Resolution No. 2747 Westside Plan

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TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION , Heavy rterial traffic has negative effects' on adjacent reside - nti al areas. As y _ traffic around and through the Westsi de increases, efforts to control that traf- fic must be intensified to ensure safe passage for pedestrians and bi cyc•l e,s , and to minimize the harmful effects of exhaust fumes, not se, and traffic. conges•tiori: GOAL The Westsi de Neighborhood should be protected from the negati • effects of traffic which neither originates nor terminates in the neighborhood, Facilities for bicycles es and p edestrians ans should be provided i n , Y the Westsi de area and linking i t to other parts-of the . , ci ty, . to encourage lesser dependence on the automobile by neighbor hood residents *, a i scu ski on of the Goal ra cores of cities are p articularly arl susceptible Areas within or near the central p y to high volume, core - generated, and through. city traffic. Mai ntai ni ng a gUal i -ty- resi den -tial atmosphere or a sense of neighborhood identi n a , cl ose� -i n area is more difficult for this reason. If the City of Eugene wi shes to encourage and maintain close-in residential 'areas, traffic patterns • must be developed . or redeveloped to minimize disruption -of these areas by h gh volume , through. traffic routeso One transportation objective from the 1990 Plan states that plan al terna•ti'ves should be provided to decrease the adverse effects of the automobi 1 _e and avoid the bisection or isolation of neighborhoods, communities, and farms with major highways (page 45 ) . various elements from the latest Community Goals and Policies also address this problem In order to alleviate potential problems of growth, the C-i ty .of Eugene should increase its efforts to preserve, restore., and improve the residential quality of inner city neighborhoods by. . ( B.) redirecting through traffic wherever possible to commercial and industrial streets - so that families w i l l find inner --city 1 i vi ng more attractive (page 9 ) . In the interest of safety, efficiency and neighborhood stability,. . traffic should bound, rather than divide, ,residential neighborhoods and commercial and industrial areas whenever possible A page 25).W pesign of transportation systems will take into consideration and, attempt to minimize the impact of transportation noise,, band consumption, pollution, energy consumption, and the division or i solsati on of neighborhoods and properties (page 5 ) . Though through traffic cannot be eliminated in central areas, methods should. be explored to minimize its impact on areas that . are being encouraged for resi- dential uses. These. methods include rerouting and buffering 'of major. thorough - fares as well as encouragement of non- auto l•e forms of transportation.