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<br /> <br />commercial destination or public are (parks for example) are a few blocks away. This <br />could be particularly important in locations with exceptionally long block lengths such as <br />occurs in parts of Laurel Hill Valley and the neighborhood around City View and 22nd. <br /> <br />Facilitate bike and pedestrian connections at the time of development: There are <br />many bike and pedestrian connections that are not required by code – but that could <br />happen given some facilitation. This could be commitment of funding and/or staff <br />resources to facilitate the installation of increased bike or pedestrian connections (those <br />that are currently not required) when construction or development occurs. For <br />example, this could include providing match funds to help developers build pedestrian <br />connections or permit assistance to speed the permitting process. <br /> <br />Create a local bike and pedestrian connections list: <br />Eugene’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan (PBMP) identifies a number of bike and <br />pedestrian connections to be made across the community. Still there are likely dozens <br />of pedestrian and bicycle connections that would help improve 20-minute <br />neighborhood qualities that are not identified in the PBMP because this type of planning <br />is too fine grained for scope of the PBMP. These could be connections that would exist <br />on local streets and could connect existing residential areas with commercial areas, <br />schools, parks, etc. Mapping and listing these numerous future connections would <br />facilitate their construction as land use decisions are being reviewed. <br /> <br />Objective: Increase sidewalk coverage: <br /> <br />Enforce existing sidewalk policy: Require property owners to fund the construction of <br />sidewalks where sidewalks don’t currently exist. <br /> <br />Seek funding for local sidewalk infill: Secure funding to infill sidewalks where they <br />would make a significant contribution to a neighborhood’s walkability (not all residential <br />neighborhoods will necessarily desire or benefit from sidewalks) <br /> <br />Rethink sidewalk funding: Current policy assesses the adjacent homeowner for the full <br />cost of installation of new sidewalks and repair of existing sidewalks. Revisit this <br />sidewalk funding policy and consider alternatives that encourage the installation of <br />sidewalks. <br /> <br />Local sidewalk plan: Address local sidewalk conditions as well as policy and funding <br />barriers within a local sidewalk plan or local area plan. The Pedestrian and Bicycle <br />Master Plan primarily addresses only those sidewalks on arterial and collector streets. <br />Without a plan for making sidewalk connections on local streets, these needs are less <br />likely to be understood or addressed. <br /> <br />Pedestrian Lanes: Where sidewalks are incomplete and there is sufficient space within <br />the existing roadway, allocate use of a portion of the existing roadway for pedestrian <br />Page | 14 <br /> <br />