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MovingAhead Spring 2019 Outreach Summary 86 <br />My stress diminishes and I can ride with pure joy. What I want is more protected bike lanes, less <br />parking downtown, more parking at out lying transfer stations so that people can ride buses to <br />downtown. More secure bike parking downtown (valet parking, I would gladly pay to have safe, <br />secure parking. <br /> more frequent buses are more important that faster driving time for the buses - shift some of <br />those capital funds to operating funds. <br /> I think it is very important for LTD to maintain rural bus routes. I do not believe the individual <br />requested service that is being tested in Cottage Grove is where the agency should put its effort. <br />Choose a package that is a compromise between meeting all the community goals and costs. <br /> West River Road is a forgotten land by you. Why? <br /> I am looking ahead to the day I quit driving.which will be quite soon. Public transportation <br />including reduced need for transferring conveyances from one route to another will become <br />important. <br /> Greater frequency and SOME small bus neighborhood transit to main bus stops is main need. <br /> EmX is a huge investment worthy of our community and long term commitment. <br /> We need connector busses to link RR to HW 99 to coburg to LCC etc. <br /> I lived in Eugene for the first 22 years of my life, and I still have family there. I now live in <br />Portland, and through taking public transit every day to and from work have realized more than <br />ever how important it is for Eugene to invest in public transit -- not incrementally, but on a large <br />scale. Increasing ridership through expanding service coverage, installing frequent routes that <br />are reliable and run along arterials, and providing technological benefits and low-income rider <br />subsidies to improve the rider experience can take Eugene to the next level as a growing, 21st <br />century city. <br /> Route 55 needs more service! Especially on weekends and 10 a.m.-12 p.m. weekdays, and later <br />at night during the week. A route with 4 schools, 2 city parks, and virtually no services like <br />laundry, grocery, banking, etc., & with such a high proportion of disabled people, families, & <br />children from infant to 17, and a neighborhood that has had TWO new housing tracts installed in <br />the past 4 years, there's no reason we should have to walk a mile to get to River Rd. buses AND <br />BACK if we need to go somewhere on the weekend. Walking up & down Howard is not safe <br />especially at night. More people would ride the bus if the service was better/more. There are a <br />lot of low income families without a vehicle in our neighborhood. <br /> Also: you need a bus to run from Gateway area up the freeway to River Rd. Station, then on <br />freeway to Wal-Mart -- and back. Traffic between these points and downtown Eugene would be <br />much less congested. We shouldn't have to go downtown if we want to go anywhere. Finally, <br />I'm not sure what can be done about this, but there's a disconnect between Maxwell Rd .& <br />Highway 99/Barger area. It would be great to have at least some service directly between these <br />two areas. <br /> Please do all that you can to establish parking lots where riders can park to catch the EmX and <br />other buses. I learned recently that the Park and Ride I use every day is being discontinued <br />effective 4/30/19 by the owner of the property (Commerce Station). I currently don't know <br />where I will park after that date because the Seneca Park & Ride is very small, and much less <br />convenient. I really appreciate being able to catch the EmX, but I have to drive to a Park and <br />Ride to do that. We need more Park and Ride options for any of the plans to be effective. <br />Whatever option is chosen, it will benefit some people, and more people will check it out, but if <br />July 15, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item1