Bicycle & Pedestrian <br />A qualitative assessment of the pedestrian and bicycle facilities along River Road found <br />that overall pedestrian and bicycle <br />facilities are fair to good. River Road <br />has a class II bike lane as well as a , <br />buffered bike lane on River Road <br />between Horn Lane and Maxwell <br />Road. Both sides of River Road F° <br />contain sidewalks with buffered trees'`x'' <br />and landscaping throughout most of <br />the roadway. However, the— <br />neighborhood side streets often lack <br />infrastructure that would make <br />walking and bicycling a comfortable_ <br />experience. Most streets lack <br />sidewalk nor have a buffer between <br />the pedestrian zone and roadway. The study area side streets often lack sidewalks and other <br />Most streets also lack bicycling pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure. <br />treatments. <br />Commute Patterns <br />Almost twice as many people commute out of River Road as those who commute into it. <br />About 8,600 residents in River Road commute outside the area for work, though there are <br />about 4,900 people who commute to jobs near River Road as well. Nearly 80 percent of <br />employees in River Road live within 10 miles of their job; roughly 40 percent work in <br />Eugene. Many commute southeast less than 10 miles, and may benefit from enhanced <br />transit service in the corridor. <br />University of Oregon, Oregon's flagship research university, is roughly three miles away <br />from the southern end of the River Road corridor. The University is about a 20 -minute bike <br />ride, a 10- to 1 5 -minute drive or a 30- to 45 -minute bus ride away. <br />RIVER ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY <br />85 <br />