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<br />. Access control: Trucks entering Jefferson Street from the north driveway <br />of625 W 4th Avenue (Grain Millers, Inc.) will be required to make a right <br />turn. <br /> <br />. Speed zoning: No changes will be made to the existing Speed 30 zone. <br /> <br />. Environmental effects: Two-way operation will have negligible <br />environmental effects. <br /> <br />(b) Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation <br />Commission or the Oregon Public Utility Commission. <br /> <br />. Oregon Public Utility Commission Order No. 95-1394 (December 28, <br />1995) approved the alteration of the railroad-highway grade crossing to <br />allow for two-way operation. <br /> <br />(c) Other recognized traffic control standards. <br /> <br />. Signing and markings will comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic <br />Control Devices and ODOT's Sign Policy and Guidelines for the State <br />Highway System. <br /> <br />(d) The city's adopted transportation-related plans and policies. <br /> <br />. The Whiteaker Plan advocates changing Jefferson Street to two-way <br />operation (Transportation Element, Implementation Strategy 5.2) <br /> <br />. Jefferson Street between 1st Avenue and 5th Avenue is shown as having <br />on-street bike lanes in the Eugene Bikeways Master Plan. The two existing <br />southbound bike lanes will be changed to one northbound and one <br />southbound bike lane when the street is made two-way. <br /> <br />(e) Existing state and local laws regulating use of public ways. <br /> <br />. Provisions of the 1993-94 Oregon Vehicle Code will apply when Jefferson <br />Street is operating as a two-way street. <br /> <br />(f) The efficient use of the public way by the public. <br /> <br />. Two-way operation will allow the public to use Jefferson Street more <br />efficiently by reducing travel distances for some trips. <br />