Open house tonight for ‘Outer Powell Safety Project’ (3/9)

One obvious fix: decrease the speed limit from 35 to 30, particularly from the freeway to 122nd.

Start writing tickets for bike lane incisions by motor vehicle operators. It is the de facto mode, happens all day long. Problem is, the bike lane is also the only civilized way for moms, kids, babies, geriatrics, disabled, etc to get to the dagnab bus stop on foot. So many vulnerable user at risk of death by distracted drivers in a hurry to get around the car in front. It’s not like they are actually going to get anywhere fast on Powell….

This is ODOT we’re talking about. Unless people show up in droves to demand change favorable to non-auto and non-truck traffic, expect to see the same old minimalist bike infrastructure.

Funny that someone thinks “tailgating” isn’t a “speeding” issue.
“Too fast for conditions” as a citation doesn’t just refer to weather, time of day and surface conditions; it also refers to the conditions of the traffic within which a driver is driving.

In other words: if you are “following too closely” you had to have been traveling “too fast for conditions” to get there. If you were honestly not trying to speed and intimidate the road user in front of you you would have slowed down and followed at a safe distance.

It is almost as if separating tailgating from speeding is a way to “it’s not your fault, that other car must have come out of nowhere”.
Why does this sound familiar…..

Good to hear a spade called a spade.

…waiting for wsbob to tell us that pedestrians and people riding bikes need to take more responsibility.

ODOT 3/15: “the intersection of SE 122nd and Powell had the highest number and severity of crashes on any highway in the entire state.”

ODOT 11/13: According to Hamilton, ODOT feels the responsibility for safety on Barbur is ultimately up to the user. “You can make smart choices about driving on that road… We have signs that help advise you about what’s safe in an area.”
http://bikeportland.org/2013/11/27/after-another-fatality-on-barbur-blvd-odot-tweet-hits-a-nerve-97815