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Fern Ridge Path Repair & Lighting
This project will perform maintenance repairs on the popular Fern Ridge Path (Garfield to City View Street) and replace the heavily cracked portion of the shared-use path between access points on 13th and 14th Avenue.
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Eugene Enhanced Walking Network
This project will install enhanced pedestrian crossings and improve sidewalk infill at locations throughout the City. The project implements the walking network in the Transportation Systems Plan, building safe connections for people walking to bus stops, schools, parks, employment centers, and residential areas.
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Central Eugene in Motion Projects
Started in early 2019, the Central Eugene In Motion study explored transportation design options to improve travel for people walking, biking, busing, and driving to and through Downtown Eugene. The final projects selected for implementation include: the Willamette Street Two-Way Conversion (complete), the 8th Avenue Streetscape & Bike Lanes (2022), and the High Street Bikeway (2022).
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Safe Routes to School Projects
The Bethel and Howard Avenue Safe Routes to School projects were awarded grant funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation's SRTS infrastructure program. Both projects are currently in the community outreach phase of the project. The River Road at Hatton crossing project will be constructed in 2021.
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Division Avenue Roundabouts
Community members in the River Road area rely on Division Avenue to access essential neighborhood-serving businesses. However, people driving along the corridor struggle to make safe turns across busy traffic and there have been two fatal traffic crashes and multiple severe injury crashes along the street. To increase safety on Division Avenue, the City of Eugene is planning roundabout and other safety and flow improvements.
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South Willamette Street Improvement
The South Willamette Street Improvement project updates South Willamette Street into a vibrant urban corridor accessible by bike, foot, car, and bus. The project will restripe the street with one travel lane in each direction, a center turn-lane, and bike lanes on both sides of the street. Other design elements include improved sidewalks, driveways, access ramps, and pedestrian-scale street lighting and rain gardens.
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Traffic Calming Projects
Traffic calming techniques are used to address a variety of quality of life and transportation safety concerns. The City of Eugene uses a number of different techniques and devices to calm traffic and manage traffic flow throughout the street system. Keep your cool while driving in Eugene.
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Railroad Quiet Zone
The City of Eugene Transportation Railroad Quiet Zone (RRQZ) project establishes a “whistle-free” zone in Downtown Eugene and the Whiteaker neighborhood. The quiet zone will silence the train horns through the heart of Eugene, eliminating 70 percent of the train horn noise. The project design elements prioritize safety and will keep people walking, biking, and driving off the tracks as trains approach. Design elements include medians, quad gates, pedestrian gates, and converting Jefferson Street to a one-way street.
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Franklin Boulevard Transformation
The City of Eugene Transportation Franklin Boulevard Transformation project focuses on improving Franklin Boulevard (Alder Street to I-5). The project will transform the busy road into a multi-modal urban street that makes it easier for people to safely walk, bike, bus, and drive to and through the corridor.
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Transportation Options Strategies Review
Transportation Options: Strategies for a Growing Eugene is a project to identify policies and programs that encourage or require transportation demand management by large employers and in new development.
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MovingAhead
The MovingAhead project is a partnership between the City of Eugene, Lane Transit District, and other regional partners. MovingAhead focuses on connecting people to jobs, schools, shopping, recreation, and other activities by considering a range of transportation investments along key corridors to improve safety and livability.
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Completed Planning Projects
A full list of completed transportation planning projects. View project descriptions, final designs, maps, and details of community engagement.
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Funding
Learn more about the importance of a safe, reliable and efficient local transportation system and the value of adequate, locally controlled and sustainable revenues to operate, maintain and preserve Eugene's transportation system.
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