Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead 2018 Outreach Summary 58 • On Hwy 99 – there are a lot of customers with disabilities that depend on Route 41 service – behind Putters. • The pedestrian signals on Hwy 99 would be great – really needed – especially at the Eugene Service Station • 30th/LCC and 99 don’t need EmX. River Road EmX should be the top priority. Then Coburg Rd. • General safety concerns and recommendations: • Need more monitors on the buses to see blind spots. • -Yield sign – it’s the law sticker would help. If the LEDs were red instead of yellow they are easier to notice. • Need more “No smoking signs” • General comments about different routes in LTD's service area: • -58th and Main Street – left turn to go north used to have a guarded left turn east – the flashing arrow really screws that up. • -Seneca and West 11th – Route 78 – signal timing is all screwed up.(Seneca Station onto W 11th.) • Coming in bound the bus pole sign says – UO to Eugene Station (but it doesn’t do Eugene Station except evening) – The stop coming inbound on the 81 right before Hilyard doesn’t have an Route 81 sticker. • Need a bigger “do not turn” sign at that turn pocket by the Market of Choice – too many crashes. • There is a section on Franklin Blvd where the trees are in the way of the light. The • Also the EmX signals – it would be helpful if the lights (especially the caution light) was a different color. When it is dark and raining it is really difficult to see. • At the Q Street intersection in Springfield cars are constantly turning in front of the bus. Active Transportation Committee: • One member asked what safety metrics were being used in evaluating if the corridors are being made safer. Chris replied that staff is not using crash analysis, but the alternatives include investments in safer crossings, which should result in safer outcomes. Other funds can also be used to invest in safety projects and not wait until the Federal Transit Administration provides funding for MovingAhead investments. Local funds are more scalable and flexible. • One member indicated that Maxwell Road improvements have been identified as a priority for ATC and asked if the MovingAhead project could fund those improvements. Chris said that other local funds would have to be used on Maxwell Road. • One member asked if other technologies were being considered in MovingAhead and could these funds be used as part of these investments. Chris said that the 2035 Transportation System Plan has language to look at new technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles use in Eugene. He said we need to do a lot of things to achieve the goals of tripling the number of people who walk, bike, or take the bus. February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1