How we got here

MovingAhead began in 2015 as a partnership between the City of Eugene, Lane Transit District (LTD), regional agencies, and the Eugene-Springfield community. Its purpose is to determine how to improve transportation on some of our most important streets.

MovingAhead is about more than just transit. It’s about getting us where we need to go, whether we ride the bus, bike, drive, use mobility devices, or walk.

Based on previous community feedback, the MovingAhead team focused on five key corridors and identified costs and benefits of transportation investments for each:

Highway 99

River Road

30th Avenue/LCC

Coburg Road

Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard

What we’ve heard so far

Over summer and fall of 2018, the City and LTD heard from the community. Key themes emerged:

Strong support for transit, with a preference for EmX and Enhanced Corridor options (more on those later) compared to No-Build options.

Important criteria for most who responded:

- Improvements and safety for people who walk and bike

- Level of transit ridership

- Effect on travel time

- Effect on operating costs

- Improvements and safety for people who walk and bike - Level of transit ridership - Effect on travel time - Effect on operating costs Most strongly supported: adding EmX along River Road

Smaller difference in support among options for the 30th Avenue to LCC and MLK, Jr. Blvd corridors

The Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors will select a package of transit, walking, and biking investments to fund and build on the five corridors over the next 10 years. The selected investment package will become a powerful tool for carrying out local and regional land use, transportation, and community plans.

MovingAhead Goals and Objectives

Improve transit travel time and reliability, minimize transfers, increase ridership, and improve access and safety for people walking, bicycling, and using mobility devices.

Control costs while increasing transit capacity to meet demand. Leverage funding opportunities that provide a maximum return on investment. Minimize impacts to the environment.