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PO~ICIeS H.'Create a visual directory for downtown to assist <br />visitors and. citizens in finding their destinations. <br />. Develop a transportation system that supports <br />the vision of a vital downtown and provides for. !• Continue to improve and simplify parking lot <br />the safe and efficient movement of automobiles; "directory signs, cost information and methods of <br />pedestrians, bicycles, and emergency and transit -payment. <br />vehicles. <br />Projects <br />2. Promote and support alternative modes and <br />accessibility through strategic planning and public Examples of possible projects that address the <br />investment, implementation strategies: <br />3. Enhance functional designs for streetssidewalks •' Create agrade-level pedestrian crossing at the <br />and related. public' improvements with carefully intersection of $th Avenue and Mill Street. <br />chosen design elements, including materials, <br />alignments;plantings and streetscape elements: Convert10th Avenue'to a two-waystreet. <br />Implementation Strategies Conduct a "walkability" assessment to determine <br />:needed pedestrian improvements in downtown. <br />A. Develop specific designs and public improvement <br />plans to convert portions of Willamette, Construct a bicycle path along the new 6th <br />Broadway; 5th Avenue and 8th Avenue to"Great Avenue extension betuveen Franldin $oulevard <br />Streets:" and Hilyard Street and 6th Avenue and High <br />Street. <br />B. Implement the policies and strategies of CATS, <br />includingtwo-waystreet conversions, structured Provide a prominent entrance to downtown from <br />parking;,pedestrian and_bike system East Broadway near Mill Street. <br />improvements. <br />• Construct anew parking garage to support the <br />C. Facilitate increased residential and .commercial east. side of downtown and the new Courthouse <br />densities within the downtown area to support - district... <br />increased transit, pedestrian and bicycle activity in <br />the area. Require new developments to follow ; <br />transit and pedestrian-oriented development <br />design guidelines. ~ ~,~ <br />.~ <br />D. Focus continued tr-ansportationnnd streetscape ~~ <br />improvements for the entire right-of-way area, - ~,~, "~ ~` <br />~• ~, .~ s - <br />from building face to building face,to improve. ~ `~` ~" ~,, <br />accessibility and reduce reliance on automobile Y ~`' ~ <br />., ,ES ~ ` <br />travel i~ .,: <br />~~k <br />E. Continue to improve existing pedestrian, bicycle ~~? ~ ~ ~• ~` ~ ' <br />and automobile connections to public riverfront ~ ` <br />.... .. <br />areas. ~ '.~;° <br />F. Consider a fixed .rail transit or trolley system _ <br />within downtown. ~, ~~ <br />~_,~~; <br />G. Identify primary "gateway'.' .entrances to do a bicycle friendly city, the .journey <br />downtown. and take necessary steps to enhance 'can be as pleasant as the destination. <br />the-sense of entry,withparticularattention to <br />maintaining ignificant views. <br />EUGENE DOWNTOWN PLAN APRIL 2004 41 <br />