Laserfiche WebLink
<br />2!),2/!$ 15)%4 :/.% 02/*%#4 3!&%49 2%#/--%.$!4)/.3 <br />Staff and the RRQZ Citizen <br />Advisory Panel considered a <br />variety of safety measures at each <br />of the 10 crossings shown in the <br />map to the right. The options <br />were provided by staff following <br />a technical review by a Diagnostic <br />Review Team comprised of Public <br />Works staff, a representative <br />from Union Pacific Railroad and a <br />representative from the Oregon <br />Department of Transportation <br />Rail Division. The panel members <br />made the following <br />recommendations for each crossing: <br /> <br />6 ­ "´±¤­ 3³±¤¤³ <br /> 2¤¢®¬¬¤­£ ³¨®­Ȁ  ££ ¬¤£¨ ­² ³® 6 ­ "´±¤­ 3³±¤¤³ȁ 4§¨² ¨² ³§¤ «®¶¤²³ ¢®²³ ¬¤ ²´±¤  ­£ £®¤² ­®³ <br />®¡«¨¦ ³¤ ³§¤ #¨³¸ ³®  ­  ­­´ « ¬ ¨­³¤­ ­¢¤ ¥¤¤ Ȩ ² °´ £ȃ <br />±¤°´¤²³ ³® ´¯¦± £¤ ² ¥¤³¸ ¥¤ ³´±¤² ¥®¢´²¤£ ®­ ¯¤£¤²³±¨ ­²Ǿ ³¶® ²¬ ««¤±ȃ²¢ «¤ ¡¤««  ­£ ¥« ²§¨­¦ «¨¦§³ <br />²¨¦­ «² ¶¨«« ¡¤ ¯« ¢¤£ ®­ ³§¤ ®¯¯®²¨³¤ ²¨£¤ ®¥ ³§¤ ²³±¤¤³ ¥±®¬ ³§¤ µ¤§¨¢«¤ ¦ ³¤²Ǿ  £© ¢¤­³ ³® ³§¤ ²¨£¤¶ «ªȁ <br />The installation of medians was felt to be the most cost-effective safety improvement. Another <br />technically feasible option was to install a four-gate (quad gates) system at a cost of $735,000 vs <br />$220,000 for the medians. Either option would allow access to existing businesses at that area. <br />There would be a net loss of two or three parking spaces with the median option. Several panel <br />members expressed hope that the City would implement more substantial parking improvements <br />in the Whiteaker neighborhood. <br /> <br />-®­±®¤ 3³±¤¤³ <br />2¤¢®¬¬¤­£ ³¨®­Ȁ ¨­²³ ««   °´ £ȃ¦ ³¤ ¢±®²²¨­¦ ²¸²³¤¬ȁ <br />Monroe Street carries 1,600 vehicles per day. <br />It is a designated bike-boulevard with a summertime volume of 400 bikes per day, and has <br />driveway access points within a few feet of the tracks. This crossing has also been the location of <br />two fatal pedestrian-train crashes in the past five years. One may have been preventable, the other <br />may not have been preventable. Panel members representing the bicycle community, as well as the <br />Active Transporation Committee, supported the early design concept of closing the crossing to <br />motor vehicles, but leaving it open to bikes and pedestrians. This later was determined to be <br />impractical for the following reasons: <br />FRA and Oregon rules would still define this as a public rail crossing and therefore would <br />require active safety equipment be installed to turn the train horns off at this crossing. <br />One business with an access directly adjacent to the crossing may need to be <br />compensated for the loss of truck access that would occur. Given that the business relies <br />on large vehicle access on a daily basis, the only viable solution is to relocate the business. <br />The recommended quad-gate system is a less expensive option than the cost of relocating <br />the business and compensating owners for the value of real property. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 8 <br /> <br /> <br />