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What are urban design verification (UDV) studies?UDV studies are efforts to identify lower cost improvements for people who walk, ride or roll. Improvements could include new signs, marked crossings, pedestrian activated signals, etc.
The potential improvement ideas, if constructed, would make it safer and more comfortable to move along and cross these highways. The study also looks at bike lanes and intersection safety improvements, as well as other issues brought up by the community, interested parties and our jurisdictional partners.
Why are these studies happening now?
We are studying some of our highways to understand potential designs before future maintenance or other projects are planned for the area. With these studies, we look for funding to include the improvements along with other necessary work to make best use of our limited resources.
For example, if we have a project to update the curb ramps, we may be able to also improve pedestrian crossings with new striping and signs that make it safer to cross the street. We define these desired improvements now as part of the UDV study so that they can be easily implemented later as opportunities arise.
Active UDV Studies
Check out what UDV studies we're working on! Share your experiences and thoughts by visiting the project webpages:
Completed UDV Studies
See what areas we've looked at and what desired improvements we identified!
Mt. Angel: OR 214 – check out the final study.
Lebanon: on OR 34 and U.S. 20 – check out the final study.
Lyons, Scio and Mill City: OR 226 and OR 22 – check out the final study.
Salem: OR 99E and OR 22 – check out the final study.
Location
MultipleCost and Funding
Varies by project.