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From:JJNeu <br />To:INERFELD Rob <br />Subject:Fwd: TSP Workshop Discussion <br />Date:Friday, February 24, 2017 1:50:00 PM <br />Mr. Inerfeld, <br />Please include this as public testimony for consideration by City Council and the Board of <br />Commissioners at the March 6 meeting. <br />Thank you, <br />Jim Neu <br />Sent from my iPad <br />Begin forwarded message: <br />Subject:TSP Workshop Discussion <br />Mayor, City Council, Board of Commissioners, <br />City government has the greatest influence on the Transportation System Plan <br />(TSP) with city council decisions and direction to staff and planners effecting how <br />the citizens will travel our streets for the next 50 years. Considering thirty percent <br />of the city's greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation and the city has <br />committed to reduce community-wide fossil fuel emissions fifty percent by 2030 <br />and 7.6 percent annually, there needs to be a mobile split in transportation in <br />Eugene. <br />The most funding in the TSP goes to the study of motorized travel which is the <br />largest contributor to carbon dioxide emissions. Bicycle and pedestrian projects in <br />the TSP have the shortest distances and consume the least amount of funding. <br />Currently, scenario planning shows 7.6 % bike, 7.6% walk and 4% ride public <br />transportation. In order to reach the goals of the TSP, three times as many trips <br />need to take place; 23% biking and walking, and 12% riding public transportation. <br />According to the TSP, significant new investments in active transportation, <br />biking, pedestrian, and public transit, will be necessary to reduce community- <br />wide fossil fuel use to desired levels. Council should ask staff to list options to <br />fund bike/pedestrian projects and ask the street review panel for options to fund <br />more bike/ pedestrian projects. <br />Level of service measurements are for private car trips and this should be reduced <br />in order to meet CRO goals. Council should ask staff how the performance of the <br />TSP is measured today and if there are other methods of measuring performances <br />in the future. Staff should have to report annually on multiple measures of TSP <br /> <br />