tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8299418457211228256..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Talks on Sweden and Commercial Vista Corridor Refinement Plan Show ContrastSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-11796742667768986972015-04-23T09:40:05.344-07:002015-04-23T09:40:05.344-07:00Thank you for showing a photo of the Wallace Road ...Thank you for showing a photo of the Wallace Road and Glen Creek debocle so that people can see how the City wasted $10 million that could have gone to a better project.... a big chunk of the dollars needed for better bike projects!<br /><br />Note that there are very few cars in your picture. This area has benefitted little from all this money spent on adding a turn lane and upgrading the sidewalks.<br /><br />Your analysis of the project BEFORE it was built was right on. Pedestrians can't cross the street any easier or safer than before. In fact it takes so long to cross that many just ignore the signals and go when the traffic allows. It is a subjective observation, but I think that I see fewer pedestrians now than before.<br /><br />No one that I have ever seen uses that green bike zone! They are not crazy. They just use the sidewalk and then when they get to the inersection, if they wish to go across the traffic lane they just go when there is an opening.<br /><br />The one change, however, is that now there is more stacking on Wallace Road north of the intersection, because the cars have to wait longer at the light. Benefit to Glen Creek is that as you merge the two turn lanes on the hill, you get to play russian roulette with who gets to go first as there are no markings on the street to give signal as to whether there is a preference. AND if you happen to want to turn right at the first residential street which is right at that merge point, you get the extra thrill of hopings you do not get rear ended by not just one, but two merging cars! Yeah! Progress....?Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-30892369662791683602015-04-22T18:16:54.985-07:002015-04-22T18:16:54.985-07:00updated with survey linkupdated with survey linkSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.com