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He stated their feeling too was that the planning process must not be bound by federal deadlines if more time is needed. He referred also to some incorrect assumptions in the alternatives document as noted by . his group. First, there is too heavy reliance on the assumption that people will not decrease their use of the auto. There seems to be interest in decreasing that usage, plus gasoline could be gone in about 30 years. Secondly, the document assumes a marked increase in population and employment levels and that raises the question as to whether Eugene will attempt to control the rate of growth. Thirdly, noise and air pollution in Eugene are not treated seriously enough. Fourth, the external-internal, external-external, and internal-external trips were not included in the study. Lastly, Land Use alternatives must be treated more seriously, plans that will facilitate use of alternative modes and decrease the use of the automobile. (I - B- 3) Dennis Cuddeback, 4125 Highway 99S, wondered if other alternatives than buses have really been considered. He has not noticed much change in mechanical transportation though in other fields there have been fantastic changes. He would favor alternative O. He feels other alternatives are needed to the smoky bus. The idea of limiting road construction seems irresponsible, he concluded. Dean Kennedy, a former resident of Seattle, mentioned that that city had many buses and good ridership. People fought plans to build more roads. Here in Eugene, he said, there are not as many buses and people do not want more roads, they want more buses. "Will we end up like Seattle", he wondered. He felt Mr. Culp's conunents were very appropriate. "We could spend ourselves into a depression", he said. He suggested the possibility of "throwing the whole thing" open to free, private e enterprise "that is not plucking the pockets of the businessman". Let people make a profit from it was his thought; if they can't they should fold up. He added that those businesses subsidized by the government probably should not be operating at all. He suggested Council members and Planning Conunission members read "Planning for Freedom - the Road to Serfdom", by Nobel prize winner Frederick Hydeck. He concluded it is inunoral and illegal to pluck the pockets of the citizens and that, if there are not enough people to warrant a business, it should not exist. Bruce H. Anderson, Chairman of the Metro Area Transportation Study Group on transportation alternatives, presented an addendum to that conunittee's report and sununarized that, to devise an efficient syst~m for the future, it is necessary to revise concerns as to how to support that system. The concerns have to be broad based, having those persons using the system pay for it and exploring all means of making that occur. The transportation study group supports that concept. It is necessary, too, to plan for the future, looking at reasonable possibilities of the direction that is being taken resource-wise. Decisions should be re-examined periodically. A plan should be adopted that will match the 1990 plan. Additionally, if alternative means of fuel are found, those should be plugged back into the system. The Transportation Study group supports No. 3 and parts of No. 5, said Mr. Anderson. They ask for the implementation of the 1990 Plan. "If you make it easy for people to flee the urban area, you will not be e implementing the 1990 Plan through transportation planning," he concluded. . Scott Lieuallen, 952 W. Broadway, Eugene, referred to four elements stressed in the 1990 Plan: Clean environment, intact residential fe,/7 11/24/75 - 6