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MovingAhead Spring 2019 Outreach Summary 78 <br /> Closely collaborate with PeaceHealth Rides to ensure last mile connections are plentiful and <br />affordable. <br /> There should be better service to Florence and Coos Bay, more than once daily. There should be <br />service to Roseburg, Ashland. Greyhound is a horrible experience. Such a venture would require <br />federal or state assistance. <br /> Please continue the bus service to Cottage Grove where the bus will once again continue the <br />city loop. Stopping only at Walmart is a mistake. <br /> Provide for alternate fuel buses. Add EmX to River Road and Hwy 99. <br /> Highway 99 service should run all the way to the airport, please. <br /> All corridors are heavily traveled except perhaps Martin Luther King and should be enhanced. If <br />the goal is to increase ridership and decrease auto transportion, it would seem logical to put <br />Em-X on the busiest corridor with the most businesses that draw traffic to the area, or at least <br />enhance all corridors somewhat. <br /> Consider Coburg as the single EMX line over River Road. More population and jobs connections - <br />more general congestions on Coburg - less annual operating cost. <br /> Don't make transit worse than it already is. Listen to Jarrett Walker's proposed packages for <br />Transit Tomorrow and don't build anything along Amazon Parkway! <br /> Among many aspects LTD ignores: possibility of LCC operating during more hours of day and <br />night, plus increased enrollment and need for transportation outside current traditional school <br />hours. <br /> For me the most important transit priorities are <br /> Coverage-able to get anywhere within a few blocks walk <br /> Evening and Weekend service <br /> Frequency " <br /> I am concerned about bus crowding and bus or car collisions. That is why i don't want emx <br />option. I want to go with enhanced option. It's safer that way. <br /> This is a very promising group of projects in furthering the goals of the metro area. My one <br />suggestion would be that I would hope for dedicated transit lanes over the Ferry Street bridge <br />and just south. Otherwise, it’s hard to imagine transit times being quick and reliable. it also <br />seems like it needs one more stop between the River and Harlow Road. <br /> Increasing the number of buses does not reduce traffic congestion nor translate to increased <br />ridership in all areas. <br /> Try to increase the access of transportation so citizens are no more than 1/2 mile from access. <br />Ideally less for areas with high levels of senior and disadvantaged citizens. An increase in the <br />frequency of bus or Em-x transport would be ideal. Make it almost as easy to get sround as <br />driving a car so it is less to ride than drive. <br /> Why are we not doing a Beltline EmX Corridor. This seems to be crucial! <br />Ridership <br /> High quality maintenance ensures sustained ridership. If ridership starts to drop, invest more in <br />mass transit and people’s ability to use it. <br /> We need to look at how many people would actually start to ride the bus, not how many people <br />we wish would ride the bus. <br />July 15, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item1