Item A: Joint Meeting with LCC Board of Education

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available to all Lane students and staff who enroll in at least one credit class each academic term and pay the required “transportation fee.” The transportation fee is currently $27.00/term, which covers the cost each quarter of the group bus pass, $2.60 for the bus photo ID, with the remainder going to the College’s transportation fund. The transportation fee is set and adjusted periodically by the College, and all transportation fees collected by this means are directed to the College’s dedicated transportation fund that pays for the group bus pass contract with LTD, as well as paying for parking lot maintenance, painting/striping of parking lots, emergency parking lots repairs, support for alternative transportation initiatives such as the Bike Lane program, and other transportation related needs. th The limitations on available parking spaces for passenger cars and trucks, especially on the 30 Avenue campus and at the downtown Eugene Lane Community College locations, make the partnership with LTD particularly important and beneficial for students and staff who may need to travel via bus between Lane’s various Eugene locations, as well as those students and staff who need to travel to and from Lane and the University of Oregon where parking is also extremely limited. LTD tracks the actual number of bus riders who arrive and depart from the th 30 Avenue main campus. This data will be shared at the Board meeting by Andy Vobora, Director of Service Planning, Accessibility, and Marketing, LTD. Given the high level of bus ridership, it is crucial for both Lane Community College and LTD to constantly assess and maintain Continue to Improve Accessibility, Convenience, and maximum efficiencies Sustainability of Public Transit throughout the route systems • Expand bus service as needed. Request that LTD analyze that serve Lane’s various overload reports to help determine needs. locations, the U of O and the • Expand LTD group bus pass program to include employees. main bus stations in Eugene • Advocate for keeping all Lane Community College bus and Springfield. On most lines operating over the summer. weekdays between 8 am and 3 • Advocate for a dedicated rapid transit route to Lane. pm during fall, winter and • Advocate for buses than run on more climate friendly fuels. spring terms it is customary to • Advocate for additional and expanded park-n-ride options. see fully loaded buses arriving • Plan for a light rail. Work with local governments to th and departing from the 30 establish easements or right-of-ways. Work with local Avenue campus bus station. In governments to develop a Glenwood-to-LCC corridor for a addition, during the past light rail & bike path. several years of higher student • Promote bus riding to campus events. enrollment LTD has partnered Source: Lane’s Climate Action Plan. P 17. at the start of several academic terms with both the College and student leaders (Associated Students of Lane Community College - ASLCC) to add passenger capacity on the highest capacity bus routes. The final important point to make about the value of the partnership between Lane Community College and Lane Transit District is to underscore the synchronicity of LTD’s commitment to high capacity (the volume we need) and high efficiency (the timing we need) in delivering bus passenger services to and for Lane Community College students and staff. The partnership with 2