Joan Davenport

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  Joan Davenport, Yakima's supervising traffic engineer, says the city is interested in improving the city's bike lanes â€" and has been for years.
  
  The city's Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee began meeting monthly in 1994 to work on pedestrian and bicycle issues, including determining and recommending priorities and generating public interest.
  
  "We support multi-modal, alternative forms of transportation," Davenport says.And, "When we get the money to rebuild streets, like we did with Washington Avenue and River Road recently, they're reconstructed with wide outside lanes."
  
  "Critical routes" that lack bike lanes include 40th Avenue, Nob Hill Boulevard and 16th Avenue, some of the city's busiest streets.The problem, Davenport says, is finding the money to finance these street improvement projects.
  
  The city has started using smaller rocks when it chip seals roads to provide a "smoother ride" for cyclists, she says.
  
  "I think, in general, in the last year there has been more interest" in bike riding, Davenport says."We've seen more people bicycling."
  
  She reminds cyclists it's illegal to ride bikes on sidewalks in the downtown core area, which stretches from Sixth Street to Sixth Avenue between Walnut and Lincoln avenues.
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  Published on: 2/12/2009    Last Visited: 2/13/2009  

  Take out your frustrations by dunking Joan Davenport, the city's supervising traffic engineer. Got a gripe about that junkyard being placed at the gateway to the Yakima Valley's wineries?

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  Published on: 12/11/2008    Last Visited: 12/12/2008  

  Joan Davenport, Yakima's traffic engineer says the area is a definite trouble spot, but claims all intersections in our city have problems.
  
  "For the most part, collisions are related to the volume of traffic that goes through it," says Davenport.
  
  From 2002 to 2006 there were 22 accidents at 32nd and Tieton, making it the 70th most dangerous intersection in Yakima. The intersection that takes the number one spot is S. 1st Street and Washington Avenue. The intersection had 136 car accidents. South 1st Street and Nob Hill takes the second spot of dangerous intersections, and 16th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard takes the third spot.
  
  Davenport explains, "A lot of movement, volume and when you add in buses, trucks, pedestrians, motorcycles, there is a lot of opportunities for things to happen."
  
  Davenport says if you know of any accident heavy intersections, call Yakima's Public Works Division.

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  Published on: 11/24/2008    Last Visited: 1/17/2009  

  City traffic engineer Joan Davenport acknowledges there is a big problem, especially at the elementary school. She says the money just isn't there.
  
  "There's no identified state or federal money, and certainly no local pot of money," says Davenport. "A sidewalk could easily be over $100,000."
  
  But she says school safety is a big priority, and the city will continue to apply for grant money to fund the projects.

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  Published on: 10/16/2008    Last Visited: 10/17/2008  

  "When everybody brings out their cans, you'll see this line of signs reminding drivers to slow down, go 25 and it's that visual reminder that we're looking for," says traffic engineer Joan Davenport.

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  www.yakima-herald.com/stories/3387 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/22/2008    Last Visited: 4/22/2008  

  But the number of collisions isn't the only thing engineers take into account when deciding whether to install a pedestrian overpass or light warning system, according to Joan Davenport, the city's supervising traffic engineer.

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  Published on: 11/4/2007    Last Visited: 11/5/2007  

  Joan Davenport, a city traffic engineer, said it wouldn't pose a major traffic obstacle for motorists if Third Street were closed between Yakima and Chestnut avenues.
  
  "We have lots of other parallel streets" that offer options, she said.

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  Published on: 5/27/2007    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  "The city is aware that it is an important public concern, and something that we're also very interested in," says traffic engineer Joan Davenport.

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  Joan Davenport, Yakima's supervising traffic engineer, says the city is interested in improving the city's bike lanes â€" and has been for years.
  
  The city's Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee began meeting monthly in 1994 to work on pedestrian and bicycle issues, including determining and recommending priorities and generating public interest.
  
  "We support multi-modal, alternative forms of transportation," Davenport says.And, "When we get the money to rebuild streets, like we did with Washington Avenue and River Road recently, they're reconstructed with wide outside lanes."
  
  "Critical routes" that lack bike lanes include 40th Avenue, Nob Hill Boulevard and 16th Avenue, some of the city's busiest streets.The problem, Davenport says, is finding the money to finance these street improvement projects.
  
  The city has started using smaller rocks when it chip seals roads to provide a "smoother ride" for cyclists, she says.
  
  "I think, in general, in the last year there has been more interest" in bike riding, Davenport says."We've seen more people bicycling."
  
  She reminds cyclists it's illegal to ride bikes on sidewalks in the downtown core area, which stretches from Sixth Street to Sixth Avenue between Walnut and Lincoln avenues.

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  Published on: 4/10/2009    Last Visited: 5/22/2009  

  Joan Davenport, Yakima's supervising traffic engineer, says the city is interested in improving the city's bike lanes - and has been for years.
  
  The city's Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee began meeting monthly in 1994 to work on pedestrian and bicycle issues, including determining and recommending priorities and generating public interest.
  
  "We support multi-modal, alternative forms of transportation," Davenport says. And, "When we get the money to rebuild streets, like we did with Washington Avenue and River Road recently, they're reconstructed with wide outside lanes."
  
  "Critical routes" that lack bike lanes include 40th Avenue, Nob Hill Boulevard and 16th Avenue, some of the city's busiest streets. The problem, Davenport says, is finding the money to finance these street improvement projects.
  
  The city has started using smaller rocks when it chip seals roads to provide a "smoother ride" for cyclists, she says.
  
  "I think, in general, in the last year there has been more interest" in bike riding, Davenport says. "We've seen more people bicycling."
  
  She reminds cyclists it's illegal to ride bikes on sidewalks in the downtown core area, which stretches from Sixth Street to Sixth Avenue between Walnut and Lincoln avenues.

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