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West Eugene EmX Extension <br />Alternatives Analysis Refinement Evaluation <br />Evaluation Framework for Refinement of Alternatives <br /> <br />The West Eugene EmX Extension project’s evaluation framework consists of the project’s <br />Purpose and Need Statement and the project’s Goal and Objectives (provided as a separate <br />handout). The same evaluation criteria and measures used during the project’s screening <br />evaluation phase are being used during the project’s Alternatives Analysis phase. <br />The Alternatives Analysis is a determination of whether or not the alignment alternatives are <br />reasonable or promising alternatives based on the project’s evaluation measures. Following is <br />a summary of the evaluation criteria and measures: <br />1. Improve customer convenience by reducing travel time, increasing service reliability, and <br />making other service improvements. <br />? <br /> Round-trip transit travel time between select origins and destinations <br />? <br /> Ridership information <br />2. Improve operating and other efficiencies to maximize the use of scarce resources. <br />? <br /> Operating service hours (round-trip travel time proposed service frequency) <br />? <br /> Operating hours of regular service replaced by EmX within the corridor <br />3. Support development that is consistent with planned land use documents and serve as a <br />catalyst for planned transit-oriented development. <br />? <br /> Vacant and redevelopable land value near the alignment <br />? <br /> Number of mixed-use centers (land-use nodes) served by the alignment <br />4. Help accommodate future growth in travel by increasing public transportation’s share of trips. <br />? <br /> Population and employment density near alignment <br />? <br /> Transportation mode shift <br />5. Consider the mobility and safety needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. <br />? <br /> General assessment of alternative’s interface with pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle facilities <br />6. Provide for a fiscally stable public transportation system. <br />? <br /> General assessment of alternatives affect on the fiscal stability of the public transportation <br />system <br />7. Design the project in a way that protects resources in the natural and built environment. <br />? <br /> Potential for acquisitions and/or displacement of residents, businesses and parking <br />? <br /> Potential impacts to street, landscape, and charter trees <br />? <br /> Likelihood of adverse impact to environmentally-sensitive natural resources (i.e., wetlands, <br />parklands, historic resources, critical habitat, endangered species) <br />8. Support LTD’s sustainability policy and the City of Eugene’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas <br />emissions. <br />? <br /> General assessment on the alternative’s ability to support LTD’s sustainability policy <br />? <br /> Potential for alternative to attract an increase in public transportation’s share of trips and <br />the concurrent reduction in vehicle miles traveled and/or single occupancy vehicle use. <br /> <br />Page | 1 June 9, 2010 <br /> <br />