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MovingAhead Spring 2019 Outreach Summary 53 <br />population when they will have more taxes taken from their ""living wages"" and more green <br />house gasses making it harder to breath and more sick days from work. Also hurts the small <br />businesses who are the major players in giving living wages and providing jobs to the <br />disadvantaged. Taking away property and longer travel times will impact the business' along <br />these routes. Customers don't want to travel along the routes that add travel time, which in turn <br />drives down productivity in those areas. None of this is a good idea. Money should be spent in <br />vocational training or affordable housing or job creation, not buses. Support the small business' <br />instead of making it harder on them to do business, that only causes small business to sell out to <br />conglomerates that don't care about living wages or the disadvantaged. <br /> EMX sucks ass! <br /> Emx is the biggest fraud against the community. I watched as the line was added to <br />International way. We all heard the lies about the trees being saved, then watched them be cut <br />down--only to have new ones planted. Bike lanes were removed to make sidewalks wider, <br />meaning pedestrians and cyclists then shared the sidewalk. And, day after day, we watched as <br />the huge bus passed with less than 6 passengers on board. What a waste! And now, you want to <br />do the same down a beautifully treed street--most of which are at least 60 years old. And let me <br />guess: Wildish gets the contract??? <br /> All of these projects inevitably lead to increased congestion. LTD even admits that these projects <br />are -at best- neutral on greenhouse gas admissions. In reality, emissions would increase <br />significantly as the evaluation process was flawed. You can't add dozens of traffic lights <br />(""enhanced pedestrian crossings"") without increasing idling. These projects will adversely <br />affect my quality of life through increased travel times, increased hassles, increased emissions, <br />and increased taxes. LTD doesn't even deny this anymore. <br /> AGAIN. All efforts seem to be pointed toward buses and bike. And making others pay for it not <br />the ones using the buses or riding the bikes. <br /> 181M. Really? Where are you getting this money? Remember, it's not yours! How much money <br />will be lost in economic terms by relocating (possibly closing) these 6 businesses? Again, the <br />theme of disadvantaged population. There's too many private property acquisitions going on <br />here. There's absolutely no reason the bus can't share a lane with regular vehicle traffic. <br />Harms driving <br /> Too Expensive, interrupts personal vehicle traffic <br /> This doesn't address how individual drivers/commuters will be impacted, but the reduced <br />parking definitely concerns me, as well as more businesses being impacted. <br />Performance against criteria <br /> You have to serve LCC. <br /> Will result in minimal improvements to transit, walking, and biking. <br /> Top EmX priority should be Hwy 99. Not enough focus on improving conditions for pedestrians <br />and bicyclists as top priority and mass transit 3rd priority. Should be explicit strategies to make <br />driving more costly and unpleasant and pay for pedestrian, bike, mass transit and tree <br />improvements. Focus should be given to improving conditions for trees and root area and on <br />removing and diminishing paved areas. Needs to be connected to plans to build 4 story housing <br />in areas minimally in conflict with current single family housing. <br />July 15, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item1