Forest Avenue Redesign Project [Video]

PART OF THE AREA’S REDESIGN CAMERON LOBLEY TAKES US TO PORTLAND’S WOODFORD’S CORNER TO LEARN MORE. “SAFETY WAS A VERY BIG ISSUE… RIGHT NOW IT’S NOT VERY SAFE. SO WHAT ARE THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE TO MAKE IT SAFER?” THAT’S THE QUESTION AT THE HEART OF PORTLAND’S “FOREST AVENUE REDESIGN PROJECT.” AFTER A YEAR-PLUS OF RESEARCH BY THE CITY AND MULTIPLE TRANSPORTATION GROUPS, TONIGHT THEY TURNED TO PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE ROAD. WE REALLY WANT TO DO A CHECK WITH PEOPLE ON NUMBER ONE THAT WE GET THE UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR CORRIDOR. RIGHT. IS DID WE MISS ANYTHING IN OUR ANALYSIS OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING TODAY? AND THEN GET A SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF THE OPTIONS PEOPLE GOT AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT SAFETY DATA, TRAFFIC STATS, AND PROTOTYPE REDESIGNS CREATED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT. ATTENDEES ALSO HAD THE CHANCE …