SE Third St is a candidate for Pedestrian Bicycle Strategic Funding

[Jay Thatcher]

Visit the online open house and take the survey from Oregon Department of Transportation.  Their Pedestrian Bicycle Strategic Funding Program has a bunch of possibilities around the state based on equity, crash incidence, surrounding population and school routes.  More info and links below.

For Third St the proposal for this program is to upgrade crossings at Chapman and Tunison (if viable) and add lighting from Chapman to Richland.  There's another project in Corvallis on this survey.  It's along Philomath Blvd. 

I'm all for safety improvements for active transportation, especially on a high crash corridor in a neighborhood with some high needs.

Jay T.

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Subject: Visit the Pedestrian Bicycle Strategic Funding Program online open house and take the survey

Here is your chance give input on proposed pedestrian and bicycle projects planned for your community!

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Public Transportation Division Visit Our Online Open House! Earlier this year, the Oregon Transportation Commission approved an increase of $55 million for pedestrian and bicycle projects in the 2024-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan. The money is dedicated to addressing critical gaps for walking and biking on the state system. At least 10 million will be used to improve walking and biking access to schools. Over the last several months our staff has been analyzing data to find the most beneficial projects throughout the state. We’ve developed a list of projects using a tool called the Active Transportation Needs Inventory (ATNI), which uses data such as essential destinations, household income, existing conditions, and crash risk factors to identify high need locations. It supports improving safe and equitable access to active and public transportation. The program primarily focuses on the top 10% of priority locations as identified in the ATNI and the top 20% for Safe Routes to School projects in communities under 5,000 in population. Take the survey and let us know what you think about the projects in your community, which projects would have the most impact on you, what concerns you have and what improvements you think would be most helpful. We’ll use this insight to help guide the project development process and provide information to the ODOT scoping teams about the user experience. Please visit our convenient online open house open from Sept.15 through Oct. 31. After it closes, we will look at your feedback to inform program development and ODOT decision-making if additional funding becomes available. Our goal is to create a multimodal transportation system that is safe and equitable for everyone and your input will help us get there. Visit our Pedestrian Bicycle Strategic Funding Program website to learn more. Learn how we’re evolving to build a modern transportation system based on sufficient funding and equity. www.oregon.gov/odot/Pages/SAP

Oregon Department of Transportation 355 Capitol Street NE, MS 11 Salem, OR , 97301-3871 USA

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Jay Thatcher

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