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Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E (503) 687-5262 _ <br /> December 0, 1991 <br /> CONTACT: Jim West, Transportation Panning Engineer, 687-5218 <br /> From Sand a Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> INFO MATION SESSION ON POSSIBLE TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES FOR DOWNTOWN <br /> AND UNIVERSITY AREAS <br /> On Th rsday, December 12, from 7:00 p.m. tb 9:30 p.m. the city of Eugene <br /> will host an information session on transportation strategies proposed for <br /> the downt wn and university areas. The boundaries include the area between <br /> 19th Aven a and the Willamette/4th Avenue and between Lincoln and Walnut <br /> Streets a d encompasses the downtown, the University of Oregon, Sacred Heart <br /> General ospital, the Riverfront Research Park, and Fairmount (east <br /> Universi <br /> The session will be held in the EWER Training Room at 500 East 4th <br /> Avenue. After a brief presentation at 7 p.m., City staff and members of the <br /> citizen dvisory committee will be available to talk to participants about <br /> the prop sed strategies. <br /> Str tegies that will be presented and discussed during the information <br /> session nclude land use, transit, bike/pedestrian, facilities, parking, <br /> street s stems, and air quality. <br /> Lan use and zoning strategies and concepts include creating higher <br /> <br /> developm nt by following atransit-oriented development design, promoting <br /> increase downtown density by requiring property owners to develop parcels at <br /> higher i tensities, and implementing fees for underdeveloped property. <br /> more <br /> <br />