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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />September 17, 2014 <br /> <br />CONTACT: Katie Marwitz, Project Manager, 541-501-0380 <br /> Reed Dunbar, Transportation Planner, 541-682-5727 <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />Improvements Enhance Pedestrian Crossings <br /> <br />Eugene’s 10 flashing pedestrian crossing signal has been activated on Green Acres Road <br />th <br />near Applewood Lane, and more pedestrian enhancements are in the works. <br />The “rectangular rapid flashing beacon,” sometimes called a “stutter-flash signal, is a highly <br />visible signal that alerts drivers that a pedestrian is crossing the street. The pedestrian activates the <br />signal by pressing a button. The signal also emits audible information to help blind pedestrians find <br />the button and to let them know when the lights are flashing. <br />The beacons and a concrete pedestrian island in the middle of the street are designed to <br />help local residents, many of them eeniors, cross busy Green Acres Road to the grocery stores, <br />restaurants and businesses in the Delta Oaks Shopping Center. The crossing is also located near a <br />transit stop to provide a safe crossing for bus riders. <br />The pedestrian crossing on Green Acres is one of several bicycle-pedestrian improvements <br />constructed this summer by Wildish Construction, working under contract to the Eugene Public <br />Works Department. The total estimated cost of the improvements is approximately $475,000, <br />which is funded primarily by the 2012 voter-approved bond measure to fix city streets and make <br />bicycle and pedestrian improvements. <br />The substantially completed projects include a ramp to connect the sidewalk to the parking <br />lot at Amazon Community Center, widened passageways for bicycles and pedestrians at two of the <br />gated entrances to the Lane County Fairgrounds, and a new pedestrian-activated red light on 30 <br />th <br />Avenue near University Street. The new signal on 30 Avenue is awaiting some additional electrical <br />th <br />work and is expected to be working in the next several weeks. The project also includes building a <br />sidewalk on Acorn Park Street between 14 Avenue and Acorn Park cul de sac starting next week. <br />th <br /> Other locations with pedestrian-activated flashing beacons are on Chambers Street at 15 <br />th <br />Avenue, on Agate Street at 22 Avenue, on Hilyard Street at 28 Avenue, on 30 Avenue at Alder <br />ndthth <br />Street, on River Road at Knoop Lane and Owosso Street, on Bailey Hill Road, and two on Martin <br />Luther King Junior Boulevard at Autzen Stadium. <br /> Locations soon to get enhanced pedestrian crossing features such as rapid flashing beacons <br />and center-lane islands include First Avenue at Monroe Street, Jefferson Street at 22 Avenue, and <br />nd <br />18 Avenue at Friendly Street. <br />th <br /># # # <br /> <br />Public Works Administration ● City of Eugene ● 101 E. Broadway, Suite 400, Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Phone 541-682-8421 ● Fax 541-682-6826 ● www.eugene-or.gov/pw <br />