tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8372404208210925626..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Third Bridge is Self-NegatingSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-49990532407201649042014-12-12T09:43:23.622-08:002014-12-12T09:43:23.622-08:00I have an easy solution. Contract the existing We...I have an easy solution. Contract the existing West Salem Urban growth boundary to the existing development. Enact development restrictions on the remaining land to limit new construction until a solution on a future bridge / tunnel / teleporter can be established. As urban congestion goes the existing bridge traffic is really not very bad. Since the voters are VERY unlikely to support any of the proposals I have seen lets not make the problem any worse.Cory Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231911755703221896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-39083793158813001452014-12-12T00:07:59.441-08:002014-12-12T00:07:59.441-08:00So, you are suggesting that we toll the existing b...So, you are suggesting that we toll the existing bridges, use some of the funds to do repairs and we won't need a 3rd bridge for at least 20 years?<br /><br />According to what I was told, the cost of collecting a toll is about $1 per trip, so no toll could be levied for less than $2 a trip. People would come unglued at the thought of being required to pay a toll on a bridge that is already built and paid for.<br /><br />Can the local government even put a toll on a bridge that is owned by the State?<br /><br />I do like the idea of raising parking fees for state workers, and then putting in shuttle buses in several locations around the community. <br /><br />Why are the cheapest solutions always so hard for people to accept?Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-88346217344738246272014-12-11T21:16:49.528-08:002014-12-11T21:16:49.528-08:00You are right about parking! - and the SRC even kn...You are right about parking! - and the SRC even knows this. It's from a 2007 memo and <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2013/08/cherriots-third-bridge-alternate-modes-study-salem-river-crossing-west-salem-apartments-wallace-park-and-ride.html" rel="nofollow">this might be the best discussion here</a>.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-28888271434098230702014-12-11T19:20:39.837-08:002014-12-11T19:20:39.837-08:00I would also suggest that the State raise the park...I would also suggest that the State raise the parking fees in its employee parking lots by a significant amount and use the extra money to bring back subsidized bus passes. These two steps would help reduce driving downtown. A general reduction of off-street parking in downtown is a good idea.<br /><br />I just read this piece on the Transport Politic:<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/21/why-rivers-curve-video_n_6194568.html?cps=gravity<br />It's a good article about how restricting downtown parking, even in more auto-dependent cities, will yield high rates of transit use.Mike Dnoreply@blogger.com