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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 ÅEÆ. This would allow for even more trafÐc congestion and gridlock which is <br />unacceptable. No trafÐc impact analysis would be required, no mitigation would be required for <br />negative trafÐc impact, and there would be no option to address trafÐc issues or no appeals <br />would be permitted. <br />Presently the Developer and City are trying to allow Amazon Corner at Hilyard St & 32nd Ave <br />without an adequate TrafÐc Impact Analysis. It's very undesirable for density to increase <br />unchecked, beyond reasonable growth that is respectful of existing neighborhoods. All <br />Developers and the City need to be responsible towards the community and mitigate trafÐc <br />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 <br />with Level "E" and businesses will suffer with people unwilling to venture forth. I now avoid <br />Willamette St with the narrowed street and line of cars that make it unpleasant to shop in the <br />area. <br />The city has Ñawed 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 <br />and anger drivers. <br />The job of the city's TrafÐc Planners should be to make our city's trafÐc Ñow better. Please do <br />your jobs and keep Eugene's trafÐc reasonable and in fact improve it, keep the LOS at "D" at <br />least. Do not reduce the LOS to "E" to avoid it's undesirable consequences, this is poor trafÐc <br />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.Æ <br />No on LOS ÅEÆ, 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 <br />paths and sidewalks to make complete streets citywide with old 2014 Cost Estimates, the <br />Beltline Project, the Study Projects, etc. Some proposals just do not work within the proposed <br />area for example, Lorane Highway which has been fought repeatedly for years. Those of us <br />who have lived in South Eugene are very familiar with PB-29: Lorane Highway, Chambers St to <br />W 29th Ave, 1.35 mile Bike Lane proposal and PB-323 Lorane Highway, Chambers St to Crest <br />Dr, Northside, 0.14 miles Sidewalk proposal. These projects were Ðrst proposed in the 1970s <br />(stopped by a petition), resurrected in 1983 (stopped by a property owners remonstrance), <br />again in 1990, and again in 1994 (stopped when then Public Works Director, Christine <br />Andersen, Ðnally agreed with affected residents that the plan was a bad idea). One of the <br />reasons the plan failed was because in places the road surface is 15' wide, which after striping <br />1 <br /> <br />