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INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS Ground Transportation Services and Facilities Eugene Airport is served by a number of commercial ground transportation providers. In 2016, there were twelve permitted taxi companies, seven permitted courtesy shuttles (from resorts and hotels), Omni Shuttles (the shared-ride provider with exclusive rights at the Airport), the Lane Transit District’s Airport Connector service (currently discontinued), and various charter buses, which typically serve during festivals and major sporting events. To meet the needs of these operators in serving their customers, the Airport provides the following facilities: »Taxis - On a typical day, the several taxi companies have eight to ten cabs serving the Airport exclusively. Taxis can drop off on the inner curb at check-in, as can any other mode. Taxis stage in three spaces on the outer curb, upstream of the center crosswalk, and then move when spaces become available in the taxi queue (also three spaces) just south of the center crosswalk. If all six of these spaces are full when a cab arrives at the Airport, it can wait at the right curb upstream of where Douglas Drive divides into two roadways. In addition, taxis which are pre-arranged (reserved in advance by an arriving passenger) can wait and load in two spaces on the far curb of the outer roadway, opposite where the Omni Shuttles load. »Courtesy shuttles-These shuttles are provided free by various hotels as a service to their customers. Flight crews are common users of these shuttles. They drop passengers at check-in on the inner curb, or at their assigned loading spaces on the outer curb, just upstream of the center crosswalk. There are nominally two spaces for these shuttles, with two for motor coaches upstream of the courtesy shuttles. These latter are very little used, and thus the courtesy shuttles will spill over into the adjacent spaces if there are multiple shuttles present and no charter buses. »Omni Shuttle - Based on a competitive bid, Omni Shuttle was selected as the Airport’s exclusive provider of shared-ride services. In addition to counter space inside the terminal, Omni Shuttle has three locations from which to operate: »They can stage in Short-term parking, where four spaces are reserved for them. »They can load passengers with reservations in the courtesy shuttle area on the outer curb. »They can wait for walk-up traffic in two spaces immediately in front of the taxi queue. »Airport Connector - This one-year demonstration service (discontinued at the time of this writing) used an Omni Shuttle van to connect the Airport with Lane Transit District’s Route 95 that serves Junction City. It ran weekdays only, with up to eight trips per day. It picked up bus passengers from Route 95 at Airport Road and Highway 99, and transported them to the terminal or Lane Aviation Academy. The shuttle would make a return trip with rides leaving the airport. There are no waiting facilities at Highway 99. At the Airport, the Connector dropped off and picked up passengers at the courtesy shuttle area of the outer curb. A map of the Airport Connector route is shown in Figure 1-14. »Charter buses (motor coaches) - Two spaces are assigned for charter buses on the outer curb, between the courtesy shuttle area and the taxi staging area. The buses are the largest vehicles using the terminal curb roadways, and at times can create tight movement for other vehicles on the outer curb. EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 1-28