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<br />(d) The city's adopted transportation-related plans and policies. <br />• Lorane Highway. is shown as a collector street on the Draft Functional <br />Classification Map, and is one of the primary routes between Eugene and <br />the Lorane Valley. Although streets on the Map would normally be <br />expected to carry some. through truck traffic, Lorane Highway would not <br />be the first street on the .Map to have a through truck prohibition. <br />(e) Existing state and local laws regulating. use of public ways. <br />• The Eugene Code grants the City Traffic Engineer the.authority to regulate . <br />the use of streets by designating streets where trucks are prohibited and <br />restrict the use of certain streets by any class or kind of vehicle to protect <br />the streets from damage. <br />{f) The efficient use of the public way by the public. <br />• The through truck prohibition willinconvenience some truck movements. <br />- Through trucks will be required to use Chambers Street. Depending on <br />origin and destination, travel time for trucks maybe increased. <br />{g) -The use of abutting property. <br />Use of abutting property will be not be affected, as the prohibition only <br />applies to through truck traffic. <br />(h) The intensity of use of the street. by vehicles and pedestrians. <br />• Traff c volumes will decrease slightly, as truck traffic will be reduced. A <br />perceived increase in the street's safety may lead to an increase in <br />pedestrian and bicycle traffic. <br />(I) The physical condition and. characteristics ofthe street and abutting property.. <br />• Lorane Highway is a two lane. roadway i 8' to 22' wide with gravel <br />shoulders. Tl`ie wider section is generally west.of VJhitbeck Boulevard. It <br />has an asphalt mat surface that is in poor condition. The area bordering <br />the street consists of low density single family houses. <br />(j) Emergencies. <br />• Emergency vehicle services won't be affected by this project. <br />