Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 13:50:33 -0800
Reply-To: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Bend
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I drive through Bend every few years and think the roundabouts are an
improvement. Have used them all over the states and if they are the
appropriate size and have/not the appropriate spurs they work MUCH better
than stopped intersections. Aspen has a few that were horrendous simply
because, as a tourist, there were too many signs/spurs to taken in whilst
moving around the roundabout at even 20 mph or so. Boston has the most
'aggressive' drivers I've seen and their roundabouts and 7 spur 400 year
old intersections sans roundabouts are the worst driving situations I've
ever seen. In these western united States roundabouts seem to be more and
more common.
As for yuppies and their busses or vanagons, matters little to me if they
don't flash the peace sign as long as they continue the VW culture in some
way.
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:
> That "freeway" (actually a "Parkway") is not constructed to 55+ mph
> standards. The constraints placed by layout of the city precludes long
> enough on/offramps for merging into or exiting from traffic going at
> higher speeds. The 45mph speed limit for that 6-mile stretch lengthens a
> drive through town by less than 2 minutes compared to if it was a 55mph
> stretch.
>
> Further improvements have already/are been made, eliminating three
> traffic signals at the south end of town:
>
> <http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION4/pages/pfsbendiamp.aspx>
>
> But it's Monday, not Friday.
>
> --
> Jack Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
> Host and engineer, KPOV 88.9 FM
>
>
> On 01/04/2016 08:07 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>
>> I wasn't going to comment on Bend, a city I HAVE to traverse quite often
>> on
>> my way to other places....But.....What the heck is up with the 4-lane
>> "freeway" they built to solve major traffic problems there? they spent
>> about 2 yrs working on this fancy new road and then they put a 45mph speed
>> limit on it...Yes, it beats the 10 miles of strip malls and stoplights
>> that
>> used to be on the highway through Bend, but it IS the only reasonably
>> direct north and south route through eastern Oregon....
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Vern in Bend <vernmcintosh@eoni.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> McNeely visited Bend and didn't like it. Roundabouts, too much street
>>> construction, and he couldn't find his way around.
>>>
>>> I saw a bumper sticker in town, "I live where you go for vacation"
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards, Vern
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 8:03 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Bend
>>>
>>>
>>> I see many many young people of breeding age that more closely fit the
>>>
>>>> stereotypes of hipsters and yuppies driving Vanagons hereabouts than I
>>>> see old hippie types.
>>>>
>>>> You take a Vanagon in good shape with good paint, on top you mount a
>>>> cargo carrier for your skis and snowboards (winter), or a kayak or
>>>> stand-up paddle board (summer), clamp a couple road bikes or mountain
>>>> bikes on the back, and you have a Bend Vanagon.
>>>>
>>>> Peace signs, not so much.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>
>>>> On 01/03/2016 07:51 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ---- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What is it about Bend that seems to make it a Vanagon hotspot??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Mecca for old hippies or those who wish they had been hippies.
>>>>>
>>>>> mcneely
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David McNeely
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
--
Neil2
'82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
'86 Vanagon/Westfalia Wannabe (SaVannah)
'08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Dodge Sprinter (Moby)
'90 Westfalia Subagon
Fulltiming since August 2008
Nunquam Pendite Divendium
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