JANISCH Amy C <br />From: GIOELLO Nick R <br />Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 1:46 PM <br />To: JANISCH Amy C <br />Subject: FW: City of Eugene request for comments <br />Follow Up Flag: Follow up <br />Flag Status: Flagged <br />Amy, please add this to the Capital Hill PUD as Referral Comments 4J School District. <br />Thanks, <br />Nick <br />From: Chris Ellison [mailto:ellison@4j.lane.eduj <br />Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 5:03 PM <br />To: GIOELLO Nick R <Nick.R.Gioello@ci.eugene.or.us> <br />Cc: fjordbeck I <fjordbeck_I@4j.lane.edu>; DELF Kerry (4J) <delf_k@4j.lane.edu>; Oscar Loureiro <br /><loureiro_o@4j.lane.edu>; Gustavo Balderas <balderas_g@4j.lane.edu> <br />Subject: Re: City of Eugene request for comments <br />Hi Nick, <br />With the new development on Capital, we will not be extending bus service to this area. 4.1 <br />discontinued bus service to Capital, Madrona, and Cresta De Ruta approximately 8 years ago due to <br />unsafe passing and operating conditions for our school buses. We had frequent occurrences of our <br />buses needing to be "backed out" of the area due to impassable conditions (cars parked illegally, <br />meeting garbage trucks head-on, traffic on corners, large moving vans parked, etc.). In order to <br />service this new area, we would need to traverse the same route as before: E. 27th to Spring, to <br />Madrona, right on Highland to Cresta De Ruta, back down to Capital to Spring. The current school <br />bus stop for the area is at the 5-way intersection of Spring, Capital, Madrona and Woodlawn. <br />I see in the plans that the roads would provide a 10-12 foot travel lane with on-street parking. Our <br />buses are 40-feet in length and have an 8-foot body width, with mirrors extending and additional <br />12" on each side. At 10-feet wide, we are already at the minimum passing clearance (if vehicles <br />are parked correctly). <br />As a reference, 4.1 also discontinued school bus service to the Crest Drive/Storey area when these <br />roads were redesigned. The new design did not allow for safe operation of our 40-foot buses. <br />Let me know if you have any questions. <br />Thanks, <br />Chris <br />