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<br /> i <br /> News Rel ase Transportation Information Session <br /> December 10, 1991 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Tra sit strategies center around incentives for using transit, such as a <br /> free-far shuttle system that connects employment and activity hubs in the <br /> CATS are and links with large parking lots, such as the Autzen Stadium. <br /> Pos ible bicycle and pedestrian concepts include improving bike lanes <br /> and rout s, constructing a bicycle/pedestrian overpass over Franklin <br /> Boulevar adding more secure bike racks and park and ride lots, and <br /> construc ing a systems of "green" streets dedicated to bicycles, pedestrians, <br /> and smal nonpolluting vehicles. <br /> Add tional ideas explore the role of parking and its relationship to <br /> other tr nsportation issues. Ideas include converting large surface parking <br /> lots in he core area to new development sites, constructing multi-level <br /> parking tructures when appropriate, easing existing parking requirements, <br /> equalizi g parking and pricing between the study area and suburban areas, <br /> adopting policies to ensure new developments provide access and/or parking <br /> for alte native transportation modes, instituting a "hydrocarbon tax" based <br /> on the s ze of the engine or the EPA mileage rating, converting some existing <br /> one-way treets to two-way operation, and removing some on-street parking to <br /> create a ditional traffic capacity. <br /> Jim West, transportation planning engineer for the city of Eugene Public <br /> Works De artment, said this is one of the most important studies facing the <br /> communit and is urging area residents to attend the session to tell the city <br /> what the think. "Right now, these are just ideas, not final <br /> recommen ations. We need to hear from the community to know what ideas to <br /> explore urther and what strategies to carry on and to include in the Central <br /> more <br /> <br />