Item B: Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan Update

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 A list of intersections that have been identified for further analysis to identify safety issues and potential improvements; and  Recommended code revisions. A draft Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan will be available for public review around late July, and staff will provide copies of the plan to the council at that time. Staff will also be getting input on the draft plan from the TAC, PAC, and Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC). Staff will present a final draft of the master plan to the council at a work session in the early fall and request that the council initiate a TransPlan amendment to update the project list in TransPlan to reflect the project list in the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan. More information about the plan can be found at www.eugenepedbikeplan.org. The Eugene Transportation System Plan (TSP) , like Envision Eugene, will provide a strategy to accommodate this city’s growth and mobility over the next 20 years. The Eugene Transportation System Plan will replace TransPlan as Eugene’s local comprehensive transportation strategy. It will contain goals and policies to direct future changes to the transportation systems and a list of projects that are needed to implement these directives. The Transportation System Plan will weave together direction from the Airport Master Plan, Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan, and Lane Transit District’s long-range transit plan (which is not yet completed). In addition to the local Transportation System Plan there will still be two regional transportation plans as required by state and federal regulations. Work on Envision Eugene and the Eugene Transportation System Plan is being coordinated so that they may be adopted as an integrated, mutually supporting package. This past February the public involvement process was expanded to allow the community dialogue begun in Envision Eugene to continue in the transportation planning processes. The transportation advisory committee, called the Transportation Community Resource Group, or TCRG, now includes people from the Envision Eugene Community Resource Group (CRG), the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan Project Advisory Committee, the City’s standing Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), and others. The TCRG attendees are self-selected from the afore-mentioned groups, and the meetings are open to the public. All attendees may participate in the discussion. After several meetings, the TCRG attendance seems to be holding at about 40 participants. ODOT agreed to fund the development of the first phase of Eugene’s Transportation System Plan and an updated regional plan. Phase One of the City’s transportation planning process takes the City from initiation through identifying a viable, preferred land use and transportation directives. Phase One will provide an evaluation of existing conditions, review of current policies, coordination with Envision Eugene’s land use analysis, and a set of criteria and priorities by which transportation options will be evaluated. Phase One should be completed around the end of calendar year 2011. Phase Two, to be completed in 2012, will identify the transportation projects, implementation strategies, and cost estimates to implement the preferred scenario. ODOT also funded the creation of an integrated local/regional transportation planning website for the Eugene Transportation System Plan, Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan, Springfield and Coburg’s transportation system plans, Lane Transit District long-range transit plan, Regional Transportation Options Plan, and the Central Lane Regional Transportation System Plan. The site advertises key meetings from all the participating agencies and provides background documents \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110711\S110711B.doc