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Mr. Chapman showed a graph illustrating that Eugene/Springfield was doing well e with transit ridership compared to other cities of similar population size. He said the TransPlan indication of almost 40 million riders per year was completely out of character with all other transit districts studied by consultants. He noted that the report from the consultants, ECO Northwest, had been entered into the record, and contained no evidence that the eight percent goal could be attained, but rather concluded that realization was extremely unlikely. Mr. Chapman showed charts indicating that Eugene ranked 15th in transit trips per capita, and not even Madison, Wisconsin, which was ranked first, achieved the result of 17 percent for work-related trips. He said he did not favor continuing to state that unrealistic goals could be met. He said the consultant1s report indicated a goal was something to be strived for, but a forecast was both attainable and highly likely. He added that he hoped the review of TransPlan would be done using a logical forecast, rather than an unrealistic goal that was becoming difficult for more and more people to accept. Dave Dillman, 429 Brookside, said he was concerned about the relationship of the TransPlan to the downtown area. He showed a map of the 19 analysis areas and said the projected decrease in automobile traffic downtown resulting from alternative mode use was in sharp contrast to the trends of population increase and doubling of auto traffic in the metro area. He said he felt the alternative mode percentages in the plan were too high, and he requested a new computer model such as that recommended by MAPAC, with lower alternative goals done as soon as possible to make the plan more effective. e Mayor Obie thanked the speakers for their brevity and asked that the slides they used be made available to staff for reproduction and inclusion in the record. Torn Lesiak, 409 Riverview Boulevard, Springfield, representing the Springfield Bicycle Committee, read a letter of December 3, 1985, stating the committee1s support for the Bicycle Element of the draft TransPlan. Beth Conant, 2255 Columbia, Eugene, representing the Eugene Bicycle Committee, read portions of a December 4, 1985, memo describing the committee's unanimous recommendation that TransPlan be adopted. John F. Conroy, 36380 Jasper Road, Springfield, representing the Springfield Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee, urged representatives of the three governments to work together on a plan for a 30-30 connector road from the area of Lane Community College to Springfield. He said he believed staff had not included the plan because they did not feel the jurisdictions could work together. Mr. Conroy said he continued to work on the plan, which he displayed, and added that the land could be obtained more easily and less expensively now, before the area became congested. He said the plan had been included in the T-2000 Plan. He said even though funding and plans for the connector were not developed, leaving the project in the third phase of TransPlan would allow planning around the area for a possible future connector. e MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials Hearing--TransPlan December 4, 1985 Page 4