To the Officials at PBOT and the City of Portland: We need your help!
We created this website to shed light on the traffic safety issues in a small area of the Lents neighborhood:
SE Harold St., SE 103rd Ave., SE 104th Ave., and SE 111th Ave., and we’re currently expanding our petition to include Holgate and 92nd. All areas with inadequate traffic calming and pedestrian safety infrastructure.
We are committed to pushing for changes that will improve the safety and livability of our neighborhood. Our ultimate goal is to slow drivers down and encourage respect for basic traffic safety rules through immediate small interventions like local access only signs and through longer-term traffic pattern modifications like green infrastructure and pedestrian crossing signals. Many neighbors are also open to speed deterrents like fixed-speed safety cameras on Harold.
We know that the process for planning and implementing infrastructure projects is long and complicated, so we want to ensure that the problems in our area are well understood and remain top of mind as you move forward with planning on projects that impact our streets.
Please click through the pages of our site and reach out to us at lentsneighbors [at] gmail.com if you have any questions or if you are ready to discuss our ideas further!
Lastly, we want to acknowledge that we notice and appreciate the recent safety traffic improvements in our surrounding area. We look forward to helping create a safer and more peaceful existence for ourselves and our neighbors.
Thank you so much for your time!
