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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Update on the Transportation System Plan <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: April 18, 2012 Agenda Item Number: B <br />Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Kurt Yeiter <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-8379 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This work session will provide a status report on the Transportation System Plan update. The last <br />council work session on this project was July 11, 2011. No action is requested at this meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Eugene Transportation System Plan (TSP) is being updated to replace TransPlan as Eugene’s local <br />comprehensive transportation strategy. The TSP will support the Envision Eugene vision for future <br />growth and mobility over the next 20 years or more. The TSP will provide goals and policies to direct <br />future changes to the transportation system and a list of projects that are needed to implement these <br />changes. The Transportation System Plan will weave together direction from the Airport Master Plan, <br />Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan, Lane Transit District’s long range transit plan (not yet completed), <br />and other plans. In addition to the Eugene Transportation System Plan, there will be two regional <br />transportation plans as required by state and federal regulations. <br /> <br />Work on the TSP has been informed by a community dialogue through the Transportation Community <br />Resource Group (TCRG), which invites all original members of the Envision Eugene Community <br />Resource Group (CRG), the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan project advisory committee (PAC), the <br />City’s standing Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), and others to participate. TCRG <br />meetings usually attract about 40 people, with many regular attendees. The purpose of this work session <br />is to share some insights gleaned from the TCRG discussions to-date. <br /> <br /> What have we learned? For more than a year, the Transportation Community Resource Group <br />studied Envision Eugene, the Climate and Energy Action Plan, the Oregon Sustainable Transportation <br />Initiative (OSTI) and greenhouse gas reduction strategies, transit planning, the Pedestrian and Bicycle <br />Master Plan, projected state and federal funding, and street design. One workshop used the Sustainable <br />Transportation Analysis and Rating System (STARS) to help the TCRG shape the TSP in a “triple <br />bottom line” framework. While it cannot be said that every member of the TCRG agrees on every point, <br />the following themes seem to be emerging to guide the Transportation System Plan: <br /> <br />• <br />The Metro Plan, TransPlan, and Growth Management Policies provide a good foundation for the <br />future, but the TSP should be updated to explicitly address climate change, energy uncertainty, <br />and sustainability. <br /> S:\CMO\2012 Council Agendas\M120418\S120418B.doc <br />