Comments for “Corridor 3 - Clackamas Regional Center to Happy Valley/Scouters Mountain”
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Sunnyside Road
I live in Damascus and commute into Portland when the weather is decent. Hwy 212 in Damascus has nice safe shoulders, Sunnyside road from 174th to Hwy 205 has a bike path, the only dangerous stretch of road is Sunnyside road from 174th to Damascus. Would like to see the bike path on Sunnyside road continue from 174th on to Damascus so cyclists have a safe way to commute into Portland.
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Sunnyside Road
As one of many avid bicyclists living in Damascus, I would like to say there is no safe way to get into Portland from Damascus. Foster, Sunnyside and 212 are all very dangerous. Would love to see safe, bike friendly shoulders on Sunnyside Road between 174th and Damascus. This would give us a safe way to get to Portland from Damascus since Sunnyside Rd is already bike friendly from 174th to the 205 bike path. Thanks...
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Sunnyside Road
I live right next to the northern part of this route and ride these roads all the time and you have the best streets identified here based upon current conditions especially considering grades and elevation changes. No question these are great routes for riding around Happy Valley. My recommendation is to includ Clatsop Street because you have to ride on Clatsop to make connections to great routes to the north such as Deardorff Rd., Barbara Welch Road or 162nd. Also 172nd to 212 is a great route with good bike lanes to connect to the south and should be part of the PAT, and 172nd north will eventually be similarly improved and is greatly needed for a relatively flat route to the north into Multnomah County
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Stevens Road - Causey Ave. - William Otty - King
Happy Valley has already been blessed with way more than its share of parks, paths, etc. If they need more, let the City plan and fund them. Clackamas County has a lot of underserved areas that should come ahead of projects in the City of Happy Valley.
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Sunnyside Road
Would require great separation between cars and bikes / pedestrians due to vehicle speed and volumes
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Sunnyside Road
The Happy Valley, Pleasant Valley and Damascus areas are the least welcoming areas to cycle in, and the proposed AT corridors for this area would make a huge positive difference. If the whole network was built out, the area would be a real destination for great rides in the region. Happy Valley is quite lovely, and additional bike lanes would make traveling there quite rewarding.
I would add that these routes do nothing to help the problem of connecting Estacada to the Portland Metro area. Simply connecting the Springwater Corridor all the way to Highway 224 would solve the problem in an instant. It's baffling to me why this isn't an option. Since 224 is a very wide road with excellent shoulders, if one was able to ride down to that road from the Springwater Corridor, Estacada would see cyclo-tourists all the time. But since the trail stops at the Salvation Army camp (less that a mile from the highway!) there's no way to get down and back up without riding on busy, steep narrow roads like 232nd. Travel on those roads is enough to turn off even a hardened bike racer like myself. It's not safe and it's no fun, so we just won't do it. Thanks for your time. -
Sunnyside Road
Would be very nice to have a safe route between Damascus and Sunnyside. Dangerous with traffic now.
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Sunnyside Road
Sunnyside could be the Clackamas version of N. Willams. A commuter highway....but right now, I take 97th to Milwaukie because I do not trust all the cars with their right hooks and the bike path right next to them without a barrier. This should be priority 1.