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Lawrence St., one-way
Eugene traffic changes
West 1 Oth Ave., formerly one-way
Charnelton, formerly one
way southbound will now
be two-way between
Broadway and 11th.
West 10th Avenue, formerly
one-way eastbound will
now be two-way between
Lincoln and Olive.
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Eugene Station
Downtown streets get
facelift for easier access
Conversions of one-way
streets to two-way streets
paves the way to the new
downtown public library
Caron Alarab
Crime/Safety/Transportation Reporter
In a city where one-way streets
reign supreme, a new vision is mak
ing way for a two-way comeback
in Eugene.
In order to provide better accessi
bility around 100 \Y. 10th Ave., the
location of the new Downtown Eu
gene Public Library, city workers on
Dec. 20 finished converting portions
of two streets from one-way to two
way operations. As a small part of a
big plan known as the Downtown Vi
sion, West 10th Avenue between
Olive and Lincoln streets and Char
nelton Street between Broadway and
11th Avenue are officially two-way,
complete with new traffic signals and
an east-bound bike lane along West
10th Avenue.
“This is a very hot idea in urban
planning right now,” Eugene City
Traffic Engineer Tom Larsen said.
“In our efforts to revive the down
town area, one-way streets are
considered better for driving
through it while two-way streets
encourage movement around and
within it.”
The ultimate goal of the Down
town Vision is to make the area
more user-friendly and comfortable,
he said. The plan incorporates the
reopening of Broadway, some addi
tional parking and the conversion of
other high-traffic one-way streets to
two-way.
In the past two years, portions of
Pearl and Oak streets between Fifth
and Sixth avenues were successful
ly converted to two-way traffic, he
said. The need for better circulation
around the new library was then
considered during several public
meetings before the library’s Dec.
26 opening.
The changes made to 10th Av
enue and to Charnelton Street
spanned two weeks while workers
planned around weather conditions
and library contractors, Larsen said.
“It all took less than a day’s work
— sort of a creeping construction,”
he said.
"We are planning for
more two-ways and
other changes to be
made wherever
possible and practical."
Tom Larsen
Eugene City
Traffic Engineer
Sip N-Surf Cybercafe owner San
dra Guzdek commutes along Char
nelton Street and 10th Avenue
every day. Located at 99 W. 10th
Ave., the local cafe sits adjacent to
the new library on the corner of
Olive Street and West 10th Avenue.
Guzdek said the intersection, pre
viously a four-wav stop, has seen
quite a bit of confusion since the
street conversion began.
“People have become so used to
just crossing the street,” she said.
“And now they come in saying i
just kept walking along and I al
most got hit.’”
Guzdek and her patrons watched
the library process “from hole in
the ground” to the brand new
building, and business hasn’t
changed, she said.
Tim Gauger, an information desk
employee at the new library, said he
has received complaints from pa
trons accustomed to free parking, as
provided at the West 13th Avenue li
brary location, but has heard none
concerning the two-way change.
Larsen said Lincoln and Lawrence
streets will be the next to see a con
version, but a completion date is un
known because of funding and
scheduling. The conversion of the
entire length of Charnelton Street to
two-way traffic is also on the hori
zon, he said.
“We are planning for more two
wavs and other changes to be made
wherever possible and practical,”
Larsen said.
Contact the reporter
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.
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