[trafficsafety] Traffic Safety Awareness Action for March

I've just been contacted by a reporter wanting to know all about the
March traffic safety action. Are we definitely having this March 15th @
SE Belmont / 40th?

I think it's a great idea to have these actions on third Thursdays. It
worked out great for participants to head off to Free Geek's monthly
movie night afterwards, it would be fun to pair this every month with
Thirsty Third Thursday Theater which tends to start at 7:30P:
http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/ThirstyThirdThursTheater

Anyone can host Th-Th-Th-Theater nights, by the way. Just be the first
person to update the Wiki, and instruction on what to do are there. You
have to find a FG person who has a key to the building to "chaperone"
the event.

Let's talk details! 4:30-7PM again? Ideas for snacks / beverages? The
weather is likely to be cold, I'll bring ingedients for hot tea and
maybe someone can turn up some large airpots.

<:Bri:>

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[trafficsafety] Feb 15th "Traffic Safety Action" rally recap

Jonathan Maus wrote:
> did anyone get photos and/or have a recap of the rally tonight?

Hey, I wasn't at the rally spot for the entire time owing to the fact
that I was at times down the street making more signs for the
better-than-expected turnout, but here is what I know about it. There
were more than a dozen people and quite an ambitious quantity / quality
of sign materials. Some were vinyl signs and attached to the nearby
tree with the Ghost Bike sign on it, some were attached to bikes /
trailers, some were hand-held. The Portland Mercury had a reporter
there, and the film crew for for the Portland bike documentary
(portlandbikemovie.com) was representing, I believe it was Greg Fredette
& Jason Turner. As far as I know there was not anyone taking pictures
although the Portland bike movie crew took a lot of film footage.

I did not see any motorists blasting through that spot on SE Stark at a
really excessive speed, but I estimate that about 1/4 of drivers were
going well over the speed limit until they came near our group at which
point they slowed down. The average speed among that 1/4 was probably
about 40-45 (in a 30MPH area). There was definitely a lot of support
from drivers, and I'm not aware of any angry motorists being encountered.

Of those I talked to, we seem to be in agreement about a few things:
- The safety actions will be a monthly feature, at a different location
each time (March and April already selected).
- The actions would be a handy opportunity for safety-ists to get
together and discuss future plans, casual-meeting style.
- SE Stark is a pretty dangerous spot for peds / cyclists, due mostly to
the high speeds of automobiles. There was talk of adding speed bumps to
this area, and also along SE Ankeny where there are none in the SE 20th
- 39th area.
- Future actions should feature snacks and season-appropriate beverages
(cold in hot weather, hot in cold weather).

Any ideas out there for future actions?

This is a busy wkend for bike-funnists. LightBar is wrapping up today,
and Mini-Bike Winter is in progress! Gotta run.

http://mykle.com/lightbar/

http://www.zoobomb.net/minibikewinter/

<:Bri:>

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[trafficsafety] rally recap?

did anyone get photos and/or have a recap of the rally tonight?

 

thanks.

--Jonathan
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Re: [trafficsafety] this Thursday: traffic safety action on SE Stark by 26th

If you ever do any far to the south, there's one spot just outside Portland (in Milwaukie) that really needs some attention: SE 17th & McLoughlin.  Lots of Portland Springwater commuters ride through this intersection on their way up to Sellwood, and it could really use some attention.  Recent "improvements" have improved the traffic flow for cars, but the intersection is totally inadequate for cyclists.

 

I don't have time right now to organize an action there, but I'd definitely show up.

 

-Matt Picio

 

On 2/14/07, jacqueline authier <jacqueauthier@earthlink.net> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm planning to make this a monthly event- Third Thursday of the month.
When talking to the press I mentioned 40th and Belmont for the March
rally, just 'cause I had to think quick.  Perhaps if we can get enough
people to show up we could split up and have a group walk down 39th to
Hawthorne.

I hope you all will send suggestions for locations, and maybe help with
some organization.

RE: [trafficsafety] this Thursday: traffic safety action on SE Stark by 26th

Michael Kuhn wrote:
> I would like to suggest SE 39th and Hawthorne for an action. I walk
> across almost every day and seldom fail to see one or more gross
> violations of the red lights or peds in crosswalks.
>

Hi all,

I'm planning to make this a monthly event- Third Thursday of the month.
When talking to the press I mentioned 40th and Belmont for the March
rally, just 'cause I had to think quick. Perhaps if we can get enough
people to show up we could split up and have a group walk down 39th to
Hawthorne.

I hope you all will send suggestions for locations, and maybe help with
some organization.

Hope I see you tomorrow at 26th and Stark!

Thanks, Jacque

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:07 PM
To: 'Traffic Safety'
Subject: Re: [trafficsafety] this Thursday: traffic safety action on SE
Stark by 26th

Hi Michael, this is a great suggestion. In the discussion about regular

traffic safety actions, this intersection gets mentioned quite often.

Would you be willing to lead the event for Hawthorne / SE 39th? About
all it takes is posting the event to local mail lists / blogs, picking
up the signs, and being present at the time of the event. I can tell
you all about how the previous actions (at NW 9th / Lovejoy and the one
in Beaverton) were planned.

I've just heard about a preliminary plan to have an action April on SW
Terwilliger, but it seems that March still does not have one planned.

<:Brian:>

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Re: [trafficsafety] this Thursday: traffic safety action on SE Stark by 26th

Hi Michael, this is a great suggestion. In the discussion about regular
traffic safety actions, this intersection gets mentioned quite often.

Would you be willing to lead the event for Hawthorne / SE 39th? About
all it takes is posting the event to local mail lists / blogs, picking
up the signs, and being present at the time of the event. I can tell
you all about how the previous actions (at NW 9th / Lovejoy and the one
in Beaverton) were planned.

I've just heard about a preliminary plan to have an action April on SW
Terwilliger, but it seems that March still does not have one planned.

<:Brian:>

Michael Kuhn wrote:
> I would like to suggest SE 39th and Hawthorne for an action. I walk across
> almost every day and seldom fail to see one or more gross violations of the
> red lights or peds in crosswalks.
>

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[trafficsafety] this Thursday: traffic safety action on SE Stark by 26th

Happening tomorrow (sorry about the short notice): a traffic safety
action at the intersection where cyclist Nick Bucher was killed by a
speeding motorist. My awesome friend Jacque decided that the killing of
this cyclist should not go without a response, and hopes for actions
such as this to be a regularly-scheduled monthly occurrence.

<:Bri:>

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This Thursday, Feb.15th 4:30-7:00, come demonstrate your love for your bike
and your fellow cyclists / pedestrians!

We will be gathering at 26th and Stark Street, where Nick Bucher lost
his life to
a speeding motorist.

Make a face to face statement to motorists about traffic safety. We'll
have cyclists
gather on all sides of the intersection with signs asking drivers to
slow down and take
care to drive safely through our neighborhoods.

- Make a sign- and some to share if you can.
- There will be signs available.
- The media will be invited.
- We’re starting early so that you’ll have time to scoot off to free
geek’s movie night,
or the nopo greenway meeting afterward.

Questions? jacqueauthier at earthlink dot net

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Articles about the collision on SE Stark:

http://bikeportland.org/2007/02/03/cyclist-killed-in-se-portland/

http://bikeportland.org/2007/02/06/ghost-bike-installed-for-nick/

http://bikeportland.org/2007/02/05/nick-bucher-memorial-plans/

Articles about previous actions:

http://bikeportland.org/2005/10/31/a-super-time-at-breakfast-on-the-bridges/

http://www.isharetheroad.com/2006/08/15/traffic-safety-action-promotes-dialogue/

http://bikeportland.org/2006/09/04/tragedy-turns-into-action-in-beaverton/

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