The Policy Committee for our Metropolitan Planning Organization convenes today, and several of the items we've already touched on in other conversations. So just a brief note.
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| Three County Safe Routes project applications |
The MPO will likely submit letters in support of
the five Safe Routes to Schools project applications from the City of Salem and the three from Marion County.
The County ones are:
At least one street is gravel, and several are over-wide residential streets missing sidewalks or with non-standard ones. Zooming is very likely a problem. This is basic remediation more than anything else.
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| Shaving one foot off the bike lane or sidewalk for savings |
On the Hollywood project,
the TAC decided the sidewalk could be continuously five-feet instead of six, but the bike lane should remain six-feet wide. (See t
his City note for more comment on "AASHTO standards.")
On the prospects for new rules on the reduction of carbon pollution, the County is threatening a lawsuit against
Governor Brown's executive order. Committee members also cite multiple reasons for delay and doubt. The MPO continues with an essentially obstructionist stance, and would like a member appointed to a new advisory committee, clearly not to contribute constructively or creatively, but to slow-walk the process as much as possible.
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| From the draft July minutes |
The MPO convenes today, Tuesday the 25th at noon.
The agenda and meeting packet is here
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(Apparently the meeting info in the packet is wrong. The revised info isn't playing nice in the blog editor at the moment, and you may need to call the MPO if you want access to the meeting. It did not seem important, and it was on short notice, so it did not seem important to include in the first place. Sorry, this is a substandard post!)
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