tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post5686420822945081214..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: State Street Advisory Committee to look at Road Design and Land Use MemosSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-85702813859847074162017-07-10T19:00:32.021-07:002017-07-10T19:00:32.021-07:00The City's announced a July 25th Open House. T...The City's announced <a href="http://www.cityofsalem.net/citydocuments/state-street-corridor-plan-public-meeting-3-2017-07-25.pdf" rel="nofollow">a July 25th Open House</a>. There will be a post on that closer to the date.<br /><br />The City's also posted <a href="http://www.cityofsalem.net/citydocuments/state-street-stakeholder-advisory-committee-meeting-3-notes-2017-06-28.pdf" rel="nofollow">the Advisory Committee meeting notes</a>.<br /><br />It's a little disappointing to read this:<br /><br />"<i>[T]he consultant team, working with the City, analyzed the Road Diet alternative – converting State Street into two travel lanes in each direction with a center-turn lane – and found that it could work if roughly a third of the projected traffic in the future diverted to other streets. She stated that the City was not confident this amount of diversion would happen, so State Street under a road diet could experience significant congestion. The City therefore applied for and received additional State funding to further design and analyze two additional street designs....<br /><br />City staff’s recommendation for a street design alternative was [therefore] the Hybrid alternative.</i>."<br /><br />There will be more to say on this as the Open House is nearer!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.com