On March 20, the 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!
Streets for Everyone supports extending the central biking and walking path and creating space on existing roads for protected bike lanes and sidewalks.
Email the Transportation Advisory Committee
If you agree, please email the Transportation Advisory Committee (in care of Scott Fleury at scott.fleury@ashland.or.us) by March 18 and cc: SFE@ashlandclimate.org and the Ashland City Council (Council@ashlandoregon.gov).
Express your own personal message and/or personal experiences about the need for improved street safety, requesting that the city’s Transportation Capital Improvement Project (CIP) 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.
Use our email template, or, you can simply say that you support the Streets for Everyone CIP recommendations.
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.
In Addition to Emailing, Please Consider Testifying to the Committee on March 20
You are encouraged to provide oral testimony at the March 20, 2025, Transportation Advisory Committee meeting. It is a Zoom meeting so you can testify from home. View the schedule and Zoom link. If the meeting is not shown on the city’s website, check back closer to the actual meeting date. Let us know if you’d like additional guidance on how to testify effectively.
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 at Streets at info@ashlandclimate.org.
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