Rather than share limited speaker time with Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) representative Ryan Baker at December’s general meeting, it was decided to postpone a presentation from Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) representative Scott Cohen until February to allow more time for neighbors to air their concerns, some of which are listed below:
- Develop traffic calming ideas for Skidmore Street (north of park) in light of the increasing urgency for action; also, stage temporary pop-up events for the purpose of eliciting neighborhood feedback.
- Address neighbor’s concerns at the Alameda/Fremont Street intersection and recent accidents at that location.
- Review recent traffic count and speed surveys on Prescott and Shaver streets (surveys did not indicate further action by normal indices employed by PBOT).
- Continue campaign to get signage at the unmarked intersections, primarily those in the section of the neighborhood south of Prescott Street and north of Fremont Street between 33rd and 42nd avenues.
If you have other transportation-related concerns that you’d like to see addressed, you’re encouraged to either attend the February 7 meeting (see page 3 for information about accessing the Zoom link) or contact Transportation Committee Chair John Sandie by phone (219-508-4162) or e-mail (sandiefam@gmail.com).