Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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Corridor Investment Package Options MovingAhead – a partnership between the City of Eugene, Lane Transit District, and other regional partners – is exploring five transportation investment packages that identify possible changes for some of our most important streets over the next 10 years. Early community input identified five key corridors for future investment: River Road; Highway 99; Coburg Road; MLK, Jr. Blvd; and 30th Avenue to LCC. Based on community preferences and technical analysis for each of these corridors, the City and LTD have developed a range of proposed investment options bundled into packages for further review. Each package includes a combination of the following investment alternatives in each of the five corridors: January 16, 2019 No-Build Alternative (No new investments at this time) • Only currently planned investments would be implemented. • Acts as a comparison for costs and benefits of other options. • Does not forward existing plans and policy goals, such as Envision Eugene. EmX Alternative (Higher investment option) • Short for Emerald Express, EmX is LTD’s branded bus rapid transit (BRT) service. • Typically includes transit priority, enhanced stations with raised platforms, specialized buses, and off-board fare collection. • Greater improvements for people walking and biking. Enhanced Corridor Alternative (Lower investment option) • Can range from limited improvements to a relatively high level of investments that are comparable to EmX in some features, like transit signal priority and enhanced bus stops. • Includes safety and access improvements for people walking and biking. • Enhanced Corridor transit service may or may not include branded buses. What we’ve heard so far Over the summer and fall of 2018, the City and LTD gathered valuable input from the community about the MovingAhead project. A number of key themes emerged from this feedback: • There is strong support for transit investments with a preference for the EmX and Enhanced Corridor options compared to No-Build options. • Improvements and safety for people who walk and bike, ridership, travel time, and operating costs are important criteria for evaluating the packages. • EmX along River Road is the corridor option with the strongest support. • The difference in support is smaller among options for the 30th Avenue to LCC and MLK, Jr. Blvd corridors. February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1