Comments for “OR 99W S.Corvallis ”
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I would like to see this segment to be designed and maintained as a calm beautiful walkable main street. To accomplish this, I suggest the following:
• Reduce speed limit to 20-25 throughout the segment.
• Narrow vehicle lanes to reduce vehicle speed and make space for wider bike lanes and wider sidewalks.
• Buffer and protect widened bike lanes, using at the very least plastic posts with reflectors, which will also act as vehicle speed reducers for vehicles.
• Make crosswalks much wider and have vehicles stop a greater distance from the crosswalk, this will allow pedestrians more time to react to an aggressive or distracted driver and more space for the driver to see and react to a pedestrian in the crosswalk.
• Elevate the crosswalks to the same level as the sidewalk so that they act as speed reducers and reminders to drivers that they should stay alert to pedestrians and encourage more people to feel safer walking in this neighborhood.
• Give pedestrians and bicyclists a head start at every traffic light intersection.
• Identify all unused and unnecessary center lane area and consider turning them into medians with trees to reduce vehicle speeds and shade, cool, and add beauty to the neighborhood.
• Wildest idea: Turn intersections in roundabouts following Dutch standards for traffic calming and pedestrian and bicycle safety.
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It is a really nice bike ride to get out on Airport road but once you get to 99 it is just terrible. The road is designed here to keep cars zipping into town as fast as possible.
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I'll be honest with you: I do not really trust ODOT to do anything after what you did up in Portland with the I5 widening. It was clear you were going to do what you wanted to do regardless of what anyone in the community actually wanted.
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The fence and trees at the SE corner create site distance issues when coming from Goodnight, particularly given the speed of oncoming (northbound) traffic.
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Why does the highway go from two to four lanes just as it enters town-- and encounters people, bikes, etc.? If we are serious about slowing down traffic and making this road accessible for all, it should be one lane each way with a turn lane in the middle. The free space can become buffered bike lanes and wider sidewalks. Car traffic would slow way down, the road would be easier to cross and safer to use, and houses could front on it without being unpleasant places to live.
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I want to comment on the flashing yellow lights, but I am not sure exactly where they are. The lights were not designed by anyone who ever walks anywhere....It is very difficult to cross using the yellow flashing lights. First, for many drivers, yellow means "speed up- -the light is about to turn red" not "caution, slow down." Then, when you hit the light, you cannot tell if it is flashing from the curb. I know this is because we should not step into the road until the traffic is stopped, but traffic does not stop until it sees someone trying to cross (if then) so both driver and crosser are waiting in a weird limbo for someone to make a move. If your timing is off, you are half way across the road when it stops flashing. If the point is to make it safe (not safer, safe) for people to cross the road, the light needs to turn red. Not flashing, not yellow, but red. That means stop. And it does not matter how bright you make flashing yellow, it is still a problem.
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It is pretty hard to see the traffic coming into town when turning north bound onto 99 from Rivergreen. The transition to 2 lanes prior to getting to Rivergreen seems to make people speed up even though the speed limit quickly reduces to 35 at B&R.
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There is no posting or enforcement of the 25 mph speed limit on 4th between Western and C Street. As vehicles approach the speed reader further south, they are most often traveling 30 mph. Drivers tend to feel that they have left downtown, and speed up in this area. Injuries to a pedestrian are much more extreme at 30 mph rather than 25 mph.
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I frequently bike or walk on the west side of 4th Street between C Street and Avery Av. I travel on the sidewalk both north and southbound to save myself from crossing the highway twice. My starting and stopping points are on the west side.
There is virtually no maintenance of the sidewalk with a lot of debris near the on ramp. I often resort to sweeping glass or gravel myself because complaints to the city and ODOT go unheeded.Liked 9 times -
Install a traffic light at Chapman/Twin Oaks intersection. Time the light with the ones at Western Blvd., thus keeping the traffic at 25 mph.
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Poor drainage from each side of the bridge creates puddles. The puddles themselves sometimes extend into the sidewalk. The spray from south bound auto traffic routinely does.
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Really sucks trying to cross here, as drivers are never looking.
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Lanes are way too wide
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Safety Theater: I have never used this crosswalk because it feels safer to cross in the naked street 100 feet above or below it. I would rather walk into the middle of the road than press the blinky and hope that some yahoo texting behind the wheel will actually stop.
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I NEVER use these flashy cross walks because they feel more dangerous--you have no idea whether a car is actually going to stop (and the light is only yellow--why not red?) I would rather cross mid block where I can see traffic coming each way than risk my life on one of these things.
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ODOT: "We designed this road for speed and volume, what should we do now?"
People: "We'd like our community be designed so that people come first and the road doesn't prioritize speeding death traps"
ODOT: "Okay! we will put up some signs, flags, run a cutesy PR campaign, and not really change the design (or our priorities) at all."Liked 18 times -
My concern about traffic is that ODOT believes that adjacent land uses "generate" traffic, when really they just attract people. It is the infrastructural context that ODOT builds here that determines whether or not people make the choice to drive. If you want to reduce congestion, implement pricing, or reduce the convenience of using the road. If you want more traffic, make driving easier. That's it. ODOT designed this corridor for high volume and fast driving and...wow! That's what they got!!! :o
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ODOT--please stop pretending that you want this road to be anything other than a limited access highway. If you're serious about changes, reduce the speed to 20, add speed bumps, narrow the lanes, and actually change the design when someone gets killed. If not can we stop with this pretend community engagement?
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Super steep curb cuts here for some reason.
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ODOT should operate based on VMT and not LOS
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I really pity the developer who built this residential stuff here and the residents even more. The code requires that the houses "face" the street, but facing 99 is like having your front door look out over a metal/gasoline sewer. I would strongly advocate for all of southtown (and Corvallis regulations) to turn their backs on 99 and stop pretending that it will ever be some sort of "main street" or whatever. ODOT's priority on this road is always going to be speed and flow, not people. ODOTs priorities and Corvallis resident priorities are not compatible.
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My dog loves to play here and breath particulate matter and other exhaust products from fast moving vehicles. Great spot to have a yelling conversation with others.
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Bike lanes are usually super dirty and full of sharp stuff here. It's always a bit of a thrill to load up on a few heavy IPAs at Block 15 and then steer into traffic across the expanse of lanes here to go north. Thanks to ODOT design, cars are usually racing by in this area.
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I love to sit in this area and eat tacos from one of the excellent nearby restaurants and listen to deafening traffic roaring by. I'm sure all those single occupancy vehicles have somewhere really important to go--thank you ODOT for helping them.
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I wonder how much pollution kids at this school are subject to because of this road. ODOT should do an EIS on the facilities they build--understanding that building roads is one of the biggest contributors to driving.
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