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From:Ron-Janet Bevirt <br />To:INERFELD Rob;TAYLOR Becky;*Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br />Subject:The Proposed 2035 Transportation System Plan (TSP) <br />Date:Friday, February 24, 2017 4:40:04 PM <br />Attachments:22417 Proposed TSP 2035.pdf <br />Re: The Proposed 2035 Transportation System Plan (TSP) <br />2/24/17 <br />To All It Should Concern: <br />Please reject the proposal to reduce the LOS (Level of Service) citywide on all streets from level <br />"D" down to level “E”. This would allow for even more traffic congestion and gridlock which is <br />unacceptable. No traffic impact analysis would be required, no mitigation would be required for <br />negative traffic impact, and there would be no option to address traffic issues or no appeals would <br />be permitted. <br />Presently the Developer and City are trying to allow Amazon Corner at Hilyard St & 32nd Ave <br />without an adequate Traffic Impact Analysis. It's very undesirable for density to increase <br />unchecked, beyond reasonable growth that is respectful of existing neighborhoods. All Developers <br />and the City need to be responsible towards the community and mitigate traffic problems. <br />It's really deplorable to think that with Level "E" the City will not need to make necessary <br />improvements required under State law for mitigation of congestion. Travel will be intolerable with <br />Level "E" and businesses will suffer with people unwilling to venture forth. I now avoid Willamette <br />St with the narrowed street and line of cars that make it unpleasant to shop in the area. <br />The city has flawed thinking that this will force people to use buses, to bike or walk. It will have <br />people leaving the area, create a reputation of problem commuting so people won't move here and <br />anger drivers. <br />The job of the city's Traffic Planners should be to make our city's traffic flow better. Please do your <br />jobs and keep Eugene's traffic reasonable and in fact improve it, keep the LOS at "D" at least. Do <br />not reduce the LOS to "E" to avoid it's undesirable consequences, this is poor traffic planning. <br />I love Eugene and it is smart to avoid, not strive for, a failing Level of Service. <br />"Protect, Repair and Enhance Neighborhood Livability.” <br />No on LOS “E”, it is irresponsible towards the well being of Eugene! <br />The City "thinks" the TSP will cost a certain amount, check out the pages of proposed bike paths <br />and sidewalks to make complete streets citywide with old 2014 Cost Estimates, the Beltline Project, <br />the Study Projects, etc. Some proposals just do not work within the proposed area for example, <br />Lorane Highway which has been fought repeatedly for years. Those of us who have lived in South <br />Eugene are very familiar with PB-29: Lorane Highway, Chambers St to W 29th Ave, 1.35 mile Bike <br />Lane proposal and PB-323 Lorane Highway, Chambers St to Crest Dr, Northside, 0.14 miles <br />Sidewalk proposal. These projects were first proposed in the 1970s (stopped by a petition), <br />resurrected in 1983 (stopped by a property owners remonstrance), again in 1990, and again in 1994 <br />(stopped when then Public Works Director, Christine Andersen, finally agreed with affected <br />residents that the plan was a bad idea). One of the reasons the plan failed was because in places the <br />road surface is 15' wide, which after striping for a 6' bike lane, would leave a total of 9' to <br />accommodate two vehicle travel lanes of 4.5' each. The location of the road leaves little room for <br /> <br />