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walking is unpleasant adjacent to Twin city Foods due to noise and odor. To <br />avoid the missing sidewalks on the north and Twin City on the south, pedestrians <br />could be directed to cross at Wenas Streel, but the intersection is off-iet, with <br />traffic control only on Wenas. Crossing can be difficult at the Ra1road Rvenue <br />intersection (Fifth is controlled by stopbigns, Railroad Ave. is not); a ramc control <br />upgrade may soon be waranted. The crossing at Chestnut Streit has stops at Sthnot.Chestnut, but generally not difficult. At thelohn Wayne Trial trail headat thenorth entrance to the rodeo grounds public restrooms arb available much of theyear-..For bicyclists, the main issue ii that there is insuffcient righi-of-wiy to'rttip" <br />a dedicated lane along Fifih Avenue. On-street parking exists along tne tengm dfthe route, and is necessary within the commercial area to serve tocit busineises. <br />l] tt" May 21Open House, 61% ot participants rated the River to Rodeo traitas ahigh pilority. Participants were asked whai treatments they favored to identiryine <br />grid_9r, rgnglng ftom simple and cheap to complex and eipensive (see App6ndix <br />A for.the display, comment form, and results). ln general, iarticipanis fav6rlO tnesimpler solutions of.comfleting missing sidewarks, providing waf-nnoing signs anaadding lighting and benches, especially in the commercial area.'spedai siOewari <br />and cross-walk treatments had some support, again with stronger supporl for <br />these treatments within the commercialarea of the trail. <br />The prefened treatment for bicyclists within the commercialand residentialareas <br />was to mark the street as sharrows, where bicyclists share the street w1h cars(see.section 2.3.21, while within the industrial area, participants favored removingparking from one side of the street and striping lanei. <br />RecommendaUon 2.4.4d: Develop Rlverto Rodeo Tralll. Complete misslng sldewalks on the north slde of Sth or <br />develop plan for crosslng Flftlr atN. Wenas St,2. Complete mlsslng curt-cuts <br />3. Develop brandlng and logo; implementway-flndlng plan4. Consider unlform, dlsUncilve llghUng conslstentwlth wap <br />flndlng plan <br />5. conslder vandal-proof bench design and placement develop <br />bench donatlon program <br />6. Mark Flftlr Avenue as a shared blke route (see <br />recommendaUon 2.0.9) <br />December 2008 City of Ellensburg Nonmotorized Transportation Plan page 2-31