Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead 2018 Outreach Summary 42 outreach could ever gain. If it doesn't go that way, it gives you the opportunity to listen and gain credibility and respect that money could never buy. There's really no way to lose. • Have you thought about the extra emissions that will be created by adding more buses? Or how these new projects will affect the commuters who are not using the buses or bike lanes? I for one am not looking forward to having a longer commute to work. I think that these plans will not be as helpful as you think, and I wish that we were able to vote on this because I know that many people would agree with me. • I mostly drive around town. It would be helpful to have the bus stops not in the way of car drivers. Most countries have a cut out area for the bus to get in and out of the road for the bus stops. It would be great if more of such stops are created in Eugene to avoid holding up traffic flow while the bus stops to load and unload and its safer for the people waiting for the bus and getting off the bus. A shelter for the people waiting for the bus since we have a long rainy season in Eugene. • I would like to see cost-efficient improvements for the Eug-Spr transportation system. EmX does not fit this criterion. I think bus pullouts at stops and increased bus service frequency, where demand is high, makes for the most effective service improvements. EmX has a negative effect on other vehicular travel. Buses stopping in a travel lane slow other travel and cause unsafe conditions. • We use the River Road corridor on a regular basis via privately owned vehicle. LTD bus service already exists on this route. Addition of an EMX route would further disrupt traffic in the area which is bad enough already. This is not to mention the potential year-long (or longer) disruption construction of the special EMX lanes, signals and stops would cause. I for one cannot believe, based on the ridership I have viewed while observing EMX buses en route, that the line is a financially viable alternative to the normal LTD bus service. It appears that the entire program is a scheme to milk grant money out of the federal government. • My concern is less about how long I spend in vehicle transit, but how long my total transit time is - home to destination. As a property owner and regular driver on the RR corridor, I am concerns about impacts to property, my property value, and parking, and about inconvenience and increased travel time as a driver. I also disagree with the way LTD is funded - i.e. by business owners. • My main concern is to improve the ridership on LTD as a means to improve traffic on all corridors. I think more frequent service (though not necessarily with Emx) would go a long way to accomplish this. • Additionally: save as many trees as possible and improve bike safety. " • My major concern is the impact on Oalway Rd. Coburg Rd. potentially will become increasingly congested with a lot of distractions (walking, biking, multi-buses, cars) that people will decide to take Oakway Rd. both during construction and after. Many residential streets feed directly into Oakway Rd. Making it very difficult to turn onto it. A significant increase in population with all the high-density projects will negatively impact lifestyle. • Coburg road has difficult travel already and will only become more expensive to expand EMX as time goes on. Do EMX asap. Second priority is River Road. February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1