Open Streets Corvallis Activity – Traffic Counts for Future Safety Improvements

Our Student Chapter had the unique opportunity to assist with a traffic study for a closure on Coolidge Way at the five-leg intersection of 29th and Grant in Corvallis. The ITE Student Chapter
worked jointly with OSU Transportation PhD candidate Dylan Horne and City of Corvallis Public Works representative Greg Wilson to conduct a traffic count and conflict analysis for this complex intersection.

The Student Chapter is involved with collecting and processing traffic count data for the beforehand-after closure scenarios with the intention of showing that the 5th leg closure benefits the intersection from a multi-modal safety standpoint. The temporary closure, meant to provide a safe event area for the Open Streets event in Corvallis, will hopefully become a permanent installment in the future and help to promote safe active transportation in the Corvallis community.

The figure above and below shows the proposed intersection layout with the Coolidge Way closure (courtesy of Dylan Horne).