BROWN Daren M <br />From:FAVREAU Eric J <br />Sent:Tuesday, April 18, 2017 8:33 AM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:FW: traffic on Capital Drive <br />FYI,fortherecord. <br />9ƩźĭCğǝƩĻğǒͲ9L <br />CivilEngineer1|Direct:(541)6822869 <br />CityofEugene|PublicWorksEngineering <br />99EBroadway,Ste.400|Eugene,OR97401 <br />CƩƚƒʹJasonBrown\[mailto:brownj11@uoregon.edu\] <br />{ĻƓƷʹMonday,April17,20175:04PM <br />ƚʹFAVREAUEricJ<Eric.J.Favreau@ci.eugene.or.us> <br />{ǒĬƆĻĭƷʹRe:trafficonCapitalDrive <br />DearEric,Iappreciatetheresponse.IamfullyawarethatthePUDplanintendswidentheroadatthesiteofthePUD.Ithinkmyemail <br />madeclearthatmyĭƚƓĭĻƩƓƭΓğƓķtheconcernsofeverysinglepersonwholivesonCapitalDriveexceptthePUDapplicant(yes,Ihave <br />spokentothemğƌƌΜΓisthatCapitalDriveisnotsafeatitscurrentleveloftraffic.Adding44unitsandtheattendantconstructionwhile <br />usto <br />havingpeopleparkonCapitalwhereitdepartsfromSpringandrisestothetopofthehillissoobviouslynotsafeitcauses <br />questionthemethodologyofyourstudy,WhenpeopleparkonCapital,youessentialnarrowtheroadtoonewaytraffic,andifyou <br />significantlyincreasethetrafficwithheavyconstructiontrucksandadditionalresidentialtraffic,youhaveanunsafesituation.Muchof <br />CapitalDrive(beforeyougettothetopofthehill)hasnosidewalks,whichmeansourchildrenwillhavenowaytowalktoschool.The <br />busdoesnotcomeuphere,IassumebecausebecausethebottlenecksituationpreventsthebusfromturningğƩƚǒƓķΓğƭitdoesfor <br />iseveryoneelseonthisroad,thatthetrafficproblemwillleadtoinjuryordeathifthisplanisallowed <br />thefiretruck.Iamquitesure,as <br />toproceedbasedonyourconclusions.Ifso,wewillholdyourofficepersonallyresponsible. <br />Jason <br />JasonBrown <br />AssociateProfessorofCreativeWriting <br />UniversityofOregon <br />(917)7675386 <br />CƩƚƒʹFAVREAUEricJ<Eric.J.Favreau@ci.eugene.or.us> <br />5ğƷĻʹMonday,April17,2017at3:47PM <br />ƚʹJasonBrown<brownj11@uoregon.edu> <br />{ǒĬƆĻĭƷʹRE:trafficonCapitalDrive <br />HiJason, <br />ThankyouforexpressingyourconcernsandobservationsregardingtrafficonCapitalDrive.Theapplicantisproposingtowiden <br />CapitalDriveattheƭźƷĻ͸ƭfrontagetoЋЊ͸wide,whichisconsistentwiththeCityofEugenelocalstreetstandards.AЋЊ͸wide <br />streetallowsroomfortwowaytrafficwithparkingononeside,whichwillhelpimprovetheexistingconditions.Theapplicantis <br />alsoproposingaЍ͸widesidewalkononesideofthestreet,whichshouldresolveconcernsofthestreetnotbeingsafefor <br />pedestrians. <br />1 <br /> <br />