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change in access between dropping off and picking up their laundry. LTD also built a new parking lot entrance as part of a sidewalk ramp upgrade and used a more expensive process to quickly cure the concrete to reopen the driveway within two days. LTD scheduled the driveway work to coincide with the slower business days as described by the business owner. LTD staff placed “Business Open During Construction” signs on the sidewalk outside the business, and spoke by phone with Ms. Dresser several times during construction to ensure that all was progressing smoothly. Ms. Dresser appeared to appreciate LTD’s efforts and thanked LTD staff for their support. 2.Please provide ridership (not boarding) numbers for Gateway (testimony stated, “no more than 10 riders at anytime) Response The model used to forecast transit use provides output in terms of “person-trips”. LTD’s automatic passenger counters collect passenger data as individual “boardings”. LTD’s most recent origin and destination survey indicates that there are approximately 1.5 boardings per person-trip on the system. With the addition of the Gateway corridor, EmX now averages 9,200 boardings each weekday. These boardings equate to approximately 6,100 person-trips. Current EmX productivity is 87 boardings per revenue hour. 3.Is it a fact that you do not respond to questions on Facebook, only on private (not public) email? Response No. LTD continues to make every effort to provide information and answers to legitimate questions about the West Eugene EmX project via Facebook. Our experience, however, is that some individuals who are posting questions and comments about the project are not looking for constructive conversation. LTD staff make a good faith effort to publicly answer questions to these individuals, often resulting in follow-up comments from these individuals that contain offensive or belittling responses to staff and borderline cyber-bullying of other Facebook fans. 4.Can you (with numbers) substantiate claim of greenhouse gas reduction? (Erin Ellis says you cannot). Response There is extensive evidence documenting greenhouse gas emissions reductions resulting from increasing transit ridership. Table 1 below provides some examples. Calculating greenhouse gas emissions is a complex undertaking. There are number of factors to consider in making an estimate. In Table 2 below is the estimate of greenhouse gas reductions that would come from a one-time investment in $500,000 of additional regular service (not EmX). LTD recently prepared this estimate as part of a discussion at MPC. As can be seen, an estimate of reductions can be made and LTD intends to develop an estimate of greenhouse gas emissions February 28, 2011West Eugene EmX Extension 3