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." Mayor Keller raised the question of. this being a metro plan and requested information as to how the plan will be implemented. He gave the example of the varying transit goals from five to 15 percent and how it would work. ~ Mayor Keller also asked how the financing is tied into the goal, how the . type of ridership would be generated, who would pay for it, and how. In answering a question from Ms. Smith regarding future public hearings~ Assistant City Manager said that was up to City Council discretion. The process is open and Council can hold pUblic debate on various issues as time allows. However, it was still hoped the June 29 deadline date would be met. Mayor Keller requested that Mr. Rynerson' document the figures regarding the transit goal which he had just discussed, and also a comment from Eugene's. Public Works Department. Don Allen explained his position as being one of not defending some por- tions of the plan because he could not defend them. He raised the ques- tion regarding the modal split and wondered if the transit goal could really be generated using the basic street networks. He said it would be impossible to implement the plan and reach the goals in the modal split if provisions of the Plan such as 6th and 7th avenues were removed. He said the road system cannot be thrown out and still keep the idealistic goals as proposed; he felt it was a no-build program. He felt projects like 30th & Hilyard woula be the type of projects best implemented ratber than large capital outlay projects. The program does not assign jurisdictional . responsibility as to Who js capable for financing. His desire was a orogram, that can be acceoted bY al I. .. ~ Mr. Lieuallen requested Mr. Rynerson's response as to whether he had to ..., have this program to operate at a 15-percent level. Mr. Rynerson said there was no doubt buses would be operating on the same streets with the rest of the traffic. He did not feel it to be a case of this plan as the only way to accomplish this goal, but rather it must be done in some cooperative manner. Regarding the 6th-7th freeway, Mr. Lieuallen wondered if it were necessary to build a freeway of eight lanes to achieve the modal split. Mr. Rynerson said the proposed plan allows for two bus lanes in each direction and he wondered where the space would come to put them, as they would need consi- derable width. He said it was necessary to provide additional capacity but perhaps not completely necessary to have a freeway. Mr. Delay expressed concern about the constant increase in costs for the entire network of roads, including special lanes for buses to go through traffic while others are held up. He questioned the use of reversible lanes. Jim Hanks, Traffic Engineer, explained how reversible lanes would work: traffic in the morning would have more lanes open toward the central area, with a reverse pattern in the evening. Two problems existed: 1) On most of the corridors there is a fairly even flow of traffic in both directions; 2) the primary problem is an accident problem with left turning lanes. He said most of the corridors in Eugene were the type of - 4/19/78--10 ~~