November 2016
OP–ED
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
Speed safety cameras start issuing tickets on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
The first speed safety cameras in
Oregon started issuing speeding tickets
on Sept. 24 after 30 days of issuing
warnings that have already reduced top-
end speeding by 93 percent. The goal of
the cameras is to reduce speeding and
save lives.
The Southwest Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway corridor is part of Portland’s
high crash network of roads.
The Portland Bureau of
Transportation’s recent Vision Zero crash
data analysis found that Beaverton-
Hillsdale Highway is one of the top
roads where people driving are killed
or seriously injured.
People walking along or crossing on
foot are twice as likely to be struck by a
car as on the average city street.
Cameras started issuing warnings
on Aug. 25, the start of a 30-day period
that ends on Saturday. The warnings
have already reduced top-end speeding
along the corridor, where about 25,000
vehicles travel each day and the speed
limit is 40 mph.
Before the cameras were installed, an
average 1,417 vehicles a day traveled 51
mph or faster, according to readings by a
pneumatic tube laid across the roadway.
During the warning period from Aug.
24 to Sept. 18, an average 93 vehicles a
day were found traveling 51 mph or
faster – a 93.4 percent reduction from
the tube count.
In the first week of the warning
period, cameras recorded an average
115 violations a day. Violations dropped
to an average 72 a day by the week of
Sept. 12 to 18.
“It’s amazing to see how quickly these
safety cameras have reduced dangerous
speeding on Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway,” said City Commissioner
Steve Novick, who oversees the
transportation bureau. “I’m so glad
these cameras have already improved
safety on a busy street where pedestrians
face a terribly high crash rate.”
“Speed safety cameras have a proven
track record in other cities, and are
already showing their effectiveness in
Portland,” said transportation director
Leah Treat.
“For us to reach our Vision Zero
goal of ending traffic fatalities and
serious injuries, we need tools like these
cameras. Thanks to the city council and
state legislature, we can use this proven
tool and save lives.”
The installation on Beaverton-
Hillsdale Highway is the first safety
camera installation since the City
of Portland and community safety
advocates convinced the state
Legislature in 2015 to pass HB 2621,
which allows them to be used on High
Crash Corridors in the Portland city
limits.
Safety cameras are a proven safety tool
that can reduce dangerous speeding and
save lives. The cameras are mounted
along high crash corridors and when
people driving past them exceed the
posted speed limit, they capture photos
and video for review by Portland Police.
The camera issued warnings for the
first 30 days of operation. An officer
from the Portland Police Bureau will
review violations before a citation is
issued. The typical fine is $160.
HB 2621 requires that money received
from the speeding tickets can only be
spent to cover the cost of the program
or pay for safety improvements and
programs on High Crash Corridors.
Congressman responds to
Post inquiry about marijuana
advertising
Thank you for contacting me about
advertising for legal marijuana in the
U.S. mail. I appreciate hearing from you
and apologize for my delayed response.
Currently, it is illegal to knowingly
place a written advertisement in a
newspaper, magazine, handout, or other
publication for the purpose of receiving,
buying, or distributing a Schedule 1
controlled substance like marijuana.
In February, I introduced H.R. 4467,
the Marijuana Advertising in Legal
States Act, which would declare that the
prohibition does not apply with respect to
an advertisement for a marijuana-related
activity which complies with state law.
I share in your advocacy and will
continue to press this issue, while keeping
your thoughts in mind.
It is time to update our federal marijuana
laws and regulations. Maintaining
the status quo creates an inconsistent
legal environment that wastes law
enforcement resources and misses out on
potential tax revenues.
This is a bipartisan issue and I look
forward to the progress we can achieve
this Congress.
Thank you again for contacting me.
Please continue to be in touch.
Earl Blumenauer
Member of Congress
EARTH TALK
(Continued from Page 8)
symbolic action to reduce neonics,
but without a federal ban on the
books such piecemeal efforts can’t
do much to help.
In Spring 2016, U.S. Sen. Jeff
Merkley (D-OR) introduced a bill
in the U.S. Senate calling for new
policy initiatives and interagency
coordination to restore and enhance
pollinator habitat across the U.S. Key
provisions of Merkley’s Pollinator
Recovery Act include setting aside
three million acres of public land as
expanded acreage for “forage and
habitat” for pollinators.
Additional provisions include
grant funding for research and
development to develop crops to
resist pests without neonics; financial
incentives and technical assistance
for farmers that adopt pollinator-
friendly practices; and expanded
Speed safety cameras posted on Beaverton-
Hillsdale Highway. (Photo by Hannah
Schafer, Portland Bureau of Transportation)
health monitoring and population
tracking for bees and other key
pollinators.
Concerned Americans should
urge their Senators to co-sponsor
or support the Pollinator Recovery
Act. After all, protecting bees isn’t
just important to environmentalists
but to anyone who enjoys avocados,
almonds or any of the countless
fruits, vegetables or nuts pollinated
by our little black and yellow friends.
Contacts: Greenpeace “Save the
Bees” Campaign, www.greenpeace.
org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/
save-the-bees; Merkley Unveils New
Proposal to Help Restore Pollinator
Populations Across the U.S., https://
www.merkley.senate.gov.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Speed Safety Cameras program
provides ample warning to people
driving in the area. State law requires
speed signage and speed reader boards
to be installed on Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway warning drivers more than
100 yards in advance of the cameras in
both directions.
Transportation bureau staff also
conducted extensive outreach with local
neighborhood associations as well as
more than 75 businesses and community
organizations to raise awareness of the
changes along the corridor, before the
cameras were installed.
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