They'll be talking housing, the Downtown Mobility Study, and permanent bike corrals, which are being piloted during First Wednesdays this summer.
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| Temporary Bike Corral on Sidewalk State Street, First Wednesday July 2013 |
- Should the Downtown Advisory Board recommend that the Urban Renewal Agency board support approval of the North Downtown Housing Investment Strategy?
- Should the Downtown Advisory Board recommend that the Urban Renewal Agency Board support approval of an amendment to the RDURA Plan to add curb bulb-outs and permanent bike parking to the Riverfront-Downtown Urban Renewal Plan? [emphasis added!]
- Should the Downtown Advisory Board recommend the Urban Renewal that the Urban Renewal Agency Board support approval of the Central Salem Mobility Study recommendations?
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| Comb and Toast Racks - not Recommended |
The cones and barricades also made things look more like a construction zone than an inviting place to put your bike.
The installation on State Street also was up on the sidewalk, and the idea of the corral is to use an on-street car stall more efficiently, serving six or more bikes in the space one car occupied.
In general it would be great to reduce the number of bike racks on the sidewalk to free up the "furniture zone" for sidewalk cafe seating or benches or other amenities, and to shift parking to the street, where it belongs. Having bike racks on the sidewalk is also a cue that potentially misleads people into thinking you can bike on the sidewalk downtown.
August's theme is bikes. I believe, and it will be interesting to see how that works.
1 comment:
You know, the State st location itself might not be very good: It fronts an empty lot, the old theater site, and there's no attractor right there; additionally, State st is outbound from downtown and it might be better to have a corral on an inbound location. So the whole thing is maybe orphaned a little. The one in June in front of Venti's was on an inbound route and at an attractor.
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