Agenda Packet 7-15-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead Spring 2019 Outreach Summary 75  Addresses important concerns about safety, travel time, increased ridership, frequency. One problem: I worry about the distance between stops. Too far apart and it becomes a burden to many riders. Of course, I understand that stops too close will reduce the efficiency and travel time. Thank you for asking though. Build a Package “What do we need to know as we refine the final corridor package?” Bus Service  KEEP THE RIVER RD STATION WHERE IT IS!!! The High School students need it to stay put. Do not enter into an already highly traveled area with a high volume of accidents. Sell the property which you have poorly maintained (littered) and maintain the current station. No one wants it North of Beltline.Period!!! Buses should be cheaper and EMX should be free  Develop smartphone app to streamline bus scheduling, riding, payment  How people are going to get from their places of residence to the emx and then to wherever their final destination is;  Think outside the current box. Belt line is a disaster due to growth in outlying areas. Create a plan that circumvents adding issues to roads by adding a rail system next to belt line and connects to all the spikes that go downtown from W11th to Riverbend. Send a bus from river road station to downtown via belt line and Delta in half the time it takes now and another that stops at the old Santa Clara Elementary site.  I spent my first year in Eugene living in Bethel. I needed to commute to the UO every day. In order to do this commute by transit would have involved two buses. The EmX was frequent and reliable, but the 40/41 ran in 30 minute intervals. On my way in to town, if I missed that first bus, it was game over. On my way home, I often spent 25-30 minutes sitting at Eugene Station because I had just missed my connection. This meant it took me an hour and a half to travel home. After my first month in town I abandoned using transit and started driving in to town instead - a mere 15 minute commute. If there had been EmX service along Highway 99, I would have remained loyal to transit. I don't mind a 40 minute commute as long as its reliable.  Assure that there is good connectivity into the new system investments. If too costly to achieve, then favor enhancements over EMX  I think you need to answer the following before making final decision. How many people live in the Santa Clara neighborhood now and in the future (2035) and how will an EMX option benefit those in the Santa Clara area. Why doesn't the study area go all the way up River Road to UGB? The same first question but for the River Road neighborhood while knowing that most of those in the corridor study have a simple commute already to downtown Eugene. How does adding EMX along River Road help reduce congestion on the Beltline? Why would EMX be needed if the corridor study area becomes a 20-minute neighborhood? Why not just put money into the 20- minute concept and not into EMX. Why not consider Express EMX or express bus service from the northern area of Santa Clara into downtown Eugene?  I wrote earlier and restate I imagine a high impact solution for our River Rd area might involve these things :  1-Electronic flex payments July 15, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item1