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Dear Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

I support the Rose Quarter Improvements. I am an everyday bicycle commuter.

Thanks for your support in the past for bicycle and other non-vehicular transit. I encourage you to continue with this effort, by supporting the various suggested improvements that provide for more bike capacity and increased safety.

Please support the Rose Quarter Improvements! Thanks for all your support of bicycle safety.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

I am writing to express my support for two improvements to the Rose Quarter. I think it's crucial that the transit center is brought up to ADA standards. I'd also like to see road striping to make a two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. Since so many people travel to the Lloyd District for work and for recreation/errands, these improvements can give substantial bang for your buck.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan. The proposed Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. The proposed improvements will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict.

From the perspective of a cyclist that regularly transits this congested transit hub, these are extremely important safety improvements. I have had way too many close calls cycling through here - and I am a 'conservative' (i.e., I follow all rules of the road) cyclist. I am really surprised we haven't had a bike fatality here yet.

The proposed improvements will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and provide ADA compliant access at the transit center.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

Thank You for all you have already done for bike commuters in Portland,

Tanya Bushnell

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

As a bike commuter safer streets increases my desire to ride to work. I would also add better lighting along bike routes are a necessity.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring. I personally witness everyday near collisions between bikes, pedestrians, buses, and cars in this area. I believe the situation is getting worse with the increase in gas prices and increased ridership of the max. Thank you, Nancy

Dear Commissioner Adams,

I commute daily by bicycle to my job in the Rose Quarter and I strongly support funding the Rose Quarter Improvements in the Safe, Sound, and Green plan. These improvements should be funded because they will impact all the different types of users and because the numbers of people in the area is very high.

Thank you for your work to make all road users safer.

As a recent convert to bike commuting I see the necessity of safe bike and pedestrian transit corridors. I support including the Rose Quarter improvements in the "Safe, Sound and Green" plan.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

As an individual who lives and works in the Lloyd District, I'd like to express my support for the Rose Quarter Bike and Pedestrian Improvements as part of the "Safe, Sound and Green Streets" plan. Thanks for your work to help make Portland safer and more fun to traverse without a car.

stacy

Dear Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

Dear Commissioner Adams,

Bike boulevards, streets in which car and truck traffic is greatly reduced or absent, is a great idea.

The current system of squeezing bike lanes between the traffic lane and a row of parked cars on busy streets such as Broadway and NE Glisan doesn't work. These bike lanes are death tunnels in which a car door opened carelessly completely blocks the entire bike lane.

A car door was opened in front of me on NE Glisan and I slammed directly into it which flung my bike and me into the traffic lane. My bike was run over and crushed by the same car that missed my head by about 6 inches.

Just one month prior, a motorist cut a quick right hand turn across the bike lane on NE Broadway without signaling or even braking. I slammed on the brakes and luckily wasn't moving very quickly when I crashed into the back corner of the car's trunk.

Bike lanes on busy streets are disasters and fatalities waiting to happen as my experiences have painfully taught me time and time again. The only solution is to create bike boulevards that run parallel to the main streets like Broadway and Glisan, which have little or no car and truck traffic.

Thanks,
Dave Kaplowe

Dear Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

From my observations, a few little things could make a difference in getting around Portland.
1. Make sure every intersection is marked with the street names. No one should come to a crossroad and ask "Where am I?".
Make sure tree branches aren't obliterating the signs and traffic signs! Cut, prune, hack them back or tell the property owner to. Its a safety issue!!
2. Make sure every building has easily visible (from windshield level) street address numbers so an address listing has actual reference use when trying to locate something! How much traffic is going back and forth around the block trying to figure out where a certain address is? Congestion, pollution, wasted time. In order to be a visitor-friendly city this is essential! A numbered address system means nothing if the numbers are not visible or useable for reference in locating.
3. Just for safety, tell all the silver, grey and black cars that look like asphalt to turn their lights on!!!

As a regular rider to this area, I fully support your effort to improve Rose Quarter biking. Adding a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler is a great start.

In light of the (too) many fatal accidents that have occurred recently, the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

Thanks for your leadership on this.

Lou Stagnitto

Dear Commissioner Adams,

The Rose Quarter Improvements will add a traffic signal and roadway striping to accommodate two-way, separated bike passage on NE Wheeler. They will also re-route buses so that there is reduced chance of bike/bus conflict. These are extremely important improvements for a transit hub that lies along a major regional bike route. The project will also improve pedestrian pathways and crosswalks, and ADA compliant access at the transit center. Please include the Rose Quarter Transit Center Multi-Modal Safety and Access Improvements in your "Safe, Sound and Green" plan -- the Lloyd District is in great need of the significant benefits this project will bring.

As a daily bike commuter I would greatly appreciate any improvements in bike safety and traffic.