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- Administrative Order <br />of he <br />Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene, Oregon <br />Establishing (2) temporary one-way eastbound travel lanes and a BUS ONLY. lane <br />on West 10th Avenue between Lincoln and Charnelton Streets <br />The Traffic Engineer ofthe City Of Eugene, Oregon finds that: <br />A. The Eugene Code provides that the City Manager or the manager's designee shall <br />exercise- specific traffic .duties by administrative action, including: the implementation of <br />ordinances, resolutions, and motions of the Council and-his or her own orders by <br />installing traffic control devices; .designating the direction of traffic flow,. establishing, <br />maintaining, removing or altering all traffic control areas and traffic control devices <br />including traffic control signals,. signs, and pavement markings, and areas where drivers <br />of vehicles, shall not make left turns; . <br />B. The Lane Transit District is constructing their new Downtown Station on the block <br />bordered by Willamette and Olive Streets and West 10th and i lth Avenues. <br />Consequently, as of May 4, .1997, they will need to temporarily relocate their adjacent <br />-bus stations to locations west of this site. The selected and approved temporary <br />individuaLstation sites include the entire south side of West 10th Avenue between <br />_ Lincoln and Charnelton Streets. These temporary traffic. patterns are anticipated to <br />remain in effect until March, 1998. <br />C, In order to safely accommodate the new motor vehicle and public transit traffic as-well as <br />the related pedestrian dynamics, the same traffic pattern'must be established here as is <br />currently serving the existing sites. -Two eastbound .travel lanes. and a south side BUS <br />ONLY lane have proven to best serve this purpose under existing conditions. Conflicts <br />between buses and motorists and between motor vehicles and pedestrians is minimized <br />by this configuration. <br />Now, Therefore, <br />Based on the above findings, and pursuant to the authority contained in Eugene Code 5.040, the <br />Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene orders that: _ <br />West 10th Avenue between Lincoln and Charnelton Streets shall be regulated for two ' <br />temporary one-way eastbound travel. lanes and one south side BUS. ONLY lane. <br />Dated this ~ Day of Apri1,1997 ' <br />a <br />Gary deke, City Traffic Engineer. <br />