Several months later, a signalized driveway exit at Monroe and 8 th gave board member Sandy Teepen a near-fatal injury. Piedmont and 14 th, as you learned in July, outraged us. The street design at Sidney Marcus and Piedmont, where over 3 pedestrians are hit each year, may be the worst of the bunch. Crossing there for a newspaper photographer in August left Sally quaking for hours. Poorly Designed Streets Members of the Pedestrian Task Force examined Portland, Oregon's Pedestrian Master Plan, which establishes new Design Guidelines for pedestrian facilities.
Slip lanes create an opportunity for fast moving vehicles to bypass a signal.
This requires the crosswalk to be interrupted, typically breaking it into legs separated by a triangular island. The short, curved segment of roadway suggests to drivers that they must turn and merge quickly. In the process, pedestrians about to cross are frequently unnoticed. Portland's plan recommends that engineers not use slip lanes. Where they must be installed, it calls on engineers to use textured paving, ladder style crosswalks, signs, etc. to highlight the pedestrian crossing.