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<br />CHAPTER 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />th <br />West 11 Avenue in Eugene, Oregon, is the primary east/west arterial linking downtown Eugene with <br />th <br />West Eugene and also servicing traffic heading to the coast. The portion of West 11 Avenue that is east of <br />Beltline Road is under City of Eugene jurisdiction and is designated as a major arterial. West of Beltline <br />th <br />Road, West 11 Avenue is under Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) jurisdiction and is a <br />Statewide Highway (OR 126) and designated Freight Route. The corridor contains several major <br />employment centers, large commercial developments, industrial uses, a growing residential population, and <br />valuable natural resources. <br />th <br />The West 11 Avenue Corridor currently experiences varying levels of traffic congestion throughout the <br />day and significant safety issues that adversely affect general purpose traffic as well as transit service and <br />operations. Without transportation improvements to this corridor, travel times, reliability, efficiency, and <br />effectiveness will worsen in the future. The purpose of this report is to present analyses and short-term <br />strategies to improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities, corridor safety, access, signal timing, and traffic <br />operations. <br />Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities <br />th <br />Improvements to pedestrian and bicycle facilities within the West 11 Avenue Corridor were evaluated <br />and are recommended in this report. The improvements are based on the use of the Fern Ridge path as the <br />th <br />parallel route to West 11 Avenue and provide increased safety and connectivity for bicyclists and <br />pedestrians. The recommended improvements are also consistent with the bicycle and pedestrian policies <br />established in the Central Lane MPO Regional Transportation Plan. <br />Safety <br />Based on historical collision data, five study intersections were determined to have high collision rates: <br />th <br /> West 11 Avenue and Bertelsen Road <br />th <br /> West 11 Avenue and Bailey Hill Road <br />th <br /> West 11 Avenue and Seneca Road <br />th <br /> West 11 Avenue and Oak Patch Road <br />th <br /> West 7 Avenue and Garfield Street <br />More detailed safety analysis was performed at these intersections and included AM, midday, and PM peak <br />hour observation of conflicts (i.e., near misses). The collision data and conflict observations indicate that <br />the many of the collisions/conflicts are due to driver and pedestrian behavior at private driveways, <br />especially when driveways are located adjacent to the intersections or when there are offset driveways and <br />intersections. Conflicts at these driveways involved vehicles turning into and out of the driveways and <br />vehicles traveling or queued along the through lanes. Safety recommendations related to the five high <br />collision intersections are discussed in detail in Chapter 5 of this report. These safety recommendations <br />focus on minimizing the number of conflict points in the vicinity of each of these intersections. <br /> <br /> <br />th <br />West 11 Avenue Corridor Study September 4, 2009 <br />City of Eugene P07265-003-000 <br />1 <br />