Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead 2018 Outreach Summary 32 at least an hour to my commute each way, significantly impacting my quality of life for myself and my child. I hate being a single occupant car. Sitting in traffic makes me feel gross, but I don't feel like I have a choice. There just isn't an efficient way to get where I need to go from 99, to 18th St. to downtown. It's not that big of a town, I just know I don't have the time or energy. So I use my car. • Improvements in traffic patterns and getting buses out of travel lanes at stops will have major improvements for the rest of us that don't use transit. I can't realistically spend 40 minutes on a bus for a commute that takes 10-15 in a car and would go faster if the bus wasn't on the road with me. • EMX is a pork project and is a huge waste of money. The West 11th EMX has totally screwed up traffic with its inconsistent rules. • I am less concerned about capital costs than increases in annual operating cost. • If this is funded by a bond measure I expect it to be repealed after funding of construction and operation, otherwise you're just levying another permanent tax. • $78 million dollars for 8 minutes gained doesn't compute in my book. Bus service routes are not convenient. Should not have to go downtown before reaching destination. Should not have to walk 1/2 mile or more to reach bus service. • An EMX corridor is extremely expensive to construct and to operate. I don't want to see another corridor like the West 11th corridor built anytime in my lifetime. $100,000,000 to replace existing bus service is an unbelievable waste of federal and local tax dollars. Federal funding is not free money. Please don't destroy Coburg Road by building another EmX corridor. Please keep in mind that the percentage of transit trips is decreasing in the Portland area, not increasing. • At $80 million for 5 miles of road to save 8 minutes along river road? It doesn't even take 10 minutes to drive from Awbrey Park to the chambers overpass.....Why not just raise the speed limit back to what it was for 50 years, and increase frequency of service to match your customer’s needs, and give everyone who lives or works along river road a free pass for 10 years and send them to the casinos with a couple bundles of 1's? You'd still be millions under budget, so bigger bonuses for the LTD execs. No need to incinerate pallets of ""other people's"" cash on a wasteful project. We're already at full employment, so no need for corrupt ""stimulus"" jobs here. • I will be voting NO. on ANYTHING money based that is not related to majorly cracking down on the homeless-by-choice problem that is currently plaguing this city, and increasing security of residents, and enforcement / prosecution of the crimes that are primarily and very frequently committed by the HBC's (Homeless by Choice) • I’m very concerned about service frequency along 30th Ave outside of main LCC times. Should be able to get there for events. • I'd like to see transit investments. Frequency of bus service is most important, with neighborhood connectivity and safety improvements accessing transit. • If you build it wisely and well, it will be used. Bus, bike and walk are all available alternatives to the car. • If the buses run often enough it will save people time. They will use them. February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1