The attached Powerpoint Presentation describes the proposed package. The attached pdf file is a drawing (not to scale) of how the road might look after it is restriped.
Eric Jones, from Eugene Public Works Department, attended the CAN presentation and announced that the City has decided to convene a public design workshop to start analyzing the cost and safety of the various short- and long-term improvements. The workshop will probably be scheduled in March.
If you are interested in participating in the Workshop, please join the Bailey Hill Road Safety Coalition electronic mailing list.
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A third option for the CHS driveway
Meeting summary
First I want to thank Julia for doing such a terrific job facilitating this meeting. I'd like to offer these notes as a point of departure for this Wednesday's meeting:
Bailey Hill Safety Committee
Goal: Shrink the "safety triangle" so the number of near misses (and on up) decrease.
Objectives:
1. Help pedestrians cross the street safely.
a. All ages.
b. All abilities.
c. All times of the day.
d. Throughout the year.
2. Help drivers traverse the corridor safely.
a. All experience levels (not just new drivers).
b. All degrees of familiarity (and unfamiliarity) with the area.
c. Emergency vehicles from fire station.
d. Commercial/construction traffic.
e. Neighborhood traffic.
f. Commuter traffic.
g. Bicyclists.
Specific Aims:
1. It should be easy for the average slow-moving person to cross the street at designated points.
2. It should be easy for the average driver entering the area for the first time to know all the driving hazards, without guessing.
3. It should be easy for the first-responders to exit the station.
Problem:
1. Fire station
a. North signage hidden by trees.
b. South signage lost in visual clutter (if there is one).
c. Fire station building not clearly marked as a fire station.
d. No "fire box" for drivers to stay clear of when trucks exit station.
e. No signed red light telling drivers to stop for trucks to exit station.
2. Playground.
a. No signage, at all.
3. School zone.
a. North sign is missing.
b. South sign of the end of the zone is missing, unless the 35 mph sign is supposed to be it.
c. Speed zone is only in effect during "school days".
d. When the middle school is in session, and the high school is not, is the speed zone in effect, or not?
4. Crosswalks.
a. No crosswalk at the park.
b. Unclear which crosswalk is the one to be used at the school driveway.
5. Commuter traffic.
a. No posting of a "speed zone ahead" when coming from Berterlson north.
Solutions
1. Improve signage (placement, number, trim trees if necessary, etc).
2. Designate a speed zone of 25 mph, 365/24/7 (and 20 mph during just school hours).
3. Painting (fire station box, add crosswalk at playground).
4. Signals (fire station red light; pedestrian call lights at both crosswalks).
5. Fence to funnel playground pedestrians to crosswalks.
Evaluation Constraints/criteria:
1. State/federal traffic laws.
2. Funds.
3. Work schedule.
Funding sources:
1. Large local construction traffic, e.g. Rexius; all the builders who are putting up homes in the association (e.g., Timberline homes).
a. If we got $1000 from each new home going up on Timberline, that is nearly $250,000.
2. Churchill HS fund raising.
3. Churchill Neighborhood Association - do some of the painting?.