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EDITORIAL
The Southwest Portland Post
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Critical safety improvements
needed after fatal crash on
Barbur Boulevard
Unfortunately, there was another
fatal car crash on Barbur Boulevard
at Miles Place last evening [May
14]. Scant information is available
online.
I rode by the scene at approxi-
mately 12:30 am on the way home
from work, as the crash investiga-
tion was ongoing. Barbur Boulevard
was completely closed in both direc-
tions, with vehicle traffic detoured
to I-5.
After a short delay, the police al-
lowed me and other bicyclists to
bypass the scene on the west side,
as the crash scene was on the east
side near the TriMet bus stop.
It is ironic that this crash occurred
one block from the site of the pre-
vious night’s [Oregon Department
of Transportation] Open House for
the Barbur Bridge project. While
the factors that contributed to this
crash are not yet available, it is clear
that the roadway design encourages
speeding.
The time has come for a serious
and earnest discussion with the
community regarding traffic safety
on Barbur Boulevard, including the
consideration of a lane diet, and
safety improvements for all modes.
While I appreciate the consid-
eration of future improvements
that might occur as result of high
capacity transit in in the Southwest
Corridor 15 to 20 years from now,
this is too long to wait.
Critical safety improvements that
were recommendations in the 2011
High Crash Corridor Study, and in-
creased law enforcement are needed
now, not in 2028.
Please consider this request for
a meeting among ODOT, Metro,
and City of Portland officials and
staff; and Southwest Portland com-
munity leaders, with ODOT as the
lead agency, to discuss funding and
implementation of safety improve-
ments on Barbur Boulevard.
Roger Averbeck
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
Transportation Committee Chair
Editor’s Note: According to Portland
Police, the man who died in the May 14
traffic crash on Southwest Barbur Bou-
levard has been identified as 45-year-old
Lance Marcus. Preliminary informa-
tion indicates that Marcus was driving
an Audi A-6 at a high rate of speed
northbound on Barbur Boulevard just
before striking a power pole. Toxicology
tests are pending by the Oregon State
Medical Examiner’s Office. This was
the 15th traffic fatality of 2013.
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Rep. Williamson doing
outstanding work in
healthcare reform
RE: “Freshman legislator Jennifer
Williamson reports to constituents on
current session,” by Lee Perlman, The
Post, May 2013
Your front page article in the
May 2013 issue featured Jennifer
Williamson, one of our Southwest
Portland state legislators.
Not mentioned in the article is the
outstanding work Rep. Williamson
has done in health care reform. She
is the co-chief sponsor of two critical
pieces of legislation.
The first is HB 3260, authorizing
the Oregon Health Authority to
conduct a study of Oregon’s health
care financing options.
Successful financing is a key fea-
ture of systems that currently pro-
vide better care to more people for
less money than Oregonians spend.
This study, which would be pri-
vately funded without taxpayer
money, is the first step toward
discovering Oregon’s best options.
The second is HB 2922, the Afford-
able Health Care for All Oregon Act.
This revolutionary proposal would
create a single, publicly funded, uni-
versal health care financing system
permitting all Oregonians to receive
care when they need it.
[HB 2922] is modeled on success-
ful systems around the world and in
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the US that currently provides better
care to more people for less money
than Oregonians spend now.
Rep. Williamson dares to tackle
real health care reform while most
legislators claim the Affordable
Care Act renders further action un-
necessary.
Readers of The Post who want a
health care system in Oregon that
gives our families health care access
when we need it, lowers our costs,
and improves our health might let
Rep. Williamson know how much
we appreciate her courage in advo-
cating for these two bills. We might
also ask our other legislators to sign
on and vote for them.
Samuel Metz, MD
Southwest Gale Avenue
CITY HALL
(Continued from Page 1)
City Council, “Without their support,
we wouldn’t be as strong as we are
today.”
Yet another set of cuts were to Main
Street programs, including one in
Hillsdale, backed by federal funds
and intended to increase the eco-
nomic vitality of commercial areas.
The budget also called for cuts to
the bureaus of Fire, Parks and Police.
Representatives of all three bureaus
said budget cuts would work against
public safety and long-term public
interest.
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