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rr -r <br /> c~T~ DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br /> OF <br /> EU[3ENE 777 PEARL STREET <br /> Novembe , 1974 EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> THE TR FFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION <br /> Traffi engineering is one of six divisions in the Public Works Department. <br /> The of ers are engineering, building, planning, street maintenance and sewer <br /> treatm nt. <br /> The tr ffic engineering division is directed by the Traffic Engineer and is <br /> divide into four sections - maintenance, planning, operations and parking <br /> contro Maintenance is headquartered on Lincoln Street; the other sections <br /> work o t of the Public Works office in City Hall. <br /> The ma ntenance section is responsible for the installation and maintenance <br /> of str ping, signing, parking meters and traffic signals. The city maintains <br /> more t an 110 traffic signals, roughly 10,000 traffic signs, some 1100 <br /> ~ parkin meters and many miles of striping that must be renewed at least twice <br /> ~ each y ar. <br /> The pa king control section deals with the enforcement of parking regulations <br /> within the city. Its responsibilities also include operation of the 10th and <br /> Oak pa king structure and operation of the free downtown parking program. <br /> Under he direction of the Traffic Engineer and the Director of Public Works, <br /> the tr nsportation planning section studies the long-range needs of the <br /> commun ty. The section head serves on the technical committee that advises <br /> the tr nsportation planning committee of the Lane Council of Governments. <br /> Sectio personnel also are responsible for preparing environmental impact <br /> statem nts for proposed public works projects. <br /> State d federal agencies play a major role in local transportation planning, <br /> since ost of the costs are funded through the return of federal gasoline <br /> taxes. <br /> In LCO 's transportation planning process, land use planners make land use <br /> projec ions for the year 2000. Projected land. use and economic data is fed <br /> into a computer, which then provides a "model" showing the number of trips <br /> that a e projected by various modes of travel for the year 2000. <br /> As an 'ndication of the effect of growth on transportation requirements, it's <br /> well t note that each additional dwelling unit generates approximately eight <br /> trips er day to another section of the metropolitan area. A test run of <br /> the co puter, coupling growth projections with existing transportation networks, <br /> will i dicate where problem areas are likely to develop. <br /> <br /> tir In principle, the traffic engineering division supports and encourages the <br /> use of!mass transit. However, in a community where the home-to-work trip <br /> takes Aso little time by automobile, it is extremely difficult to make any <br /> signif'cant reduction in the amount of home-to-work automobile use. Yet this <br /> ~i <br /> <br />