tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post1041552471510662619..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Lipstick on a Pig: Misplaced Trust in Bulb-Outs and Crosswalks?Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-54503974217622677032021-11-13T12:22:50.959-08:002021-11-13T12:22:50.959-08:00The August 15th, 2007 memo, "TSM/TDM (Transit...The August 15th, 2007 memo, "TSM/TDM (Transit and Roadway Efficiency) Concept - Analysis and Results," is still up on the City website. You can download <a href="https://www.cityofsalem.net/citydocuments/salem-river-crossing-ca16-04-approach-to-transit-tsm-tdm-2010-02-23.pdf" rel="nofollow">a slightly larger memo from 2010 here</a>, with the 2007 on embedded in it. When the City rolls to a new website, it will likely disappear, so if you are interested you should grab it now.<br /><br />From here, it seemed like a weird, unserious attempt at analysis. It relied on park-and-rides, so that people were still making a car trip and then transferring to bus. It also didn't look in very much detail at the bus-only lane. It was pretty vague:<br /><br />"<i>The transit element consists of the operation of two new routes, one on Highway 22 and one on Wallace Road, each serving downtown (and possibly other employment destinations in the city). Each route would offer premium, express service, from a suitably sited park and ride lot. Service would be provided by a set of eight new, articulated buses. Service would operate at six minute headways on each route. These changes would accommodate up to 2,000 riders across the bridge in the morning and evening peak hour. This would be equivalent to 20% of the projected demand at that time. <br /><br />Transit vehicles would cross the river in a dedicated lane. This new capacity either would be located on the existing bridges or would operate on the existing railroad bridge structure, suitably refurbished to accommodate these vehicles.<br /><br />Access and egress would be furnished by a combination of new ramps and structures, queue-jumping lanes at intersections, and other techniques, as necessary, to provide express service that affords a meaningful travel time advantage over general purpose vehicular lanes.</i>"<br /><br />Significantly, it concluded that right-priced parking downtown would be more effective.<br /><br />It might be time to revisit that, as the Congestion Relief Task Force didn't spend any more time on it. <br /><br />(Again, I'll delete these comments after a bit.)Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-89651880083658607752021-11-12T07:46:16.816-08:002021-11-12T07:46:16.816-08:00It is nice to be able to say that enough time has ...It is nice to be able to say that enough time has passed since the SRC madness that I cannot remember if we talked about that here. Probably in any future post, we would talk about dedicated transit lanes more generally, not just on the bridges. <br />As a general rule, going forward we should want to advantage transit trips, walking trips, and biking trips, and disadvantage drive-alone trips. (After a few days I will probably delete this comment, as it does not pertain to the blog post.)Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-89396931662113849862021-11-11T19:39:15.155-08:002021-11-11T19:39:15.155-08:00I would be interested if you could discuss the ide...I would be interested if you could discuss the idea of a bus and taxi Lane across the west Salem bridges. Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02041542760727296651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-46853135504737358732021-10-26T21:00:49.317-07:002021-10-26T21:00:49.317-07:00In belated follow-up, here are two notes about 17t...In belated follow-up, here are two notes about 17th Street and 85th percentile speed:<br /><br />- An initial discussion on a Council agenda, "<a href="https://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2021/03/city-council-march-8th-speed-zones-and.html" rel="nofollow">Speed Zones and our Autoism</a>."<br />- More detail, "<a href="https://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2021/03/latest-dangerous-by-design-report-is-good-context-on-17th-and-45th-street-speeds.html" rel="nofollow">Latest Dangerous by Design Report is Good Context on 17th and 45th Street Speeds</a>."Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-58184989626070010422015-02-02T11:28:29.211-08:002015-02-02T11:28:29.211-08:00Here's a British study about bulbouts!
http:/...Here's a British study about bulbouts!<br /><br />http://road.cc/content/news/141513-research-finds-measures-aimed-making-drivers-slow-down-increase-danger-cyclistsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-22241194623407503092012-08-28T10:33:37.738-07:002012-08-28T10:33:37.738-07:00From the SJ today:
"A 58-year-old woman who ...From the SJ today:<br /><br />"A 58-year-old woman who struck a visually impaired Salem author was sentenced today to 70 months in prison.<br /><br />Deputy District Attorney Paige Clarkson said that Rose Litherland was high on both methamphetamine and marijuana when she drove her car north on 17th Street NE and hit John Dashney, 70, as he was walking in a marked crosswalk at Chemeketa Street NE on May 29...<br /><br />In court today, Litherland pleaded no contest to a Measure 11 charge of second-degree assault and guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants.<br /><br />She did not have a valid driver's license and is legally blind herself -- though her attorney James Susee clarified that she has cataracts and could see well."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com