Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead 2018 Outreach Summary 56 • Are we reaching out to minority communities? Fairfield Elementary holds events for Spanish speaking populations on Hwy 99. • Wants longer bike racks on LTD buses (says the EMX bike racks are perfect.) Wants this so her accessible bike can fit. • Bus Fares/passes. Prepaid card. Change return on EMX? Breakfast on the Bridges (6/29): • Went to Breakfast on the Bike Bridges at Greenway bridge and spoke to maybe 15 people in any depth about MovingAhead. Most were familiar with the project, and a few signed up for the email list who were not already. Most interest was geared towards River Road concepts and was generally supportive, with most interest in bike/ped concepts. Sunday Streets Downtown (7/30): • We tabled at Sunday Streets Downtown for the duration of the event. We spoke with an estimated 50 people about the project. Many people stopped by the booth and took project fact sheets. People who stopped by were generally supportive and desired to be engaged. Party in the Parks (8/7): • Better improved intersections and some more. Too many jaywalkers. First Friday Artwalk/Fiesta Cultural (9/7): • There were several hundred members of the public at the event. We spoke to approximately 50. We explained the basics of the project and directed interested parties to visit MovingAhead.org the following week to read the published Alternative Analysis. We also answered questions about specific corridors. Event attendees were generally positive about capital investments along all corridors. Several individuals wanted to see EmX on all corridors. Several individuals expressed concern about the cost of investments. Several event attendees were curious about our Spanish listening session and were glad that we were doing outreach in Spanish. Northeast Neighborhoods Group (9/7): Roughly 80 people attended the meeting at Gilham Community. Presentation of Coburg Road Findings. Q and A: • Q - Does the Enhanced Corridor include a protected bikeway? • A - No, Coburg Rd is too constrained. • Q - there been study of a loop that would use Coburg Rd - Gateway - and Harlow Rd? • A - Yes, but current land uses and ridership don't support a Harlow Rd segment at this time. • Q - Why doesn't public transit travel north of Cresent on Coburg Rd? • A - There is the route that goes all the way to the City of Coburg. This is also part of the discussion for a project called Transit Tomorrow. • Q - I would like to see how much travel time would be added to the trips of all car drivers based on these changes? February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1