Agenda Packet 10-21-19 Joint Public Hearing with LTD

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October 21, 2019, Public Hearing – Item 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Public Hearing: MovingAhead Meeting Date: October 21, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 1 Department: Public Works, Planning and Development Staff Contact: Chris Henry www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-8472 ISSUE STATEMENT The City of Eugene and Lane Transit District, with the help of other regional partners, are collaborating on the MovingAhead project to determine how best to invest in the main corridors that connect neighborhoods, shopping areas and places of employment. Building on years of long-range planning in the community, MovingAhead is an implementation effort that will result in prioritized investments in transit, walking and biking projects in each of five corridors that are identified in Envision Eugene, LTD’s Long-Range Transit Plan, and the Eugene 2035 Transportation System Plan. This public hearing is an opportunity for the Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors to hear testimony about proposed corridor investment packages affecting five of Eugene’s major transportation routes. An open house immediately precedes the public hearing, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the lobby outside Harris Hall. BACKGROUND In 2015, the MovingAhead project kicked off with public workshops held along the corridors under consideration. At each workshop, local residents were asked to design their ideal street to accommodate people walking, biking, using mobility devices, driving and using transit. After gathering that public input, the project team developed conceptual designs on which the formal technical analysis was conducted. These conceptual designs include Enhanced Corridor and Emerald Express alternatives as well as a No-Build alternative (descriptions may be found in the Executive Summary, Attachment A). Comprehensive bus rapid transit—known as EmX locally—is a recognizable transit service in the community. A No-Build alternative assumes maintaining the current service on a street in the short term (5-10 years). On a continuum of transit service investments, the Enhanced Corridor alternatives fall between the other two alternatives, thereby providing improved transit service and reliability through less intensive infrastructure investments compared to EmX. These may include traffic signal prioritization for buses or additional lanes near intersections to create a