Agenda Packet 9-19-18 Work Session

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September 19, 2018, Work Session – Item 1 other two alternatives, thereby providing improved transit service and reliability through less intensive infrastructure investments compared to EmX. These may include traffic signal prioritization for buses or additional lanes near intersections to create a “queue jump,” which allows buses to bypass points of congestion. There are complementary pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure investments in both the EmX and Enhanced Corridor alternatives. The Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors have received project updates and twice taken action to focus the MovingAhead analysis on five major corridors. In October 2015, the council and board advanced the following MovingAhead corridors for further study to evaluate an EmX alternative, an Enhanced Corridor alternative, and a No-Build alternative: • Highway 99 Corridor • River Road Corridor • Coburg Road Corridor • 30th Avenue/Lane Community College Corridor Also, the council and board recommended that the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Corridor advance with an Enhanced Corridor alternative and a No-Build alternative. This direction was reaffirmed in April 2016 by a joint action of the two bodies. With council and board direction to proceed, MovingAhead is developing the groundwork for five transportation corridors simultaneously instead of one-by-one, as has been the past practice for other EmX projects. This system-level approach readies projects for funding and construction. It also gains efficiencies in the environmental analysis and reduces the time to deliver important transportation services to our community. It’s a responsible approach to understand the complexities of environmental impacts and benefits of the EmX, Enhanced Corridor, and No-build alternatives. The MovingAhead project has performed an Alternatives Analysis that was prepared to support the federal National Environmental Policy Act process. Locally, Lane Transit District and the City of Eugene are committed to a public engagement process that supports informed decision-making that considers effects on people, our planet, and economic prosperity (the triple-bottom-line). Taken together, these efforts are a comprehensive approach to make investment decisions that support our community now and as we grow into the future. NEXT STEPS The technical analysis is complete. The MovingAhead project team continues to share the results and then seek additional feedback from neighbors and businesses along the corridors and the community as a whole. Preliminary Results of the Technical Analysis The results of the technical analysis are summarized for each corridor in an Executive Summary (Attachment A) and Alternatives Analysis report (also available on the project website at www.MovingAhead.org). Staff will provide a brief overview of the results during the work session.