Comments for “OR 99W S.Corvallis ”
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First Alternative Coop bike/ped/ crossing
Please, dispel the myth that when traveling south in a vehicle, that there is too little time to stop at the First Alternative Coop bike/ped/ crossing when the lights flash.
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I am concerned about the effect of transportation on global warming and want to understand how this planning itself reduces greenhouse gasses or complies with other local and state mandates to do so. Piecemeal activities — a roundabout here, a curb cut there — may be constructive to safety and convenience; but I'd like to know how this "facility plan" will not worsen the big, existential problem of global warming?
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3) The Marys River is a locally important resource and a corridor for fish, wildlife, and plants. The ecological integrity of the river must be taken into account and not further compromised.
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1) The project must support all local and state climate change goals. Global warming is clearly an emergency.
2) In that respect, please preserve an option for low mass autonomous transit the entire length of the corridor to the downtown transit center.
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Until there’s more enforcement of the current speed limits nothing will change and the road will become increasingly unsafe as traffic increases.
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The speeding between Airport Road and SE Rivergreen is nuts. As soon as people get to Rivergreen they hit the gas and by the time they reach Keiger they are go well over 50 mph. And worse is the fact that you can pass on this whole stretch of road. I live off Corliss and I feel like I take my life into my hands every time I pull onto 99W because there are so many people that passing because they can't go the speed limit. I've also nearly been hit numerous times trying to turn from 99W onto Corliss by vehicles that are passing going south. I have to be extremely diligent. It's very unsafe especially when it's dark, foggy or rainy. Passing should not be allowed in an area where there are numerous roads and driveways entering 99W. My family and I don't feel safe trying to bike from our neighborhood along 99W to Willamette Park so we have to load up our bikes in our car. It's too narrow, no bike lane and the ditches are deep. There's no space route if someone is too close to the edge.
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Eric was killed here because he assumed that flashing yellow lights would protect him and that drivers would respect him. The driver that killed him, Scoville, actually sped up while he was already speeding so that he wouldn't have to stop for the pedestrian coming from the west side that he didn't kill. He didn't look to see if the crosswalk was clear and killed Eric. Vulnerable road users deserve a crosswalk here--it should not be eliminated for the convenience of drivers. Rather, drivers should be forced to stop for VRUs because of some type of red light traffic-stopping system. I agree with other comments to narrow lanes, slow traffic, and create alternate paths for VRUs, but this crosswalk must be improved before more lives are lost.
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Although it would be expensive, ideally the overhead lines on the west side would be undergrounded. This would not only improve the aesthetics of the corridor immensely, but it would vastly increase the flexibility of potential street design options.
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Many bicyclists ride on the sidewalk counter to traffic here. This means that turning left onto Bridgeway from 99W can be dangerous because a cyclist may be biking fast from behind you which is difficult to see. I am hoping it improves with the new bike path.
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This stretch of highway has too few businesses and is too stretched out to expect the bike/walk friendly model to ever work.
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Pedestrian Crossing at the First Alternative Coop.
The pedestrian crosswalk is too dangerous a crossing to wait for this planning process to be completed to rectify the this problem.
A different and more effective strategy for managing vehicular traffic flow that improves the safety for pedestrians and bicyclists must be installed as soon as possible.
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Mill Race Hyrological & Biological Value.
Even though the Mill Race is either a human-made or a human-enhanced channel, it still offsets some of the extensive habitat losses and hydrological changes in South Corvallis.For example, it is a significant wildlife corridor. It also functions as a part of the Corvallis urban stormwater system, and both temperature and other water quality objectives should be met.
In South Corvallis, former natural watercourses have been piped underground (one example is the upstream portion of Ryan Creek a little upstream of Alexander Ave). Well over 90% of the prairie wetlands have been lost. The non-channelized water course wetlands that historically traveled thorough this area (such as the one between Stone St. and DeBord St.) have been ditched or removed.
Sufficient setbacks for trails (a minimum of 50 ft.) from the top of bank, vegetative shading of the waterway, streamside wetland protection, possible floodway issues, etc, all need to addressed if a path is developed within the Millrace corridor.
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Mill Race Hyrological & Biological Value.
Even though the Mill Race is either a human-made or a human-enhanced channel, it still offsets some of the extensive habitat losses and hydrological changes in South Corvallis.For example, it is a significant wildlife corridor. It also functions as a part of the Corvallis urban stormwater system, and both temperature and other water quality objectives should be met.
In South Corvallis, former natural watercourses have been piped underground (one example is the upstream portion of Ryan Creek a little upstream of Alexander Ave). Well over 90% of the prairie wetlands have been lost. The non-channelized water course wetlands that historically traveled thorough this area (such as the one between Stone St. and DeBord St.) have been ditched or removed.
Sufficient setbacks for trails (a minimum of 50 ft.) from the top of bank, vegetative shading of the waterway, streamside wetland protection, possible floodway issues, etc, all need to addressed if a path is developed within the Millrace corridor.
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traffic light or crosswalk here
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We need some streetlights at this intersection to help reduce speeds and protect pedestrians and cyclists. Some speed humps would be good as well.
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Last Christmas I almost saw a person get killed. I had stopped to wait for the man to cross when all of a sudden he broke into a run and narrowly escaped being run over by a car (who's driver was not paying attention), they slowed down after flying through the crosswalk and then continued on. I was shaken after seeing that and think we need some speed humps or other means to slow down traffic through here. More traffic light intersections would be an improvement.
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Please add a bike lane between Kiger Island Dr. and SE Rivergreen such that one does not need to cross Hwy 99 twice to travel the short distance.
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Crosswalk and flashing lights needed here. The sidewalk dead ends. The ramp is a trap.
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South Third St. Flooding
I honestly don’t know if there is an elegant solution to prevent the street from flooding.
During the 1996 flood, I remember that having at least the opportunity to bicycle into town would have been helpful. The City did provide buses at some point, which was helpful.
The question is, what is the frequency of a 1996 event or greater & is it worth addressing this flooding problem? The 1996 flood was about a since-dam 14 year flood event (Albany gage, Corps recurrence interval graph). Just bringing up the subject to provide some information.
If it comes up, the past engineering “solution” of transporting the local watershed’s rainfall to reach the Willamette prior to the Willamette’s rise will not “work” in this case, as well as being an inappropriate strategy at multiple levels (ecosystem, watershed-wide hydrological management, etc).
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We need a cross walk here. I've seen people almost get hit by vehicles speeding onto the ramp. A flashing light would be good with some painted stripes.
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A traffic light/crosswalks would be nice to have here. It would help to keep folks from speeding. I've seen people jump into traffic and take risks to then have to wait in the middle lane to merge into traffic.
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We need a traffic light here. This intersection is dangerous and hard to navigate in the dead of winter in rainy conditions. I'm surprised I haven't seen more accidents here.
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Include low vegetation in median planter strips along South Third.
The City’s removal of the shrubbery from the median strip was inappropriate, and showed a lack of awareness of traffic calming goals.
This vegetation creates a “message in the landscape” to communicate to drivers that they are in an urban area, in an attempt to alert drivers & slow speeds.
The shrubbery height can be trimmed, if necessary to maintain visibility..
In the issue detail list, why is there not "traffic speeds" as an option under "Safety?"
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Trees are listed as “aesthetics “ in the comment form. While I agree that trees are an important part of an aesthetic landscape, they are also proven to be a traffic-calming device, and should be included in the South Third St. corridor.
The South Corvallis Refinement Plan called for wider planter strips for trees.
But, tree planting was to happen with development or re-development, so most stretches of road currently do not have planter strips, and so planting has been minimal.
Would like to see a new method for acquiring planter strips and tree planting, that it should be a part of the ODOT facility improvement.
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The S. Corvallis Refinement Plan, as well as City Code, requires trees on 12-ft landscaped strips between sidewalk and street as new development occurs. This did not occur for the new Lincoln School design, supposedly because tree roots would interfere with underground utilities. If so, utilities need to be moved to be under the new sidewalk. A tree-planted strip separating peds from vehicles is critical for safety and traffic calming, as well as making walking more pleasant.
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