 million in Transportation Enhancement funds from the Oregon Department of Transportation;
• $500,000 from the Safe, Sound & Green Streets program; and
• Private contributions. "
This proves the lie that is being perpetuated that "this money can't be spent on anything else". $2 million in transportation SDCs that CAN be spent elsewhere. $2 million River District URA funding (this is limited). $1 million ODOT funds (CAN be spent elsewhere). $500K from Safe, Sound & Green (this money doesn't yet exist!), and "private contributions".
So, take the $2 million River District funding, and the rest can be "private donations". Remember, I get to cross FIVE LANES of 40 MPH BARBUR BOULEVARD TRAFFIC, WHICH INCLUDES AN OFF-RAMP OFF OF I-5, to get off my bus and home. But, I guess since I don't live in the Pearl District and don't earn $150K/year and live in a $650K condo that my life isn't worth $5.5 million and if I die on Barbur, that's OK by Sam Adams because I'm just a loser that rides the 12 bus.
Again - Sam - I personally invite you to come out to my bus stop to see what I see each and every day. A bus stop, without a crosswalk or any other way to cross Barbur. Next to a "Speed 40" sign. Next to a merge for traffic coming off of I-5 that frequent goes by at 40+ MPH. The nearest traffic signal has absolutely no crosswalk/signal across Barbur.
But I know you won't respond...because you don't want to face the reality that I see each and every day. You don't care. You just don't care. You want me to just blindly believe whatever you say.