This post was originally published in similar form on the EugeneSRTS site.
There are few meetings happening this week that will inform and influence our transportation system in the coming years and your input is needed.
On Thursday (Oct. 13th) from 11:30-1:30 the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) is meeting at the Eugene Public Library (100 West 10th Avenue) and will be discussing the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). It’s a good time to let the Commission know that active transportation options are important and that we need more facilities that allow more people feel comfortable walking and biking throughout our community. Public comments (limited to 3 minutes) are at the beginning of the meeting
This would also be a good time to indicate support for some of the projects called out for funding in the next round of Flexible Funding from ODOT. Those projects include the following (more information on each in these letters of support):
- Blair/Van Buren Active Transportation Corridor
- West Bank Bike Path completion
- Regional Bicycle Wayfinding/Signage/Shared Lane Markings
- Bob Straub Parkway/Mt. Vernon Road Pedestrian Improvements
- A Bikeshare Feasibility Study
- A Regional SmartTrips Program
- Middle Fork Path Phase 2b
- Highway 99/Roosevelt Pedestrian Improvements
- Main Street Safety Improvements
Also on Thursday there is an Open House from 4:30 to 6:30 PM, at the Library to discuss the Regional Transportation Plan. The MPC will adopt the RTP in November and we need to make sure that facilities that make walking and biking just as easy (if not easier) than driving are a center piece of that plan. Go to the open house and give feedback on the importance of a great active transportation system. Connect the paths with a system more people will feel comfortable using (families, kids, and those currently not walking or riding as much as they want because they are not comfortable doing so). Continue reading “Input On Our Future Transportation System”