Resolution No. 2747 Westside Plan

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�•. - -- _ .. u - • - TT`ryi' - fit - r: , •-s- -�+•7-�;r - rr: ;�y..ri-- r.� - �Lr�. .:�,r� L ,f' il- C� 1' - P -- D i scussi on of the P of i ci es In Eugene, the Westsi de Neighborhood adjacent to ' thel: central.• b.u ness di stri et.- is particularly affected by high-volume - through 'traf f i c. ''Traf - vol ume data for 1974 show that the Westsi de Nei hborhood fs• both bordered` and, bisected by 9 _ hi gh -vol ume through traffi c routes, Doi I traffi c vol umes - on 6th V . and. -7th :a,vew nu es W ighway 99Y along the northern edge, of the, nei. ghborhood �range from 16, 200 in some areas to 20, 400 in others: Bounding.• - the neighborhood;: '6th and 7•thi . avenues flow through C -2 - commercial zoning and pri mar :1•y - commerc.i al .l an uses. Interstate 105 over the Willamette River, carries 32, 400 vehi:c.l es per . day, generating a large portion of the traffi c ' on Washington and 'J_e f fers'on st .reets - Daily volumes on these two streets through. the Westsi de Ne i g- h:bo�rhocd range. frim 7, 200 to 11, 540- on Jefferson Street, and from 7,100' to 8, - 200• =on Was - . g -ton Street. Both streets fl ow through areas of R -3 residential' zoning•= -thi ch extends east of Washington approximately one hat f block.. East of ,thi •i.s -= ommerc al zoning with some residential 1 and uses. -_ Eleventh Avenue, through the neighborhood,. has daily vol umes rang1 ng from'. 11000 to 12,000 and runs through R -2 residential zoni The ex1:sti ng: 1:and :•'us-e -Ts however, largely single -- family units. Thirteenth Avenue traffic Vol umes' !'al' ong_ the southern edge of the neighborhood range from 6,800 to 11,700 vehi cl es per day. Zoni no on 13th Avenue i s R -2 resi denti al to the • north = and pri ma:rti 1 ji pub- : 1 i c 1 and' to the south, al ong with some R -1 resi denti'al zoning.. Dail y traiffi c` volumes on Chambers Street, along the western edge -of the nei ghbor' hood �! range - from 8 , 900 to-11 6000 Traffic using peripheral 9 eri heral throe h- routes . should also be discouraged, from • dig - �- . _ neighborhood side streets as through routes. Through, traffic ;i s di scus:s ' n. the adopted Eugene G oal s• and Policies document. "Va ryi ng street widths : and patterns should be used to encourage or discourage through •traf f i cu P - a ge 24)61 Signing and traffic di verters can also be used for this - One -way - streets also tend to encourage street use for higher volume- through _traffi d "The use of ones -way streets i5 to be avoided in residential , nei.ghborhoods whenever possible" (Page 24 ) , According to the 1970 census, about 73 percent,pf the residents i n the Westsi de area are either under 18 years. old or- over 62. These segments of- -the .J.popula�` ti on arti cul arrl need g ood transportation on facilities other than - - the private P y � P __ au tomobi 1 e. to • reach pl aces such as parks , Li ncol n Communi ty.. Sc hool the J Ka ufan m Center, churches, the downtown area the fairgrounds, the pub l i c• .1 i•braryL; •-•- Pool service y' = Jefferson a cti oh and various social 9 enctes'. Existing ci r .: ul a .. � .. p atterns are not conducive to reachi ng these fact I i ti es ',by foot . or •bi -cyc1 e = especially those which lie outside the boundaries of the Westsi de Ne f ghborhood . . High-volume s streets inhibit mobili 1 i ty_ of both children dren and• the elderly , .i n . , the - _ , Westside area, RECOMMENDATIONS .. 1. In accordance with City Council policy adopted in October. 1 . consi_der the return of Washi ngton and Jefferson streets to two -way res1 dente - al • } streets by move ng the a rte ri a •traffi c eastward to a ,new, - faci.l i ty and by using 6th Avenue to handle westbound traffic now using Je ff erso.n Street. ' L Prohi extension of the Washington- Jefferson viaduct further into the } neighborhood* t {