Item A: South Willamette Street Improvement Plan

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5 Do not plan on bikes on the sidewalk. What kind of signage possible to help vehicles understand bikes allowed full use of lane? 5 With shared pedestrian/ bicycle use of sidewalk 5 Discuss cycle use in sidewalk "realm." If we do not incorporate bikes into this realm, bikes/ peds conflicts could be a concern. 5 Wider sidewalks 13' are a big priority! 5 w/ sidewalks being mixed use (bike and pedestrian friendly as are the park and river bike paths. 5 Big sidewalks. Sidewalks should be used for bikes as well as pedestrians. 5 Could bikes and peds share? 5 I would like to be able to bike on the sidewalk. 5 Only if it can accommodate bikes. 5 Show options that accommodate bikes. Or perhaps have widened sidewalks only in the key 2 -3 block area (where good side streets for bike commuters exist hopefully). Or wide on one side only. 5 At least reduce driveways, improve and widen sidewalks, add trees, do something about ugly utility poles; allow bikes to share sidewalk, add bus turnouts or allow vehicles to pass bus when stopped. 5 Wider sidewalks, w/ bicycle parking in #5 with possible bus pull -offs makes most sense. Bicycles could (and possibly cars) use an alt. route if not visiting businesses/ locations in the area. Bike parking area & walk to businesses on wider sidewalks. Also cars could park in one lot and walk/ cross streets up and down to other businesses and locations = less car pull ins and outs. Less driveways for bikes, peds, less car turning to prevent backups. 5 jAnd bus pullouts. Get poles off the sidewalks. Bikes allowed on sidewalks. Fewer driveways. 5 All modes eventually are pedestrians - wider, obstacle -free sidewalks are a must. I am concerned that Option 5, despite the wonderful 13' walkways, doesn't adequately address bike/ ped/ sidewalk seating conflict. 5 lWith bike turnouts. 5 For bikes and peds. 6 4 lanes w/ roundabouts would be my first choice, moving bicycle traffic to alternative routes with some level of dedicated access. 6 Crucial to maintain cyclist safety at roundabouts - diverting cyclists onto sidewalks at roundabouts is unsafe in my experience. 6 Intrigued (but concerned about bike/ ped safety at roundabouts). 6 Make the median a little smaller for emergency vehicles to travel easily -maybe combine side- walk w/ bike lane. 6 No "raised" median: emergency vehicle access at risk. Raised medians scare me with regard to emergency vehicle access. And people get frustrated (road rage) w/ raised median inconveniences. 6 Six feet seems a bit wider than necessary for bikers. Maybe we could reduce it a bit to give more width to the vehicle lanes and sidewalks. 6 Sidewalks could be expanded to 10' (standard) if median was narrowed.