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MovingAhead Spring 2019 Outreach Summary 41 <br /> Mass transit is not cost effective. People need their own cars to carry food and products home <br />from stores. You cannot do that with a bus. Please stop trying to find ways to increase taxes. <br /> Major changes to River Road corridor not needed or wanted <br /> Its all a waste of money. Improve the roads and artierals before buses. <br /> Im not sure any bussing option will replace cars for people who live near the end of these <br />routes. It simply takes too long to get to the city center by bus and even longer if not going to <br />the city center. For a working family with multiple kids in childcare or activities, the system <br />would never be used. Better to just improve roads and bike lanes. <br /> I suppose the one thing this option has going for it is that operating costs and impacts to non- <br />transit traffic are less than the other options Still, thats like being forced to choose which limb <br />youd like to shove into a wood chipper. Funny how the no-build option seemed to disappear. Im <br />stunned that LTD thinks that the 200 or so responses they received the last go around are <br />enough a of a mandate to ram this through. Remember: youre spending other peoples money. <br /> I find it hard to believe that travel times would be increased with extra pedestrian crossings or <br />extra stoplights. As we have seen on the W 11th/ 6th 7th Street projects the travel times are not <br />improved. Also, I do not believe there is transparency where the increase in ridership is <br />concerned. I notice quite a few LTD buses with very few people riding, both on the EmX bus and <br />regular buses. Increase in taxes would be a must as there is not a budget in place. This not only <br />hurts those who could possibly afford it but the lower income people as well. We are trying to <br />increase pay to give living wages to only have taxes take it away. Green house gas emissions will <br />increase with vehicles stopped at additional lights and pedestrian crossings making air quality <br />worse and effecting our disadvantaged population by increasing breathing related illnesses. <br /> I dont see an ROI. $148m is a crap ton of money to spend and possibly displace 4 businesses. <br />Not to mention the acquisition of private property. How many of the 389,000 people in the <br />increased ridership are receiving a subsidy to ride? Remember, this is not your money! <br /> Enough already! I am tired of all of this mass transit building. Just stop already! <br />Harms driving <br /> This doesn't address how individual drivers/commuters will be impacted, but the reduced <br />parking definitely concerns me. <br /> These options are all about increasing bus and bicycle travel and screwing those of us that need <br />to travel by car! <br /> The cost benefit seems appropriate. I like a single dedicated transit lane where ever possible. <br />That works so well in other cities, and we will grow into it. EM-EX doesn't seem to work on <br />Coburg or MLK. It might work in the other corridors. The focus on bicycles is NUTS in USA. What <br />City of Eugene did on changes to E and W Amazon is an example. Intelligent change would have <br />been to put protected bike lanes on one or the other - NOT BOTH. We need to consider bikes <br />and prioritize automobiles. Unless we are going to change our national culture from cradle to <br />grave, we must not prioritize bikes. <br /> Major Concerns. We need to invest in the future growth of our communities. Currently all these <br />roads are packed with cars at both the morning and afternoon commutes. <br />July 15, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item1