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Eugene has a well-deserved reputation for accommodating individuals with disabilities. <br />These accommodations include improvements such as textured sidewalk edges and ramps <br />at curbs. These make downtown more welcoming and accessible for all individuals, <br />regardless of ability. The City should continue to invest in improvements that maintain <br />and improve accessibility downtown, and encourage developers of downtown projects to <br />do the same. <br /> <br />Bicycle System <br />Bicycle riders throughout Eugene are a hallmark of our city's environmentally conscious <br />character, and a product of local topography and climate. The number of bicycle riders <br />increases as the practical elements required for safe and pleasurable riding are more <br />routinely incorporated into new development and street improvements. Many of the <br />suggested improvements for bicycles in the 1993 CATS have been accomplished. Bicycle <br />lanes and routes have been added on several streets in the CATS area, providing <br />improved access and increased safety for cyclists on these streets. Bicycle parking has <br />been included with recent street improvements, and is now a required element for new <br />buildings. <br /> <br />Some long-term bicycle access projects remain, including improvements to Lincoln <br />Street between 1 lth and 13th Avenues, and 10th Avenue between Oak and High, in <br />conjunction with construction of the Bus Rapid Transit project on 10th Avenue. A new <br />bikeway along 6th Avenue, planned in conjunction with the transportation improvements <br />for the Courthouse area, will connect the university area to downtown, from east along <br />Franklin and south along Hilyard. <br /> <br />Transit System <br />Our existing transit system facilitates travel to, through and around downtown. In <br />addition to fixed-route service, the downtown shuttle will continue to operate at fifteen- <br />minute intervals, with frequency increasing as ridership grows. The first Bus Rapid <br />Transit (BRT) route is scheduled to begin operating in late 20046, and will provide a <br />higher level of transit service from downtown Eugene to the University of Oregon and <br />downtown Springfield. Fixed-route service will be adjusted to accommodate the addition <br />of the BRT to the system, and coordinate with emergency vehicle access needs. Both the <br />BRT and fixed-route service will use downtown as a transportation hub, connecting <br />downtown to other areas of the city. A fixed-rail circulating/loop streetcar could be a <br />potential transit and economic development strategy to link downtown, the U of O and <br />the Courthouse district. <br /> <br />Parking <br />Parking is one ^c~,~ c ........;~;~ <br /> ...................... e, a significant tools available to the City in guiding <br />and supporting development in the downtown area. A key strategy is to foresee, plan, <br />and direct developments where parking is available, or provide parking where current <br />demand and planned developments are likely to occur. In downtown, development <br />around the new Federal Courthouse, train depot and the 5th Street Public Market area <br />will likely create additional parking demand at the north end of downtown, where supply <br />is barely meeting the present demand. <br /> <br /> 39 <br /> <br /> <br />
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