Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead 2018 Outreach Summary 34 • I am amazed and skeptical of EMX increase in ridership • Is there supporting figures we can see. Ridership increase is most important to me. I’m also very interested to know how my area north of Hunsaker is proposed to be served • Thanks Kevin kjashbow@gmail.com • I appreciate events that are intended to inform and be informative. But to put tonight in perspective, it was almost 27 years to the day that I was asked by a group of LCC staff who commuted to the college by bike to come to a similar event as this tonight that was held in the old library. And during the ensuing 27 years, I've experienced very little in the way of enhanced access and safety for bikes to LCC. • Emx is the only reason I use mass transit here • I know you have very many anti-change comments, but I love the idea of an EmX BRT network, and I think its benefits to Eugene will be incredible. This shouldn't be a city for cars. It should be a city for people. • I support the EmX Alternative for River Road and the 30th Avenue to LCC Corridor, as well as bicycle improvements along or to the south of E 30th Ave. • It would make sense, with a new River Road Station being built, to implement an EmX route up River Road. • I am most interested in improving the River Road neighborhood as a whole. I see EmX as the only solution on the table to salvage a currently dis-functional corridor. I would like to see River Road be a connecting force in the neighborhood rather than a dividing one. Thanks for asking for input. Keep up the good work! • I mean, the Coburg Rd EmX looks good, but I can't even begin to imagine the regressive screeching from the Coburg Rd yuppies. You thought the bullshit campaign against West Eugene EmX was bad? Whoof. I think Hwy 99 is both a good route and a path of least resistance to a new EmX line. • Priority should be placed on providing EMX to City designated nodal development areas. Located north of beltline and east of Coburg Road the Crescent Village nodal development area was put in place over twelve years ago. Located in the fastest growth area of the City, several developments have been built with walkable amenities such as wide sidewalks and outdoor plazas. The area has been prohibited from auto-oriented uses such as no drive-up restaurants or even a coffee kiosk due to the nodal development overlay zone. It is vital to enhance the City and LTD work together to improve transit service to this area. • The biggest advantage EMX provides is improving quick cross-town connectivity. Expanding EMX service to Highway 99 and River Road is a huge step in that direction. Expansion into Springfield is also crucial. However, the Coburg and MLK expansions provide minimal travel time improvements for the level of investment. Absent the ability to meaningfully improve connectivity to WinCo and Walmart in Springfield, there isn't much point to the MLK expansion. The LCC Enhanced Corridor expansion is most beneficial for its roadway improvements and buffered bike lane between the end of the Amazon Park multi-use path system and downtown, but again, EMX service in this area isn't meaningfully faster than standard bus service. • why does the MLK route not include an EMX consideration • I would like to know if the Enhanced investment package for Highway 99 corridor would be changing the designations for 11th and 13th avenues. For example, they are considered a February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1