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Oregon City hears study showing low local street volumes; commissioners weigh short-term traffic calming against waiting for TSP update
Summary
A DKS traffic study of 20 local streets found most have low daily volumes and 85th‑percentile speeds at or below 25 mph. Commissioners debated requiring traffic-calming during land-use approvals now versus incorporating standards in a Transportation System Plan update; staff will seek grant funding and return with interim options in 4–5 months.
A consultant presented results of a local street study showing most sampled streets in Oregon City have low daily vehicle volumes and 85th‑percentile speeds consistent with the 25 mph posted limit.
"Looking at the data that we've collected on these 20 locations, none of these streets are getting near that top threshold," Ria Velasowski of DKS told the commission, adding that only one site approached 1,000 average daily trips and that no sampled location exceeded about 31 mph at the 85th percentile.
The study covered 20 representative local streets across the city using speed and volume tubes. Staff told the commission the vendor gathered primarily weekday counts and that a few weekend counts were used…
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