tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post3398015393907916681..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Bike Repair Station, On Your Feet Friday, Mission and Winter: Weekend BitsSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-30183883900193625932014-09-13T23:40:37.191-07:002014-09-13T23:40:37.191-07:00Yes, an accident with blood is needed for real cha...Yes, an accident with blood is needed for real change. i am not joking. It is part of the criteria. Ask the PW staff and they will tell you that number of accidents with injuries or death is required in many cases to affect a change in an intersection. On a major arterial it might take several to get something done. Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-77998782026696215842014-09-13T16:19:00.702-07:002014-09-13T16:19:00.702-07:00Very strange crash site as well. In the bushes be...Very strange crash site as well. In the bushes behind the wall there is a trail of concrete debris, a tire track, and the tree is also damaged. It looks like someone drove up over the wall and through the bushes and kept going through the parking lot.<br /><br />When Public Works opposed intersection improvements here in conjunction with the hospital's development on the OSB property, they insisted that realignment of the route through Bush Park was necessary. There appears to be some demand for this new alignment.Curtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-83068125679259122382014-09-13T14:10:03.921-07:002014-09-13T14:10:03.921-07:00City hypocrisy on parking policy is evident in the...City hypocrisy on parking policy is evident in their respective actions on the hospital parking and downtown parking. According to a letter submitted by the hospital in the case file, the hospital alleges that their existing parking supply is inadequate resulting in employees parking in the spaces intended for patients. Sound familiar? This "problem" persists even after demolishing the Bush Elementary School and its public amenities in favor of an employee parking lot.<br /><br />The city response to nearly identical issues downtown is to step up parking management tools like time limits and meters. The city response to the hospital is demolishing schools, playgrounds, cutting trees and demolishing historic buildings. All to protect their unique distinction as the only major employer in the Central Business District that charges nothing for parking.<br /><br />The city proved our parking petitioners right about one thing--we cannot trust the city to manage parking.<br /><br />Curtnoreply@blogger.com