03/06/17 City Council Agenda Packet

Home Browse Search

The 2035 TSP contains policies related to development along key multi-modal corridors, transportation demand management and the encouragement of transportation without reliance on automobiles, including transit, bicycles, and pedestrian travel. The 2035 TSP incorporates the Eugene Climate Recovery Ordinance goal of by year 2030 reducing community-wide use of fossil fuels by 50 percent compared to 2010 usage. This goal and policies are related to the need to maintain and improve the air quality in the metropolitan area. Projects identified in the 2035 TSP will be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations. Additionally, from 2013 to mid-2015 the City participated in a scenario planning process led by the Central Lane MPO. The scenario planning process examined how transportation policies might affect equity, public health, economic vitality, and greenhouse gas emissions in the region. The state required the project partners to examine at least one scenario that would achieve a 20 percent reduction (below 2005 emissions levels) in greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicles. Generally, the 20 percent greenhouse gas emission reduction target of the scenario planning study is consistent with the goal of the Climate Recovery Ordinance. While the preferred scenario selected by the Central Lane MPO is not a statement of regional policy and the strategies are not intended to be directive or regulatory, the 2035 TSP incorporates and advances many of the strategies identified by the Central Lane MPO as a way of achieving the preferred scenario. Some specific examples of how the 2035 TSP advances the preferred scenario strategies are as follows: 1.The 2035 TSP plans for significant investment in active transportation over the next 20 years. (Active transportation strategies #1 & #2) Of the 264 projects planned in the 2035 TSP to be built over the next 20 years (excluding those to be built upon development), 239 of the projects are entirely pedestrian and bicycle projects; those projects include 89 neighborhood greenways, 22 on-street bike lanes, 18 shared use paths, 12 protected bike lanes, and 85 separated path/sidewalk projects. Six of the 264 projects are transit projects, which include improving frequent transit service and multimodal travel along numerous transit corridors. These 245 bicycle, pedestrian, and transit projects represent 51% of the total transportation dollars that are planned to be spent over the next 20 years. Of the 19 remaining projects, 6 of the projects are complete street upgrades to existing roadways; all 6 of these projects have a significant bicycle and pedestrian component. These complete street projects represent an additional 10% of the total transportation dollars. Not counting the three rail projects (which amount for 6% of the total transportation dollars), only three projects planned for the next 20 years have no explicit bicycle, pedestrian, or transit component contained in their project descriptions. These three projects represent approximately 8% of the total transportation dollars that are planned to be spent over the next 20 years. 2.Establishment of a bike share program is currently underway and is one of the 2035 TSP bicycle policies. (Active transportation strategy #3) 3.Identified potential action items for meeting 2035 TSP policy objectives include providing education and awareness programs, such as SmartTrips and school-based transportation options (including Safe Routes to School) to improve safety for all travelers and providing support for Safe Route to School programs and other programs that create safe walking Exhibit A to an Ordinance Concerning Long Range Transportation Planning Page 5 of 63