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F. 16 Promote or develop a regional roadway system that meets combined needs for travel <br /> through, within, and outside the region. <br /> <br />F. 17 Manage the roadway system to preserve safety and operational efficiency by adopting <br /> regulations to manage access to roadways and applying these regulations to decisions <br /> related to approving new or modified access to the roadway system. <br /> <br />Transl~ortation System Improvements: Transit <br /> <br />Findings <br /> <br />27. The 1990 Census reported that about 10 percent of all households in the Eugene- <br /> Springfield area did not own a vehicle. <br /> <br />28. Transit services are particularly important to the transportation disadvantaged population: <br /> persons who are limited in meeting their travel needs because of age, income, location, <br /> physical or mental disability, or other reasons. The Americans with Disabilities Act <br /> (ADA) requires fixed-route systems like Lane Transit District's (LTD) to provide a <br /> comparable level of service to the elderly and persons with disabilities who are unable to <br /> successfully use the local bus service. LTD's Americans with Disabilities Act <br /> Paratransit Plan, 1994-1995 Update (January 18, 1995) was found to be in full <br /> compliance with the ADA by the Federal Transit Administration. <br /> <br />29. The role of urban public transit in meeting trip needs has increased within the <br /> metropolitan area since 1970. In 1971, there were 2,260 LTD passenger trips on a <br /> weekday and, in 1995, ridership had increased to 20,000 per day, or 1.8 percent of all <br /> metropolitan trips. The Regional Travel Forecasting Model forecasts transit use to <br /> increase to 2.7 percent of trips by 2015 with proposed TransPlan projects and policy <br /> implementation. <br /> <br />30. The Urban Rail Feasibility Study Eugene/Springfield Area (July 1995) concluded that <br /> projected 2015 ridership for an urban rail system was too low to be competitive with <br /> other cities seeking federal rail transit funding; and that BRT could significantly improve <br /> transit service for substantially less capital investment and lower operational costs than <br /> urban rail. <br /> <br />31. OHP policy supports investment in Park-and-Ride facilities as a cost-effective means to <br /> increase the efficient use of the existing transportation system. <br /> <br />Policies <br /> <br />F. 18 Improve transit service and facilities to increase the system's accessibility, attractiveness, <br /> and convenience for all users, including the transportation disadvantaged population. <br /> <br /> III-F-9 <br /> <br /> <br />