Transit Tomorrow Comments Through March 12, 2020 Date Entered Name Method Route Location Category Comment Response Please do not do a massive cut to the LTD bus service. Thousands of people will lose in a gamble to gain more riders. Public transportation is just that! Please do not allow special interest to interfere with our already great system! Faster service is not better service if you lose Thank you for your commen 3/11/2020 Chris Leland Comment form 1 Campbell Center Discontinuation of Route your bus service! LTD should be expanding, not contracting it service! The new plan would eliminate #98 and #1 service which is two of the three buses my wife uses almost daily. #98 is within our walking distance. It allows us to access all the other bus routes! Why on earth will be shared with staff and 1 would you cut #1? It is the only bus to the Campbell Senior Center. Please reconsider “Transit Tomorrow” and don’t make it “No Transit Tomorrow” for thousands of loyal riders. consideration. Eliminating the # 1 is not an option. I and others who have mobility issues cannot walk the distance to the new route! The other routes getting the axe will make it harder for me to get around town. I would love routes that run more often but not at the expense of the current Thank you for your commen 2/24/2020 Jason Archer Comment form 1 Transit Tomorrow Discontinuation of Route great system being gutted. This listening session is horrible too! will be shared with staff and 2 consideration. Okay so, the #1 Campbell Center bus for around Parkview Terrace apartments area, if this bus gets taken out how far of a walk will seniors and people with disabilities have to walk to get to a bus stop? Thank you for your commen 1/17/2020 Jodi Rodriguez Email 1 ParkView Terrace Discontinuation of Route will be shared with staff and 3 consideration. Thank you for your commen 1) Hilly incline. 2) too taxing on those with cardiopulmonary conditions to have to walk up hill with bags and shopping carts laden with groceries/sundries in rainy/windy/cold weather 8 months of the year or too hot in summer climate. 3) Not being picked‐up/dropped‐off at will be shared with staff and 4 3/6/2020 Karen Doyle Comment form 1 YaPoAh Discontinuation of Route our complex puts us all in harms way to bad actors who frequent our area from Skinner's Butte, Alton Baker Park and the River Banks. I do like the change in 66 & 67 rather than looping. consideration. Thank you for your commen will be shared with staff and 5 2/10/2020 N/A Comment form 1 3rd & High to Eugene Station Discontinuation of Route The #1 bus is not only important to me, but people living at Parkview Terrace apts. There are lots of people in wheel chairs that would have a hard time getting downtown to make connections at the Eugene Station. consideration. I don't ride the bus, but there are many people @ YaPoAh who depend on the bus and who can't walk very far. This would be a very severe challenge for residents at YaPoAh. All are elderly and many are not eligible for higher levels of assistance and yet can’t walk farther. Thank you for your commen 3/6/2020 Terri Dawson Comment Form 1 YaPoAh Discontinuation of Route will be shared with staff and 6 consideration. I was disappointed to see that you plan to eliminate the bus serving Eugene’s Senior Recreation Center. It will cause additional barriers to low‐income seniors who wish to receive vital services at Campbell Center, and will increase the number of people who drive by themselves or request RideSource rides to Campbell Center. I ask you to reconsider and continue this important transportation source for one of Eugene’s vulnerable populations. We have many patrons and staff who depend on the LTD bus system to get to Campbell Center. They either do not have the financial means to own a car, have been told by their family or doctor that they shouldn’t drive, or have made the decision to improve their lives and community by not driving. The common refrain I hear from them is that the #1 Campbell Center bus makes it easy to get to Campbell Center, while the buses that stop on 3rd Street are almost too far to be useful. Many of them have mobility limitations, use walkers or wheelchairs, and asking them to walk or roll even the one block to the bus stop on 3rd Street is a barrier too high for many of them to surmount. With the elimination of the #1 Line, you are moving the nearest bus stop more than 2 blocks away and throwing in a hill. I am predicting that most of our riders will stop using the bus, either driving themselves or just not coming. Thank you for your commen 11/21/2019 Tom Powers Email 1 Campbell Center Discontinuation of Route will be shared with staff and We are also in the beginning of an expansion and renovation of our Center. When our new fitness center opens in 2020, I estimate that we will see a 40% increase in the number of people coming to Campbell Center (we already average over 300/day). Not only will it be sad consideration. that there will be no bus service to our newly opened Recreation Center, but the increase in car traffic and parking issues will affect the whole neighborhood. Please reconsider your ill‐advised plan, and continue running a bus line to Campbell Center. 7 She called to confirm the public meeting at Eugene Library as she wanted to ask more questions about Route 1. She was surprised to learn that the meeting was postponed. As she does not use the internet or have a smart phone she requested that we contact her either my Thank you for your commen Notice of Public Meeting 12/3/2019 Trudy Rogers Phone 1 ParkView Terrace mail or phone when we have confirmed the new date. will be shared with staff and Postponement 8 consideration. Leave the #1 the way it is!! Stops on 2nd and 3rd. People use Campbell Center. Stop picking on seniors and people with disabilities. Thank you for your commen 11/18/2019 Trudy Rogers Blue Card 1 Campbell Center Change of Route will be shared with staff and 9 consideration. My concern is for neighbors with disabilities. Please consider changing proposed 62 from an out and back to a loop that travels from Gateway down Harlow reconnecting with Coburg. This loop in alternating directions would give great coverage with minimal impact on rider Thank you for your commen 2/10/2020 Aaron Box Comment form 12 Harlow Discontinuation of Route times. will be shared with staff and 10 consideration. She is a single mother. She lives on Harlow Road. She has concerns about her neighbors who may have challenges accessing the bus. She is concerned about the distance for some people who will have to travel farther to access our service. Her son takes the bus to school. They live near Coburg Road and accessing the bus on Harlow Road is safer for her son because there is less traffic. She is concerned with the other kids at her son's school (Network Charter School). She is worried that changing the bus will mak Thank you for your commen it harder for them to get to school and may impact the kids' ability and desire to attend classes. 2/27/2020 Amber Rose Phone call 12 Harlow Road Discontinuation of Route will be shared with staff and consideration. She moved to Eugene so that her son could take public transportation. They are disappointed with late trips, but the bus mostly works for them now. Her son can take transit to make all of his trips and it's important for them to maintain his ability to travel independently. 11 I use the #12 after walking my child to Holt and then go to downtown, hence walking to Coburg is not convenient. I also take the bus after picking the child up, so that having him limits ability to walk distances. My wife uses a wheelchair. Harlow Road has nine cross‐streets to Thank you for your commen 2/10/2020 Andrew Ross Comment form 12 N/A Discontinuation of Route the North and 11 to the South, and the #12 is the only route that serves any of them. Ridership is high on the #12. Just before and after Holt and Monroe let out, it is low at 6:00 a.m. – 3 or 4 regulars, but they are going to work. The existence of the convenient #12 was a majorwill be shared with staff and 12 factor in the choice to buy my home along Harlow Road consideration. As a rider who previously frequented the 66/67 Coburg Road route and having recently moved to a 12 Harlow Route location, I'm in a unique position to see the challenges presented by the new system design first‐hand. Although I was cautiously optimistic about the proposed concept of accelerating the 66/67 Coburg Road route to five minutes faster in frequency, I don't believe that such a change is worth eliminating other routes such as the 12 Harlow. As someone who now lives midway between what would be the new Harlow and Gateway lines, taking the bus would require a 15‐minute walk if the 12 Harlow were to be eliminated.