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The stretch of NE 33rd between Prescott and Fremont really needs some ways to calm the traffic down. Signage, speed-traps, traffic humps, whatever - cars are cruising through here - both dangerous and noisy.
though the speed limit says 30, cars go 40+
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Albert Kaufman (Visitante)
Ken (Visitante)
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Albert Kaufman (Visitante)
I got a response back from the City, and this from local resident, Scott, who is working on this issue...
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 12:09pm email from Scott Rider to George Ivan Smith
Note: Scott was going to present this at the ANA meeting Monday night but wisely stayed home with a cold, and sent this for me to share.
If you have thoughts about traffic in the neighborhood, please share them with me. I’m planning an article in the next newsletter. Thanks.
George
Scott Rider:
My philosophy is that the ANA should support initiatives like traffic calming provided it is in the budget. I am interested in finding other members of our community who will help brainstorm further on the idea for a more complete and formal proposal at the next meeting.
I gave a report to the group in October on traffic calming in Alameda. The City of Portland has an official traffic slowing program that is divided into two sub-groups. The first is funded privately by neighbors like you and I who want to effect change on their specific street, and the second is similar, but is funded by the City. The privately funded program is "on hold" indefinitely due to budget cutbacks. While it seems ironic (or it did to me) that homeowners like myself, who are perfectly willing to finance a project are unable to, in large part due to the fact that there isn't any staff employed at the city any longer who coordinate this.
The City funded program goes through several steps. First is to request a study of each particular street or segment of street of concern. The city would then install monitoring devices for 2-3 days that count the volume and speed of traffic. The scheduling for these studies is about a month out, and is subject to any studies of the similar area that have been done recently. A month or so after the traffic study is completed, you can request to receive the resulting data. The City reviews this data and prioritizes (or discards) the request for traffic calming based on severity/need, funding, and other undisclosed factors. Without giving a specific number for the City's budget for the program, it was implied that they are somewhat limited and it is a competitive process to get lights/signs/bumps/rounders installed.
I have gone through all of the above over the last 2 months and have yet to receive the data from my study and have no perspective on whether or not we'll get a traffic calming device installed.
I am in the process of drafting a proposal for submission to the ANA for a neighborhood wide traffic calming initiative that is much broader in scope, using print media, tv, signs, etc. The general concept is that if you and I are concerned about speeds in our neighborhood, so are many others and we need to slow cars down on ALL streets (not just mine) and can do that by raising the awareness of the issue through multiple media....
Here's an rough outline or sketch of the idea:
• Create a competition for local high schools/universities to design a traffic calming slogan for Alameda $1500 purse something along the lines of "20mph in my 'hood" or similar
• Use competition idea to create yard (temporary "election year type) signs - several different designs/colors - one for every yard in Alameda
• Press release to local media outlet to leverage traffic calming slogan competition and signage for exposureTV coverage on sign installation day
• Front page article in January Alameda newspaper, website, Facebook article
Obviously this lacks a lot of detail and probably needs more 'fleshing out", not to mention how it will be financed. My wife and I are considering challenging the ANA to a matching program, where we'll match every dollar that the ANA pledges to this project up to $2500. This would go towards funding the competition and purchase of the signs. If we ran the campaign for a month in Jan/Feb, we could then pull the signs and store them for another campaign in later spring.
I welcome your participation and comments/improvements on the idea outlined above. Additionally, if you know anyone else in our neighborhood who might offer valuable assistance (owner of sign company, tv reporter, etc) feel free to forward this email or refer me.
Scott A Rider
Albert Kaufman (Utilizador Registado)
recent accident along this stretch.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/portland_man_arraigned_on_mans.html
Portland man arraigned on manslaughter, drunk driving charges
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian
December 28, 2009, 11:44AM
View full sizeMultnomah County SheriffDumasA Northeast Portland man was arraigned this morning on accusations that he was driving drunk when he struck another driver, who died several weeks later.
Quandrell Jaray Dumas, 23, was charged with first-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault, hit-and-run driving and driving under the influence of intoxicants, among other charges, stemming from the Oct. 18 crash. Jared E. Sletager, 29, of Seattle, was critically injured. He died less than a month later.
Portland police said Sletager was driving a Volkswagen Vanagon south on Northeast 33rd Avenue near Shaver Street around 1:20 a.m. when the Lincoln Continental Dumas was driving ran a stop sign. Dumas' car crashed into Sletager's van, then hit the porch of a nearby home. Police said Dumas ran, leaving his car behind.
Dumas has a rocky driving history. He has been cited more than half a dozen times for driving without a license, without insurance or while suspended in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
-- Aimee Green
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