Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail

Milwaukie Light Rail meeting location moved

From Beth Ragel, City of Milwaukie: The monthly Milwaukie light rail meetings will no longer be held at Bridge City Church. They are being moved to the Public Safety Building at 3200 SE Harrison St. …

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Tacoma St. Park & Ride scales back; 32nd Ave. gets signal lights; Oct. 26th Q&A’s

Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project planners announced at Thursday night Tacoma Street Station/Johnson Creek Blvd. meeting that theTacoma Street Station Park & Ride size was cut down to 800 cars spaces, and shaving off one story from the structure.

The parking space and structure reduction may not relieve Johnson Creek Boulevard (JCB) from traffic volume and some traffic mitigation such as signal light at S.E. 32nd Ave. and JCB is likely.

A revised design elevation may be available for public viewing in March.

Alan Snook, traffic engineer of DKS and Associates, explained cars queuing from SE 32nd Ave. and JCB to Tacoma St. and McLoughlin can be a safety issue if cars are lined up on McLoughlin to Tacoma Street ramps. Signal lights would be mandatory to prevent queuing on McLoughlin Blvd.

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NDA approves proceeding with JCB tolling project exploration

The Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association on Tuesday night voted 14-1 to proceed with exploration of the Johnson Creek Blvd. toll gantry pilot program that tolls traffic congestion.

Metro Councilor and Ardenwald resident Carlotta Collette proposed the idea in January, which was published on Ardenwald.org (read proposal here).

Collette discussed more on the topic at Tuesday’s Neighborhood Association meeting with discussions and feedback from NDA board members and residents.

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JCB traffic update meeting Feb. 11

A follow-up meeting regarding S.E. Johnson Creek Blvd. traffic signals and calming will be on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, 6:30-8:30 at Ardenwald Elementary School. TriMet, City of Milwaukie, City of Portland, and Oregon Department of …

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Transportation: PMLR CAC Jan. 21 Meeting Report

Update from the CAC meeting, Jan. 21, 2010

The Milwaukie Portland Light Rail Citizens Advisory Committee meeting discussed a couple topics of importance to the AJC neighborhood notably a new traffic analysis (see links below). I expressed our concerns about the traffic signal changes as outlined in our letter. Neighborhood resident Linda Hattlelid made a long and informative speech that will go in the meeting minutes.

The neighborhood letter was received well but I had no questions about it and I handed out a hard copy to those who did not receive the electronic copy. Those who care about the issue will need to follow up with their elected officials to have any impact on this issue. Also read the note from Police Chief Jordan at the end of this report.

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