Comments for “Transportation System Plan Update”
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Need better signage BEFORE Evergreen that the far left thru lane on southbound Brookwood becomes left turn only at Shute. The number of accidents and close calls might be good for the ambulance company HQ near by, but painful for drivers
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Adding turning lanes from Cornell onto southbound century and instantly crunching them into 1 lane is a great idea for local auto body shops but expensive for those drivers.
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Road surface failing. Cracks/potholes rough road.
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Yield sign on southbound entrance from Intel is on a pole AFTER vehicles are in the intersection. It needs to be further north. Maybe painted on a speed bump before they get to the roundabout!
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Muffler repair heaven. Driving from Cornell to/from KinderCare, Chipotle, Mod Pizza has a very steep down and up, causing cars to go very slowly at best ,and scrape their undercarriage at worst. This should be resolved on behalf of the new, very popular food places.
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Because of diagonal on street parking, cars leaving Lincoln Street ES parking lot can not see oncoming traffic on Lincoln Street. Especially when larger vans or trucks are parked on the street near parking lot exit.
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Speed limit is too fast in Orenco Station. So much traffic cutting through the neighborhood at high speeds. There are a lot of seniors, children and people with dogs walking this area.
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People riding bikes on the sidewalk all the time in the Orenco / Intel area. I run and walk this area all the time and shouldn't have to move for bike riders on the sidewalk.
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Speed humps should be on the parkway to help slow traffic. Very fast traffic cutting through the neighborhood.
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Make the intersection of Cornell an NE Orenco Station Parkway traffic lights an all way stop for pedestrians. Cars sneak right hand turn from NE Orenco Station Parkway ignoring pedestrians crossing Cornell. This has happened to me a couple of times. Stopping ALL traffic and allowing pedestrians to cross will prevent an accident at this intersection.
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Cornell Road speed limit through Orenco has to be reduced. Currently 45mph which is too fast for the foot traffic trying to cross the road at the NE Orenco Station Parkway crossing.
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Orenco Station particularly associated with the traffic to and from Intel on Butler St and the roundabout on Butler and NE 65th Ave.
Three years ago we asked the City to come to our Master Board meeting and discuss the excessive speeding and traffic, including thru truck traffic on Butler St between Shute and then NE 67th Ave. When the City came the City told us that the average speed on Butler was not excessive and in fact close to the 35 mile speed limit. The board members questioned the City about why the City's numbers where so different then what the residents where actually experiencing. The City's response to the residents concerns was less than positive.
In the last 3 years since that meeting the speeding and number of vehicles using Butler Ave, particularly during Intel shift changes and at lunch time has increased significantly and Butler especially during these times has become an extremely dangerous thoroughfare to drive on or to try and cross on bike or on foot.
Individuals during these times speed into the roundabout and then up and down Butler Ave. The speeds on Butler during these times are clearly in excess of the posted speed limits of 35 and many are doing 45 and 50+.
During lunch time individuals speed thru the roundabout from Intel and then speed thru the intersection at NW 65th Ave and NE Cooper Beach and never yield to Orenco traffic coming from the right on Cooper Beach and then continue to speed through Orenco Station to the shops on Cornell or at New Seasons.
The other problem for Orenco residents is that other then the roundabout, there is no other marked crosswalk for bikes or pedestrians anywhere on Butler Ave from Century Blvd (old NW 67th Ave) to Shute. With all the increased traffic and speeding this is a very dangerous situation for Orenco Station residents. It would be nice if the City considered putting in a controlled bike and pedestrien crosswalk with signals, on Butler at the T from Orenco Station Parkway, which is the major exit out to Butler for Orenco Station residents.
I understand the difficulty with trying to continually monitor the speeding on Butler Ave with our police officers but hope that the City can come up with structural traffic controls to reduce the speeding on Butler Ave.
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Sidewalk on both sides of the street on baseline and century are needed
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Too many cars are parked on both sides of Freeman. Leaving only one lane of traffic to get through. We need no parking signs near the intersection of Freeman and Main
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How about closing 8th avenue to cars as suggested by the COH Downtown Enhancement Program (and Urban Land Institute) and to enhance connections to Downtown businesses from Health/Education district
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Speed limits within Orenco Station should be limited to 15 (or, at most, 20) MPH due to the narrow roadways and parking allowed on both sides of the road in many areas, making two-way traffic dangerous.
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The roundabout should be only one lane rather than two. Cars must cross traffic to exit onto 65th and through traffic on Butler often doesn't slow down or yield at this point.
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Curb extensions along E Main intersections would calm traffic, make safer for students and pedestrians and help build community by tying together residential, businesses and health sciences districts. Would also tie-in with the Biz District design and match design on Grant.
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The "slip road" to E Main should have a light. Cars do California-stops and there is never a break in traffic on E Main. Residents cannot exit driveways and makes more dangerous for pedestrians.
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Every day we hear a number of cars honking their horns at this intersection because someone has not stopped when crossing Rosebay on 65th. It is only a matter of time before there is a serious accident at this corner.
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Before ODOT repaved, there was marked crosswalk. Asked COH when this would be put back, was told to contact ODOT, did this, still nothing after 2 years. Please make DT more pedestrian-friendly.
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Speed limit of 55mph? This is ridiculously high for this area. Should be 45 max, stop the madness of cars changing lanes and cutting people off like a race track.
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This intersection is extremely dangerous and has had multiple vehicular accidents. Only matter of time before ped/cyclist involved (or has it happened already?) Needs re-design which could address other concerns simultaneously.
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Too many noisy, speeding cars on NW Wilkins Road - especially at night.
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Too many loud, speeding cars (especially between 8 PM and 3 AM) every night. Quite a nuisance, danger, and noise concern.