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MovingAhead Spring 2019 Outreach Summary 77 <br />looking gentleman who had taken off his shoes and socks and was picking at his feet. As long as <br />there are things like this happening on public transportation, many people will not be supportive <br />of the expense, and are unlikely to use it which makes them even less supportive because they <br />know they are paying for something that they don't benefit from. <br /> If there is a main bus stop North of Beltline, it should be closer to Crescent Ave. where the <br />majority of apartments are being built, not close to the already insanely busy Chad Drive/ <br />Coburg Road intersection. The Eugene Tennis and Racket Club and Shopko area would be more <br />conducive to the public transport. There could be a blinking cross light across Coburg Road <br />which would slow traffic through the area. <br /> LTD needs to implement smart cards for transit so that, as riders tag on and off of buses, LTD <br />will better understand travel patterns. Are most rides long or short? Are buses more crowded <br />when school starts and ends? How many people transfer between lines? And so on. <br /> I don't see any discussion of improving last mile problem of system. If stations are further apart, <br />how do people get to them from their homes? A system should consider the whole package, not <br />isolated components. <br /> The only snagging point I see here is that the River Road EmX line looks like it goes over the <br />bridge (which makes perfect sense, the train is a problem for the 51 at the wrong time of day). I <br />am assuming with how short the EmX line drawn is that there would be some new route that <br />merges together the furthest 51/52 loop off the EmX line and the 55 might loop from that point <br />or connect a couple points along this line or something, but a route covering that grey area <br />there that loses service if we shift to an EmX hasn't been mentioned here and would be <br />reassuring to see something about. <br /> Really a fan of doing EmX-style all over the place (10m/15m most of the time most days is just <br />too appealing for someone who can't afford upkeep on a car) but I would prefer to see what <br />sounds like a much quicker benefit of enhanced corridors in general followed by a more <br />postponed EmX construction over having to wait for another EmX line to be built before I get to <br />see any improvement to the service. <br /> Don't listen to the usual anti-public transit folks, they will never have any useful ideas. Reach out <br />to university, younger population as they are the ones who can't afford cars and who will be <br />heavily impacted by climate change. Parking, street changes, business impacts are all temporary. <br />Climate change will kill us. However, do listen to input from riders. Our service went from <br />something we could do to an hours-long ordeal to get across the FSB. We need routes that make <br />sense. <br /> Why isn't highway 99 as EmX, and everything else enhanced corridor not an option? <br /> There are few things more important to a community than comprehensive public <br />transportation. <br /> You have totally excluded south Eugene and local busing. How do you expect people to get to <br />corridor busing if you have no local service? <br /> I'm personally hoping for improvements in non-car travel along lower Coburg Road, and <br />improvements in bike/ped facilities south of downtown (Oak, Pearl, High) <br /> I understand we can't implement all of these at once, but they should all be EmX. <br /> Very important to ensure that transit options are faster or as fast as driving at far bottlenecks <br />like Ferry Street Bridge. <br />July 15, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item1