Comments for “ODOT Region 1 Active Transportation Needs Inventory”
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Substandard Bicycle Facility
Lack of left-turn detection means that you are forced to position yourself in the "straight ahead" bike lane to trigger the light, even though that leads you only into the parking lot of the strip mall across the way.
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Bicycle Facility Gap
Lack of any bike facility on Oak and Baseline in dowtown Hillsboro is exasperating, given the amount of space available in the right of way. Three auto lanes is just excessive. All too often the roadway seems empty, and yet still without safe passage for bikes.
Walnut is an increasingly poor alternative, given the increase in cut-through auto traffic over the last 5 or so years.
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Bicycle Facility Gap
There are alternate bike routes to 82nd. Please focus on gaps with no alternate routes, such as, Barbur.
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Bicycle Facility Gap
There are alternate bike routes to Powell. Please focus on gaps with no alternate routes, such as, Barbur.
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Bicycle Facility Gap
The lack of a bike lane on this stretch of Barbur is dangerous and a huge barrier to bike use of Barbur. This is critically important because Barbur represents the only direct route to large swathes of SW Portland and beyond. Given that ODOT showed only a very small impact of a road diet, I urge you to install bike lanes as soon as possible.
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Bicycle Facility Gap
The lack of a bike lane on this stretch of Barbur is dangerous and a huge barrier to bike use of Barbur. This is critically important because Barbur represents the only direct route to large swathes of SW Portland and beyond. Given that ODOT showed only a very small impact of a road diet, I urge you to install bike lanes as soon as possible.
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Crossing Needs
Crossing needs? SE Milwaukie crosses over Hwy 99 via bridge, although neither is desirable for pedestrian traffic.
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Substandard Bicycle Facility
17th Ave has clearly been modified to become a new cycling thoroughfare, but the amenities end at Hwy 99. The section of 17th Ave. south of 99 features a few traffic calming elements, but bike lanes are needed to make a safe connection. This is the most dangerous segment of my daily commute.
SE Milwaukie is clearly the primary north/south automobile route, it seems that SE 17th would be a prime candidate for Bike Blvd, serving Sellwood and the Springwater Corridor.
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Substandard Bicycle Facility
Wesbound TV Hwy bike land disappears with no explanation.
If you are in the know, you can jog over to 7th or 12th, both relatively safe bike streets. But lake of any bike facility from Walnut through main is super frustrating when trying to get to the Max at Washington & 12th, or to Main, which is the major east-west bike route in this part of Hillsboro.
I'll also add that 12th isn't really a decent alternative; it gets pretty heavy and impatient auto traffic at rush hour.
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Bicycle Facility Gap
The Historic Highway is beautiful and very popular with cyclists but also has high traffic volumes. Shoulder widths are inconsistent and the shoulder can disappear without warning. Motor vehicle drivers are often impatient and aggressive. This road definitely needs improved bicycle facilities.
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Substandard Bicycle Facility
Recently-installed detector for flashing lights has and paint treatments emphasizing bike lane across Capitol Highway offramp actually made the bridges *more* dangerous. These changes encourage people to risk a right-hook on the offramp, and then perform a dangerously sudden merge into the fast auto traffic here. The safest way to navigate the offramp and the bridge on a bike that will be going much slower than auto traffic given the uphill grade, is to carefully merge into traffic *before* the offramp.
If this seems unsuitably dangerous, that is because the entire design of the bridges as currently configured prioritizes speed over safety on a stretch of road that already has a notorious tendency to encourage speeding.
Especially frustrating because the lights and bike lane treatment seem to have been installed to deflect public pressure for a lane configuration providing safe bike and pedestrian access over the bridges. Triply frustrating in the light of the data collected during recent construction, showing that a road diet would cause minimal delay to auto traffic.
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Interstate, freeway, or expressway
The Alberta Street overpass of Interstate 5 is an extremely dangerous crossing for pedestrians. I dread crossing it at busy times of the day and often find myself walking 20 minutes out of my way to avoid it. I have literally had to jump out of the way of an oncoming car at least 4 times in the nearly three years I've lived in the neighborhood, and there are countless times that vehicles have sped past me when I was already halfway through the crosswalk. A traffic light would be the ideal solution, but even just a painted crosswalk and better nighttime lighting would help.
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Rural Shoulder is Substandard
The surface level crossing of Highway 26 here on Mountaindale is VERY intimidating. Vehicle speeds are typically 10-15mph above the limit making clear gaps with sufficient time highly difficult to gauge. There is a central "shelter" to pause in between EB & WB lanes, but it is shared with left turning vehicles and large trucks. Widening this shelter and adding bike boxes could be one improvement as well as permanent LED speed warning signs advising any traffic exceeding 5+ MPH over the limit to "SLOW DOWN" on the approach to the crossing to make vehicle speeds more consistent to estimate. Long term this should be upgraded to an Over/Underpass as this is at the beginning of 26 as a limited access freeway.
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Rural Shoulder is Substandard
This isn't precisely the location that I want to focus on, but it won't let me add a comment to where I want. Just a little west of Glencoe road on 26 (and east of Gordon Rd), there is a bridge that goes over some railroad tracks. On the south side of the bridge (so, heading east), the shoulder width is sufficient for biking. But, on the north side of the bridge (so, heading west), the shoulder width narrows down such that there isn't enough room to ride on the shoulder, making this stretch very dangerous for biking. It is necessary to ride in the right lane of the highway in order to cross the bridge here. I did that once and haven't done so again, opting instead to detour through North Plains by getting off at Glencoe and then getting back on the highway at Dersham, which takes quite a bit longer but is much safer.
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Substandard Bicycle Facility
Recently-installed detector for flashing lights and has actually made the bridges *more* dangerous, encouraging people to wait until the last minute to merge into fast auto traffic.
Especially frustrating because lights seem to have been installed to deflect public pressure for a lane configuration providing safe bike and pedestrian access over the bridges. Triply frustrating in the light of the data collected during recent construction, showing that a road diet would cause minimal delay to auto traffic.
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Existing Enhanced Crossings
Love crosswalk. It would be great for biker if the crosswalk signals could be accessed from Hall without dismounting. In order to make a left onto the trail from northbound Hall, bikers must ride off road, make a 180 turn to hit the button, then circle back to the crosswalk.
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Rural Shoulder Gap
I've ridden this section as well, and I don't recall anything with the shoulder not being wide enough here.
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Rural Shoulder Gap
I'm not sure what's wrong with this area. I've ridden the section of 26 heading west between Jackson School Rd. and Glencoe numerous times, and the shoulder is plenty wide here.
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Substandard Bicycle Facility
Recently-installed detector for flashing lights has actually made the bridges *more* dangerous, encouraging people to wait until the last minute to merge into fast auto traffic.
Especially frustrating because lights seem to have been installed to deflect public pressure for a lane configuration providing safe bike and pedestrian access over the bridges. Triply frustrating in the light of the data collected during recent construction, showing that a road diet would cause minimal delay to auto traffic.
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Rural Shoulder is Substandard
A little surprised the segment of 219 from Tongue Ln. to Bald Peak is substandard, it's actually pretty wide, and was widened at Unger Rd. only back in 2006. Generally though 219 has narrow/non-existant shoulders and too high vehicle speeds. I only use the short widened sections for connections with other rural roads. Improvements to all of 219 would allow me to feel safe riding it.
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Interstate, freeway, or expressway
This is currently the safest place for bicyclists to cross Glisan between 53rd and 65th (until the 62nd crossing is built). There is a crossing signal with a 4 second LPI. However, very often cars turning right from Glisan onto the I-84 West on-ramp fail to stop for pedestrians and bicyclists that use the crossing. Also, cars turning left onto Glisan from the I-84 east exit ramp fail to yield to pedestrians and cyclists that are in the crosswalk, especially those that did not start crossing the street exactly when the light changed to WALK, and cars start turning on their green light. There is no "Left Turn Yield to Pedestrians" signage.
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Bicycle Facility Gap
Neighborhood Greenway on N Concord crosses here. Needs a safe crossing facility.
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