near miss
Mark C. Mason
> ...after what happened with Kyle & his friend on the sidewalk/curb Tuesday - I am not willing
> to settle for a 50% reduction. I want those buses off our neighborhood streets. We cannot afford
> another near miss (will the next one be a near miss??) with one of our kids!!!
I would like to hear more about this incident. Lisa, would you post a complete description of what happened?
Include the date and time as closely as possible and as much pertinent detail as you can, such as reactions
or side effects ('Little Suzy woke up screaming "THE BUS IS GOING TO GET ME!!!").
Cc Trimet, ODOT, Sam Adams, etc...
We should journal all such incidents to notabusroute, as we may need them later, and the sooner after
the incident the better. Remember, we're building a case here. Everyone can help.
-- Mark Mason Engineering Design Team
Lisa Cox
On Tuesday, 9/18, Randy & Karon's 11 year old son Kyle and his friend
were walking home from Mt. Tabor Middle School around 4pm. They were
on the NW corner of 60th & Taylor Street when they saw a southbound
bus on 60th coming. Kyle's friend ran across the street before it
turned while Kyle waited for the bus to turn. At that point the bus
should've stopped to let Kyle cross the street, but instead turned
west bound on Taylor Street, jumped the curb running across the
sidewalk about 2 feet from Kyle who didn't move. Kyle isn't freaked
out about what happened - he says his mom & dad are more freaked out
about it than he is ... as well they should be - we all should be!!
Jon Joseph later told Randy & Karon there was no report of it when
they reported it to him the next day - Kyle hadn't told them what
happened until later. Jon Joseph also said that the Tri-Met
supervisor on the street said all was well that day, and they had
actually received compliments from neighbors about how slow the buses
were going. Apparently, the supervisors don't see everything.
On a different note - Karon said she found some meeting notes (on-
line) from a Tri-Met meeting back in May that said the buses would
begin running the reroute on 9/2 = very well planned out for the
holiday weekend, and kids back in school that week. If the reroute
doesn't affect more than 25% of the route they don't have to have a
public hearing. She also found some info. on buses = they are 19
tons, and 20 times more destructive to roads than cars, which leads to
Cuong's point - no survey of the reroute roads. Can we actually pull
that off?
Lisa Cox