50th/Lincoln diverter community meeting

On November 2, 2017 volunteers with the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association, including Paul Leistner, hosted a community meeting to help inform the neighborhood about a proposed traffic diverter to be located at SE 50th and SE Lincoln.  About 55 neighbors were in attendance.

A minority of the attendees supported the diverter as proposed.  A majority of the attendees either felt the plan needed to be revised based on location specific issues, or they out-right opposed the plan as conceived because they find it too flawed.  All attendees were concerned about bike, pedestrian and traffic safety in this area. No one was "anti-bike," and really only one person seemed to be "anti-car," (but he might have employed hyberbole for effect).  Please remember this as you discuss this topic with your neighbors: you all want the same thing, you just might have different approaches to getting there.

MTNA volunteers took every comment/question/suggestion from this meeting and organized them by theme, to share with you.  Click here for that PDF:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3lzKLUyVU9YHDcfgfxAibApBdj3P3AS/view?usp=sharing

An analysis written by MTNA's former traffic chair, Molly Cliff-Hilts. This also presents an alternative solution to improving bike safety on Lincoln. Click here for that PDF:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dA9FuzFTPAogO6uK5az3FTT50aUOFT7t/view?usp=sharing

To add your comments to the city's survey about this project, click here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GK7STJ6

To view the city's web page for this project, click here:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/75123

To view a grassroots petition to revise/oppose the diverter, click here:
https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/petition-opposing-proposed-traffic-diverter-at-se-lincoln50th-streets.html 

To view a grassroots petition to support the diverter, click here:

https://www.change.org/p/portland-bureau-of-transportation-support-the-lincoln-harrison-neighborhood-greenway-project?utm_content=petition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=campaigns_digest&utm_campaign=187091&sfmc_tk=%2bBNKzI3tXri%2bqDtVJ33h%2fSHDxMSH4bXfDuus43hk1vJdGzpuflh%2bof%2bzCVA34bHA&j=187091&sfmc_sub=572406728&l=32_HTML&u=34679412&mid=7259882&jb=1065

To contact CITY DECISION MAKERS directly:

PBOT STAFF

Sheila Parrott, project manager

Portland Bureau of Transportation

Sheila.parrott@portlandoregon.gov; 503-823-5817

PBOT DIRECTOR

Leah Treat, Director

Portland Bureau of Transportation

Leah.treat@portlandoregon.gov; 503-823-5085

OFFICE OF CITY COMMISSIONER DAN SALTZMAN

Stacy Brewster, Constituent Communications & Media Manager
stacy.brewster@portlandoregon.gov; 503-823-4151

revisions to this post: Nov 28: I posted the City Decision Makers contact info.  Nov 29, 11 am: I posted the analysis from former traffic chair Molly Cliff-Hilts.