Article from April 4th, 2011: police are staking (staked? looks like may have been last Tuesday) out Southeast Foster Road with pedestrian-safety patrols: http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/04/portland_police_plan_tuesday_p.html (may not want to click that link, Firefox keeps blocking a pop-out it doesn't like from that site, looks like a legit site though)
Yes, yes, yes! For those unfamiliar with the road, it gets kinda crazy, especially past 82nd and on out to Damascus, OR. Tons of speeding (the speed limit is high to begin with) and tail-gating. According to the article, number of pedestrian deaths on this street has increased to 15 in 2010 (up from 11 in 2009 and 5 in 2008; so seems to be just getting worse year by year, doesn't it?).
I have a personal grudge against this road. I used to live on it out near Damascus (renting a room which allowed me to have four dogs out in the country). Every time I got ready to pull of of the gravel driveway, in the back of my mind was the question: am I going to get rear-ended today?
Unfortunately, what did end up happening was much worse. One of my dogs (originally my sister's puppy that I hadn't re-trained yet) had gotten loose since she was in heat and I was trying to catch her. Neighbors large brown dogs came out and chased us, biting my little Papillion. She ran out in the road, both me and the large dogs knew to stop while she didn't. She immediately got hit head-on by a speeding car and flew up into the air. The car never stopped, barely even slowed. The dog was dead by the time I picked her up and crossed the road with her in my arms. Needless to say, it wasn't long before I moved from there.
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