City aims for solid finish in next road striping season.Byline: CITY BEAT/EUGENE By Joe Mosley The Register-Guard Say good-bye to the "dashed" or "skipped" yellow stripes that mark the middle of many city streets. Eugene's road maintenance crews began replacing them this summer with double solid lines, and plan to finish the changeover on most neighborhood streets by the end of next summer's striping Interleaving or multiplexing data to increase speed. See disk striping. striping - data striping season. "The skips don't show up as well as the solid lines, and with the solid lines there is more of a sense of narrowing the road, which may encourage people to go slower," city traffic engineer Tom Larsen says. As for the effect of double lines, he points out that state law allows passing on roads marked by dashed lines but prohibits it wherever there is a double solid line. "My question is, what area of town do you want me to consider a safe passing zone?" Larsen says. "We are trying to send a message we don't think it's safe to be passing in town." The city has received a complaint or two about the double stripes applied during the past summer on Orchard Street The name Orchard Street can refer to the following roads:
Critics have said the new lines have a "speedway" look, and point out that the double-solid pattern requires seven times as much paint as the single dashed lines of the past. "There very obviously is a marginal increase in the materials cost, but it costs just as much to run the equipment down the road," Larsen says, pointing out that personnel expenses account for most of the striping program's $100,000 annual budget. Ken Kesey Noun 1. Ken Kesey - United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001) Ken Elton Kesey, Kesey Memorial sculpture to be unveiled Eugene's literary godfather will be honored Friday, when the Ken Kesey Memorial sculpture is unveiled on the Willamette Plaza at Broadway and Willamette Street. The life-size bronze sculpture bronze sculpture. Bronze is ideal for casting art works; it flows into all crevices of a mold, thus perfectly reproducing every detail of the most delicately modeled sculpture. It is malleable beneath the graver's tool and admirable for repoussé work. , titled "The Storyteller," was created by Pete Helzer, who also has sculpted sculpt v. sculpt·ed, sculpt·ing, sculpts v.tr. 1. To sculpture (an object). 2. To shape, mold, or fashion especially with artistry or precision: a set of bronze animals already in place along Broadway. The artwork will be presented to the city as a gift from a group that has paid for the memorial with contributions from donors including actors Paul Newman Noun 1. Paul Newman - United States film actor (born in 1925) Newman, Paul Leonard Newman , Michael Douglas and Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. , and Nike co-founder Phil Knight This article is about the co-founder of Nike, Inc.. For the guitarist of Shihad, see Phil Knight (musician). Philip H. Knight (born February 24, 1938) is the co-founder and former CEO of Nike, Inc.. . Kesey's works included the classic novels "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Sometimes a Great Notion." Speakers at Friday's 1 p.m. unveiling ceremony will include Mayor Jim Torrey, author Barry Lopez, Faye Kesey, photographer Brian Lanker and Helzer. Joe Mosley can be reached at 338-2384 or jmosley@ guardnet.com. |
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