GP Metro Change - West End
George Rheault
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Route 8 in Portland's West End
Route Change in Portland's West End
- Using Clark Street, turning right onto Cushman Street, and left onto Emery Street (currently in use)
- This option would have impact to bus stops aside from the changes already made in November 2022
- Using Clark Street, turning right onto Spring Street, and turning left onto Emery Street.
- This option would require the relocation of the stop at Emery/Spruce Street, likely impacting on-street parking on Spring Street.
Public Meeting Date and Location
Meeting Location: Reiche Community Center, 166 Brackett Street, 2nd Floor
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Public Meeting Date and Location
Meeting Location: Reiche Community Center, 166 Brackett Street, 2nd Floor
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As you can see they
removed the slip lane and added additional sidewalk and plantings are
in front of the pole and monument. It also squared up the
intersection bringing the pine Street curbs into alignment. In doing
so they created a more pedestrian friendly space in the West End.
This project and been in the planning stages for the last 10 years
and finally came to fruition last summer using CBDG funding.
To solve the routing
problem during construction, Metro rerouted the bus down Clark Street
to Cushman Street.
METRO is considering three options:
Using Clark Street, turning right onto Cushman Street, and left onto Emery Street (currently in use) This option would have no impact to bus stops aside from the changes already made in November 2022 Slight line-of-site issues at Cushman/Emery
Using Clark Street, turning right onto Spruce Street, and turning left onto Emery Street. This option would require a slight relocation of the stop at Emery/Spruce, but this would not have any impact on parking as the parking on Spruce Street is on the south side. May be safest option as buses would be driving on opposite side of the street from parked cars Buses may have issues turning from Clark to Spruce with a vehicle parked close to the Spruce/Clark stop sign
Using Clark Street, turning right onto Spring Street, and turning left onto Emery Street. This option would require the relocation of the stop at Emery/Spruce Street, likely impacting on-street parking on Spring Street. All-way stops at Spring/Clark and Spring/Emery may or may not be advantageous for bus turns
We had an exceptional attendance at the meeting of 36 people with a significant number of people from Cushman Street who were all opposed to using Cushman Street citing various claims and excuses (busses speed down the one block street, children and pets playing in the street, etc.)
I suggested they
look at running from the Western Prom to Pine Street and then to
Emery Street which 211 feet from the Butler School ADA entrance vs
170 feet from the entrance to West Street. (Personally, I think
these distances are minimal in nature). Based on the data presented
last night, the bus stop has about four weekday boarding per day!
There is a
powerpoint presentation on the Metro website with a lot more detail:
https://gpmetro.org/1636/Route-8-in-Portlands-West-End
George Reault and
folks has asked how could this blunder have happened. I do not
consider it a blunder. If presented the options, ten times out of
ten, I would choose to redesign Andrews Square exactly how it was
done.
But some background
that went over people’s head last night. Pre Covid there was a
plan to completely reroute the 8 bus through the West End called the
2019-2021 Peninsula Loop “Reboot” Plan
Proposed
map and schedule changes in 2019-2022 would have run a more direct
route via Fore River Parkway to Danforth Street, avoiding local,
lower-volume streets • Significant negative feedback to this
proposal • Reboot plans were paused in 2021 to allow for a regional
planning project called Transit Together to play out
The Bike Ped
Committee reviewed the concept with several list serv threads in 2019
to 2021. It appears they “paused” the process prior to our
taking a position on it. Had this pln gone through, this issue would
be a non factor. But 2019 was so long ago, thankfully we have the
list serv to provide back up history!
Steven Scharf