tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post7670474324264269363..comments2022-03-24T23:36:03.004-07:00Comments on The Upright Cyclist: Getting Better in SalemB+http://www.blogger.com/profile/18353381870331760316noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-20825803300320482462016-09-28T21:03:27.322-07:002016-09-28T21:03:27.322-07:00It may be that they won't be able to make that...It may be that they won't be able to make that crossing safe enough for cyclists like me at Union and 99E. That's a big puppy of an intersection. I just thought it would be neat to go down Union and take the pedestrian bridge into West Salem. I like the buffered bike lanes and I love the road treatment at the intersection of Winter and Mission - that is lovely! I do think more signage and clarification at High and Ferry is needed. I thankfully anticipated that a car driver would turn right ahead of me onto Ferry from High Street and thus missed a collision. Melinda Filberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487775577621699604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-10612475282255214032016-09-27T22:43:33.575-07:002016-09-27T22:43:33.575-07:00Re: Crossing Union St @ Commercial - here's th...Re: Crossing Union St @ Commercial - <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2016/02/downtown-advisory-board-dab-police-station-union-street-bike-lanes-victory-club-alley.html" rel="nofollow">here's the latest that's public</a>. It's still not wholly clear, and it may be that the City's not clear. Just today our Metropolitan Planning Organization met and considered a request to swap some Federal funds for some State funds on Union Street. Some elements are still in flux. Right now there are three phases: The crossing will happen, a segment from Commercial to Winter Street will happen, and from Winter to 12th looks increasingly likely. Some design elements are also in flux. The total project seems to be on about a five-year horizon.<br /><br />RE: left turns from right-hand bike lanes. Yeah, that's a problem with the design. Either merge left into traffic to make the turn, or make a two-phase "jug-handle" turn using a right-hand crosswalk and actually pivoting in the crosswalk.<br /><br />Glad to hear that the High/Church and Winter@Mission projects are useful in practice, however!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-54073263709493507092016-09-26T19:36:05.245-07:002016-09-26T19:36:05.245-07:00I guess that I meant down Church and then left on ...I guess that I meant down Church and then left on Ferry....Melinda Filberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487775577621699604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-68239047456909216632016-09-26T19:33:06.117-07:002016-09-26T19:33:06.117-07:00I was so caught up in hoping for buffered bike lan...I was so caught up in hoping for buffered bike lanes on Union that I forgot about the Union - Liberty / Commercial - aka 99E intersection - that puppy is huge! I would need two light cycles to get across on Gerty. I guess it's still down Cottage and left onto Ferry. I'll take my chances with Ferry than crossing that huge intersection.Melinda Filberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487775577621699604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-81625764804384179672016-09-26T19:24:32.145-07:002016-09-26T19:24:32.145-07:00I was so focused on the hope that we would get a b...I was so focused on the hope that we would get a buffered two way bike lane on Union that I completely forgot that disasterous crossing at Union and Commercial/ Liberty - that makes it an absolute no go in my book. For now I'll still take a left on Ferry from Cottage and thread my way to the pedestrian bridge - a crazy way but not as insane as trying to cross that intersection.Melinda Filberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487775577621699604noreply@blogger.com