Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Commuter Solutions Program <br />The Commuter Solutions Program has supplied the region with transportation management strategies <br />since 1995. A number of businesses have taken advantage of this program because of its benefits to the <br />community. The Group Pass Program and the Student Transit Pass Program participants total over <br />73,000. A chart is included as part of Attachment F showing the comparison in group pass participants <br />and the average annual growth rate. <br /> <br />The Congestion Mitigation Program (CMP) started with the I-105 overlay project and provides a range <br />of outreach efforts on the project and information on alternative ways to travel during construction. A <br />list of congestion mitigation projects is included in Attachment F as a list of future opportunities <br />currently being explored by Commuter Solutions. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />The Eugene-Springfield Transportation System Plan (TransPlan) contains the following relevant <br />directives: <br />Goal 1: Provide an integrated transportation and land use system that supports choices in modes of <br />travel and development patterns that will reduce reliance on the auto and enhance livability, <br />economic opportunity, and the quality of life. <br /> <br />Land Use Policy 3: Provide for transit-supportive land use patterns and development, including <br />higher intensity, transit-oriented development along major transit corridors and near transit stations; <br />medium and high-density residential development within one-quarter mile of transit stations, major <br />transit corridors, employment centers, and downtown areas; and development and redevelopment in <br />designated areas that are, or could be, well served by existing or planned transit. <br /> <br />Transit Policy 1: Improve transit service and facilities to increase the system’s accessibility, <br />attractiveness, and convenience for all users, including the transportation disadvantaged population. <br /> <br />Transit Policy 2: Establish a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system composed of frequent, fast transit <br />service along major corridors and neighborhood feeder service that connects with the corridor <br />service and with activity centers, if the system is shown to increase transit mode split along BRT <br />corridors, if local governments demonstrate support, and if financing for the system is feasible. <br /> <br />The City of Eugene’s Growth Management policies include the following: <br /> Policy 10: Encourage the creation of transportation-efficient land use patterns and <br />implementation of nodal development concepts. <br /> <br /> Policy 11: Increase the use of alternative modes of transportation by improving the capacity, <br />design, safety, and convenience of the transit, bicycle, and pedestrian transportation <br />systems. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br /> <br />This is an informational meeting; therefore, there are no options for the council to consider. <br /> <br /> <br /> F:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M071126\S071126B.doc <br /> <br />