Safer Streets

Planning for Safer Streets

This year, the City of Ashland Transportation Advisory Committee will make important decisions about projects that help make Ashland a safe place to walk, ride, and roll. Your voice makes a huge difference!

Let’s make Ashland a fantastic place to bike and walk!

Our recommendations…

Winburn Way: Read our position statement to Help Make Lithia Park’s Winburn Way Safer for Everyone (pdf) and email City Council with your support.

Central Bike & Walking Path: We support completing the central biking and walking path and creating space on existing roads for protected bike lanes and sidewalks.​

In 2025, we would like the City of Ashland’s Transportation Capital Improvement Project (CIP) to include:

• A 2025 engineering study to determine the optimal location for the Central Biking and Walking Path between Talent Avenue and Crowson Road.
• 2026 construction of the Central Biking and Walking Path to provide a continuous multi-use path between Talent Avenue and Crowson Road.
• Addition of protected bike lanes on Hersey Street.
• Repave Siskiyou Boulevard first, before Oak Street, to allow time to conduct a study about creating one-way streets on Oak and Helman to install protected bike lanes on each street, rather than just on Oak Street.

Background

The City of Ashland Capital Improvement Project (CIP) designates which improvements will be made in Ashland – such as repaving city streets or creating protected bike lanes. The Transportation Advisory Committee is poised to advise the City on which projects they recommend as priorities for the CIP. Their recommendation carries weight. When they recommend a project, it helps to prioritize and expedite its completion.

Only with sidewalks and protected bike lanes will our streets be safe for everyone to enjoy the freedom and joy of making short trips — to the library, school, a friend’s house — without a car.

Email City Councilors and Attend City Meetings

You are encouraged to email our City Councilors and attend meetings. Your voice makes a huge difference, so consider testifying as well.

Thank you for stepping up to make Ashland a better and more affordable place to live and reducing Ashland’s contribution to climate change.  If you have any questions, please contact Streets for Everyone.

The Ashland Climate Collaborative Streets for Everyone action team is working to make our streets safe for people of all ages and abilities — especially kids!

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