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WEST EUGENE PA}~<VVAY ~K)D~F1ED PROJECT~sISTENCY W~TH THE STATe. DE PtANN~NG ~ AND T~TAT~ON PLANNING RULE commercial development pattern, the absence of access management, the absence of alternative frontage roads to provide adequate access to affected retail and commercial operations, and other reasons described in more detail below. TDM measures hold greater promise~ TDM is a program with elements designed to reduce the number of trips by automobile by creating measurable or quantifiable differences in time or cost. Examples include transit subsidies, parking charges for work-related single occupancy vehicles~ lane pricing, shuttle services, telecommuting, no-drive days and user fees. From 1994 to 1996~ LCOG studied and analyzed TDM strategies to identify measures that would help reduce VMT and postpone the need for more extensive investments~ A TDM task force was established to priork~ze preferences for TDM strategies and identify opportunities fbr application of these preferences for additional evaluation. Strategies considered included ridesharing, parking management, employer transit use subsidies, special user fees, family car incentives, shuttle services, trip reduction ordinances~ voluntary no-drive days, congestion pricing, and other measuresfi~ Because 25 pement of all trips are work-related, the task force examined oPpo~nkies for work trip reductions through TDM in greater detail. Both ~¢oluntary and mandatory strategies were considered, with participation rates based on actual program results documented elsewhere in the coun~. The studies indicated that a strong employer-supported TDM package could reduce work trip VMT by as much as 10.5 percentfi~ The task force concluded that a reduction of just under t0 pement in total VMT could be justified with a relatively high level of public acceptance. Yet even with this improvement, there was little difference in the transportation operation numbers shown for the Build with TDM. Tl~e major intersections along West 1 ltd Avenue continue to operate at an unacceptable level of service "F' and at volume to capacity ratios well above 1.00.63 Improvement~ to Existing Transportation FacDities [Yest ]]th~lvenue is the primary- link between Highway 126 to the west and the Interstate 5/Interstate 105 corridor to the east. West 11 th Avenue also serves the local travel needs of residents, businesses and industries located along or near West 1 Ith Avenue iD West Eugene. As part of the West Eugene Parkway study, improvements to West 1 tth Avenue were carefully evaluated. As described beginning at page 5-13 of the SDE~rS, since the 1960s, development along West 11th Avenue has proceeded based on land use plans assuming the construction ora new east- west transportation corridor~ The assumption has been that West 1 lth Avenue would serve primarily local travel needs and the commercial and industrial establishments along its leng~h~ As a result, commercial and light industrial businesses oriented toward the street, and numerous curb cuts were approved to provide access to these businesses. Beginning in the ~ 960s, the City of Eugene completed several improvements to increase the capacity of West 1 lth Avenue and to bring it up to an urban level of service for a major city arterial. Eastward from Danebo Avenue, 'West 1 lth Avenue has four travel lanes with a continuous center lane for le~ turns. Construction currently is underway extending four travel lanes plus a raised median with turn pockets from Danebe Avenue westward to Terry Street. West of Terry Street, West 1 lth Avenue is a two-lane facility without a median or center turn lane, but with turn pockets at Green Hill Road~ As previously stated, under a no-build alternative with TDM, all major intersections along West 1 Avenue wi]tl operate at LOS F with volume to capacity ratios greater than 1.00 by the year 2015. This projected intersection failure illustrates the need for significant transportation improvements in the 6~ See A[tema#vo$ Memorat~dum at 9~ ~ 6~ The s~dy resu~ are se~ oufr at pa~es ~0-1 ~ o~he Alternat~es Memorartdum, i~corporated herein by ~his reference. E~IBIT C-~ -FtNDINGS 3~