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ti <br /> Plews Relea e Transportation Study Draft <br /> November 1 1991 <br /> F'age 3 <br /> j community or further examination and discussion. After public input, city <br /> I <br /> ~:taff and embers of the citizen advisory committee will begin working the <br /> test ideas into a transportation plan for the CATS area," West continued. <br /> Major strategies and concepts outlined in the Preliminary Discussion <br /> Paper look at land use, transit, bike/pedestrian, facilities, parking, the <br /> street sys em, and air quality issues. <br /> Land use and zoning policies explore possible strategies to bring about <br /> f~igher dev lopment densities and a greater mixing of land uses. Ideas <br /> include re uiring new development to follow a transit-oriented development <br /> design, pr moting increased downtown density by requiring property owners to <br /> i <br /> develop pa cels at higher intensities, and implementing fees for <br /> underdeveloped property. <br /> Tran it strategies center around incentives for using transit, such as a <br /> free-fare shuttle system that connects employment and activity hubs in the <br /> <br /> r <br /> CATS area and links with large parking lots, such as the Autzen Stadium. <br /> Possible bike/pedestrian concepts include improving bike lanes and <br /> routes, c nstructing a bicycle/pedestrian overpass over Franklin Boulevard, <br /> <<dding mo a secure bike racks and park and ride lots, and constructing a <br /> :system of "green" streets dedicated to bicycles, pedestrians, and small <br /> nonpollut ng vehicles. <br /> Addit onal ideas explore the role of parking and its relationship to <br /> other tra sportation issues. Just a few of the ideas include converting <br /> large sur ace parking lots in the core area to new development sites, <br /> construct ng multi-level parking structures when appropriate, easing existing <br /> F~arking r quirements, equalizing parking and pricing between the CATS area <br /> <br />