Item A: South Willamette Street Improvement Plan

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Audience Member: Cycle tracks would make it more difficult for cyclists to get to different destinations. Is there anything that is not a part of the pedestrian master plan? Response: T he Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan (PBMP) identified the need for bike lanes and parallel routes in the corridor. The alternativespresented respond to the PBMP guidance. Audience Member: One of the primary problems is that the sidewalks are too narrow and the alternatives, except for number 5, all are going to require expanding beyond the necessary profile. Response: All of the options work within the public right of way. Audience Member: [During small group discussion] options 3 through 6 concerned our table about conflicts with busses. Could you talk about that? Response: We will look at opportunities for bus turnouts in next analysis. Audience Member: I’m concerned about your bike counts because many of us use the alleyways as an alternative. How is the planning for the northern section going to work with these alternatives? th Response: and The project to the north (pavement preservation between 19 thth avenues) provides the opportunity to connect the bike lane system on 18 Avenue 24 th Avenue. So, that and further north on Willamette Street to the bike lane system on 24 thnd project serves a need independent of what occurs between 24 and 32 avenues. Audience Member: What are your criteria for the number of driveways allowed? Response: Fewer are better. Reducing the number of driveway conflicts improves safety for all the users of the street and also improves the flow of motor vehicle traffic. Audience Member: What is the collision rate? Response: It is almost twice as high as we would expect for similar streets in Oregon (5.2 collisions per million vehicle miles travelled versus 2.91 collisions per million vehicle miles statewide). Audience Member: Are there plans that you have for Amazon Parkway to divert some of this traffic? Response: We don’t have specific plans for Amazon Parkway but we will look at what diversion may happen with the alternatives. Audience Member: When will there be an analysis of the economic consequences for any of these alternatives on the 120 businesses that rely upon the traffic? Response: In the refinement of the alternatives “tier 2 analysis.” Audience Member: Instead of having bus pullouts, the center turn lane could be striped to allow the traffic to pass the bus at stops. Response: Yes and they will look into that. It’s certainly possible. Audience Member: I did my own count and there were 250 cars and 1 bicycle go by in 15 minutes [within the study area on Willamette Street]. Website: eugene-or.gov/SWillametteStreet. Contact: Chris Henry, 5 ,541-682-8472, Public Works Engineering, 99 E. Broadway, Chris.C.Henry@ci.eugene.or.us Ste. 400, Eugene, OR 97401