Bicycle Paths, Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Safety

WETLANDS alternative to the $200 million WEP

Cost of Alternative ($17, $88 or $169 million) -- Purpose and Need met by Alternative (not by WEP) -- Avoidance criteria met by alternative

Roosevelt Blvd. is a better connector between Beltline and 99, it serves northwest Eugene neighborhoods better than WEP could. Some local traffic would use Roosevelt, regional through traffic would bypass on Belt Line.
transfer WEP money to finish Beltline, fix Roosevelt / 99 intersection
two options for completing Beltline: (1) if Peak Oil is here, (2) if Peak Oil is not yet here. The larger option could convert Beltline to an interstate highway - perhaps I-605?
transfer ODOT / City lands for WEP to BLM's West Eugene Wetlands Project
new roads: First - 99 - Second Connector, Barger Road Extended & Trainsong Connector (to NW Expressway)
fix West 11th intersections (would cost about $2 million, the cost to complete WEP study), other road repairs

bicycle paths and lanes, pedestrian safety enhanced by road test for drivers license renewals
land use shifts to coordinate transit and development, mixed use centers, co-housing neighborhoods
"Saving Oil in a Hurry" - practical steps toward coping with sudden energy shortages, road safety, speed limits
upgrade Amtrak to enable high speed trains to Seattle
Second and Garfield: ideal location for Eugene's new hospital (central & accessible)
I-5 / Beltline interchange: a practical, cheaper alternative ignored by ODOT
I-5 Willamette River Bridge: a cheaper alternative
fake alternatives - half a WEP (twice as illegal)
Bus Rapid Transit plus WEP: Crandall - Arambula (2002), Kahle proposal (2006) - Bus Rapid Transit on West 11th and Hwy 99 instead of WEP makes more sense

Bicycles are the most efficient mode of transportation ever invented, about four times more efficient than walking.

However, the bicycle industry is not sustainable in a multi-generational sense. Bicycles depend upon manufacturing facilities on the other side of the world. Ball bearings, chains and other critical components are not generally made in North America, and continued bicycle usage is dependent on a highly globalized production system dependent on vast consumption of fossil fuel to power freight ships and delivery trucks.

- parallel to NW expressway through RR brown field from Barger to downtown (with shade trees)

Lane County should restore the bicycle parking at its headquarters that was removed when the Wayne Morse plaza was built. Placing a handful of substandard bike racks that are dangerous to bicycle wheels in a back entrance is a poor substitute for real bike parking that is covered in the rain near the main entrance (near the security guards).

Mark bike lanes as “bike lanes” on roads – stencil of words “BIKE LANE” and a picture of a bicycle.