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<br />-----Original Message----- <br />From: Service Request Form [mailto:servicerequestform@ci.eugene.or.us] <br />Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:41 PM <br />To: Eugene PSO <br />Subject: Service Request from the web site. <br /> <br />First Name : Robert <br />Last Name : Hutchings <br />Email Address : rhutchings@lanepds.org <br />Street Address : 515 Ful Vue <br />City, State, Zip : 97405 <br />Daytime Telephone : <br />Type of Request : General Comment <br />Resident Type : Resident <br /> <br />Message : Please forwar to Betty Taylor, her email came back to me. <br />Dear Ms. Taylor, It was great talking with you today at the DAC. I came away from our <br />discussion feeling like you had an excellent understanding of the conflict. Please read this article <br />I think you will find it persuasive for a up hill bike lane. The bottom line for the property owners is <br />about $$$$$$$. What is the difference in the cost per home owner for the changes? There are <br />many numerous options, what is least the expensive option that takes into account the necessity <br />of an up hill bike lane? <br />Any way here's the article. Thanks again for your careful consideration. Bob Hutchings <br /> <br />Link to Article: http://bikeportland.org/2008/02/13/bikes-on-sidewalks-could-washington-county- <br />be-held-liable-in-tragedy/ <br /> <br /> <br />From: Sue Wolling [mailto:bicycle@efn.org] <br />Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 10:46 PM <br />To: *Eugene Mayor and City Council <br />Subject: Crest Drive Plans Inadequate <br />Dear Eugene City Council, <br /> <br /> Please do not adopt the current plans for road improvements in the Crest Drive <br />neighborhood unless those plans are modified to include an uphill bike lane or other specific <br />designated space for bicycling. <br /> <br /> In a process like the Context-Sensitive Design approach which produced the plans for the <br />Crest neighborhood, it is perhaps inevitable that the residents involved will express their private <br />hopes and desires for the streets they live on. It falls to the City Council to evaluate whether <br />those plans serve the public interest. <br /> <br />The streets of the Crest Drive neighborhood serve not only current property owners on <br />the major streets, but also those who live on the side streets, those from surrounding <br />neighborhoods, and those who might move into the area in the future. Throughout the long <br />process that resulted in the Crest Drive plans, bicyclists have spoken of the need for designated <br />space on the uphill side of the roads for bicyclists. They have suggested a variety of approaches <br />that could provide safety of bicyclists with minimal impact on street width, cost, or other <br />neighborhood values. Unfortunately, these recommendations fell on deaf ears. The result is that <br />for the first time in decades, Eugene is contemplating investing public money to build streets that <br />offer no safe access for bicyclists and only sporadic and inconvenient access for pedestrians. <br /> <br /> The combination of narrow, curvy streets and steep hills make the proposed design <br />unsafe for bicyclists. Even an experienced, well-trained cyclist will travel significantly more slowly <br />- 2 - <br />Crest Drive CSS Design Recommendation Public Testimony 2/14/08 through 4/8/08 <br />