1999 Eugene Arterial & Collector Street Plan

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• Streets that are appropriate for direct, higher- speed bicycle travel have bicycle lanes included in the design; • Standards for bicycle design elements promote safe and efficient use of the bicycle (bicycle lane widths, etc.); • Transit facility design factors including bus stop locations, bus turnout requirements, bus shelter design, turning radius requirements, and transit amenities are addressed (Design Stan- dards and Guidelines for Transit Facilities); • Pedestrian travel is made safer and more comfortable by: a) specifying setback sidewalks in the design of city streets; b) creating standards for median pedestrian refuges; c) including adequate minimum sidewalk widths; and d) requiring pedestrian-friendly design of curb returns (corners at intersections), ramps, and pedestrian crossing features. e) minimizing the number and length of driveways cutting across sidewalks. GMS Policy 12 Encourage alternatives to the use of single-occupant vehicles through demand management techniques. "Demand management" techniques are intended to change travel behavior in order to improve perfor- mance of transportation facilities and to reduce the need for additional road capacity. Examples of demand management methods include: • expanding the use of flex-time, and of bus pass and ridesharing programs, • implementing transportation pricing strategies, • increasing parking fees, • establishing maximum allotments for parking, • lowering minimum parking requirements, and • provision of transit shuttle service for large events. It is not the purpose of this document to address the application of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) techniques. In staff's view, the Arterial and Collector Street Plan is not the appropriate venue for discussion of TDM approaches. The Planning Commission has concurred with this view. While the document does not directly address TDM, neither does it conflict with the application of TDM techniques in the community following the adoption of TransPlan TDM policies. Further, design of multi-modal streets will complement future efforts to implement more effective TDM measures. For example, employer-based efforts to encourage more bicycling or transit trips to work sites will be more successful where safe bikeways, sidewalks and bus routes have been provided. GMS Policy 13 Focus future street improvements on relieving pressure on the City's most congested roadways and intersections to maintain an acceptable level of mobility for all modes of transportation. The policy points to the need to maintain mobility on major streets (arterials and collectors) Addressing the balance between mobility and access is one of five street classification criteria proposed in the ACSP. Purpose statements and design standards proposed for major streets are based, in part, on recognition that effective implementation of alternative modes programs, especially transit system programs, depends on maintaining mobility on those streets.. The Arterial and Collector Street Plan continues the direction established in the Local Street Plan. That direction emphasizes maintaining a higher degree of mobility on major streets than on local streets. Relationship to the Right-of-Way Map When the City adopts transportation plans, includ- ing specific proposals for improving certain major streets, staff also estimate the needs for additional right-of-way generated by those proposed projects - in other words, the amount of width that is likely to be needed to accommodate the roadway itself plus the other street components including side- walks and planting areas. Chapter 9 of the City 14