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W~ST EUGENE PARKWAY NtO~F~ PROJECT-~XANS!STEN~ WrfH THE STATEWI~ PLANNING C-;4~LS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RULE commercial development pa~er~, the absenc~ of access managemenL ~he absence of alternative frontage roads to provide adequate access to affected re~l and commercial operations, and other reasons described in more dem~l below. TDM measures hold greater promise~ TDM ~s a program wkh elemems designed to reduce the number of trips by automobile by crmfing measurable or quantifiable d~fferences in time or cost. Examples ~nclude ~ansk subsidies, p~k~ng charges for work-related s~ngle occupancy vehicles, lane pric~ng, shuAle se~[ees, telecommufing~ n~dr[ve days and user fees. From 1994 to 1996~ LCOG studied and analyzed TDM strategies m ~denfify measures that would help reduce VMT and postpone ~e need for mom extensive ~nvestments~ A TDM task force was es~bl[sh~ to pfiofifi~ preferences for TDM strategies aad idenfi~ oppo~unk[es for application of these preferences for additional evaluafiom Strategies considered ~ncluded rideshafing, parking managemen~ employer ~sk use subsid[es~ special ~ser fees, family c~ ~ncenfives, shuAle seduces, ~[p reduction ordinances, volunm~, no-drive days, congestion pricing, and other me~uresfi~ Because 25 percent of all ~ps are work-related~ the ~sk rome exmined op~nk~es for work trip reductions through TDM in greater dem~L Both volun~ and mandato~ s~ateg~es were considered, wkh paA~c~pafion rates based on octal program results d{mumented elsewhere ~n the count~. ~e studies ~nd[cat~ thru a s~ong employer-suppoAed ~M package could reduce work ~p VMT by ~ much ~s t0~5 percentfi2 The rusk rome concluded that a reduction of just under 10 pement ~n total VMT could be justified w~th a relmNely h~gh level of publ~c acceptance. Yet even w~th th~s ~mprovement, ~em w~ l~le difference in the ~spo~fion operation humors shown for the No- Build wi~ TDM. The major ~ntemecfions along West 11~ Avenue core,hue m ope~te at an unaccep~ble level of se~[ce "F' and m volume to capac[~ ratios well above 1.00fi3 improvements to Existing Transportation F/est ]]th Avenue is the pfima~ l~nk be~een Highway 126 to the west and the Inters~te 5/Interstate 105 eo~dor to the easL West l I~ Avenue also sen, es the local travel needs of residents~ businesses and industries loeat~ along or near West 11~ Avenue in West Eugene. As ~A of~e West Eugene P~kway study, ~mprovements m West 11 th Aveaue were ~efully evaluated. As descried beginning m page 5~13 of the SDE~, s~nce the 1960s~ deveBpment aBng West 1 Ith Avenue h~s proceeded based on And use pl~s ~sum~ng the conAmcfion of a new west tr~spo~fion co~[dor. ~e assumption has been that West t lth Avenue would se~e primarily local ~avel needs and the commem[al ~d [ndus~ial esmblishmenm along ks len~h. As a result, commercial and tight industrial bus[aesses oriented towed the s~eet, and numerous curb cuts were approved to provide a~ess to these businesses. Beginning ~n ~e I960s~ the C~, of Eugene completed several [mprovemen~ m increase ~e capac~ of West It~ Avenue and m bring k up to an urban level of semite for a major c[~ ~efiaL E~s~d from D~ebo Avenue, West 1 lth Avenue has four travel lanes with a continuous center l~e for le~ tums. Construction cu~ently is unde~ay extending four ~avel lanes plus a m~sed medhn w~ mm pockeCs from D~ebo Avenue wes~d to Te~ Street. West of Te~ Stree~ West 11~ Avenue is a ~o-l~e fac[li~ wkhout a median or ~nter turn lane, but w~ turn pocke~ at Green Hill Road. As previously smted~ under a no-build alternative with TDM, all major ~ntemecfions along West 1 Avenue w~ll opera~ at LOS F w~th volume m capaci~ ratios greater th~ 1.00 by the year 2015. ~is projected ~ntersecfion failure ~llustmtes the need for significant transportation ~mprovemen~ in the 6~ See A~ternatives Memorandum at 9-~ % 62 The s[udy resu~ ere set ~ at pa~es ~0~ ~ of the A~temat~es Memomndum~ 63 A~emati~s Memom~um, Ap~nd~x B, EY~iBrr C-1 ~ FIND(NGS 31