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FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />Key No. 15185, Troutdale/Marine Drive Extension. <br />Tom Zelenka, Chair, Oregon Freight Advisory Committee: This committee would like for <br />ODOT to revisit the Tier 1 project of US26 at 257th Avenue to be included in the 2008-2011 <br />STIP. <br />Bob Ueland, Hollywood Neighborhood Association Board Member: Urges support and ap- <br />proval of TD8025 -Hollywood Transit Center: NE Halsey and NE 42nd St. <br />Ray Polani, Citizens for Better Transit and Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advo- <br />cates: This citizen states that developing and using alternative fuels will not solve the prob- <br />lem of automobiles promoting more urban land overuse and underuse. Encourages us to <br />provide better, more accessible, frequent, reliable, and usable public transportation -focus <br />required to fund and provide a "good" public transportation alternative. <br />General Comments: <br />• Tim Calvert: Support for Transportation Enhancement Project Application - Springwater <br />Trail: SE Umatilla - SE 19th. Please fund the rest of the Springwater trail. I live along the <br />proposed trail, I commute daily. I work at City Bikes and send out of town visitors (who rent <br />our bikes) down the Springwater. This is a recreational, economic, commuter step up. <br />Please fund this project! <br />• Tim Calvert: Support for Transportation Enhancement Project Application - Springwater <br />Trail: SE Umatilla - SE 19th. I live alongside the proposed path. I use the Springwater now <br />to commute to work in the inner eastside on a daily basis. I am strongly in favor of this ex- <br />tension. I see thousands of Portlanders enjoying this extension, using it to commute and rec- <br />reate. <br />• William Barth, M.D.: Support for Transportation Enhancement Project Application - <br />Springwater Trail: SE Umatilla - SE 19th. The United States is caught in epidemic diabetes <br />and obesity! (especially children) This threatens the crumbling health cafe of the average <br />person! It threatens national security! We must have more safe and fun places for physical <br />activity! <br />• Ella Vining: Support for Transportation Enhancement Project Application - Springwater <br />Trail: SE Umatilla - SE 19th. I was injured in ahit-and-run collision with a car, while riding <br />my bike in a bike lane on the Hawthorne Bridge, in 2002. My injuries healed after 9 months, <br />but mentally I was unable to ride my bike until last year. At first, the only places I could ride <br />were on the Springwater Corridor and the Eastbank Esplanade, because there were no cars <br />pulling alongside me. I still feel much more comfortable on these trails rather than on streets. <br />Riding and walking on them makes me happy to pay taxes. <br />• Berman: Support for Transportation Enhancement Project Application - Springwater Trail: <br />SE Umatilla - SE 19th. I ride my bike with my 1 year old in a bike trailer. It's much safer <br />on the trail than on city streets. It's a convenient way to walk downtown. <br />• Margaret Branson: Support for Transportation Enhancement Project Application - Springwa- <br />ter Trail: SE Umatilla - SE 19th. The completion of the Bellwood Gap would be so good for <br />our neighborhoods! I am asking for your support. <br />• Daryl Fischer: Support for Transportation Enhancement Project Application - Springwater <br />Trail: SE Umatilla - SE 19th. This morning after tennis at Eastmoreland Racket Club, I took <br />a hike from 42nd west on the Springwater Trail to check out the sewer work and the 3 new <br />bridges. I went as far as Goodwill where the new trail ends. It would be very nice to have a <br />trail connect with the trail at Oakes Park. I ride the Springwater Trail out to Boring 2 or 3 <br />Page 364 <br />