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Highway 99: Government Plans
MovingAhead, a partnership between the City of Eugene, Lane Transit District, and other regional partners, explored transportation investments along some of our most important streets. In Spring 2022, local policymakers selected Enhanced Corridor as the “locally preferred alternative” for Highway 99 and directed staff to undertake further study.
Learn in detail what the City of Eugene and LTD are planning for Highway 99.
Neighborhood organizations
Key meetings
Key documents and public meetings about River Road:
- Metropolitan Policy Committee Meeting (5/5/22)
Approved Enhanced Corridor as the Locally Preferred Alternative for Highway 99.
- Eugene City Council Work Session (3/14/22)
Approved Enhanced Corridor as the Locally Preferred Alternative for Highway 99.
- Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors Joint Work Session (7/15/19)
Approved amended MovingAhead investment packages for a public hearing.
- Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors Joint Work Session (2/19/19)
Approved MovingAhead investment packages for public review.
- Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors Joint Work Session (4/25/16)
Reviewed MovingAhead alternatives.
- Eugene City Council Meeting (10/12/15)
Approved further study of MovingAhead alternatives.
Supporting plans
Plans and programs relating to Highway 99:
- Bethel Area Neighborhood Planning at Engage Eugene
- MovingAhead
- Vision Zero Intersection Safety Study
- Bond Measures to Fix Streets
- Capital Investment Program (Federal Transit Administration)
- Regional Transportation Planning (Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization)
- Complete Street Design Standards
- Vision Zero Action Plan
- Eugene Transportation System Plan
- Climate Action Plan
- Envision Eugene
Further reading
News stories and views about Highway 99:
- City to install cameras at 10 intersections for Vision Zero crash prevention study (KMTR, 11/19/25)
- City to install cameras at 10 intersections for Vision Zero crash prevention study (KVAL, 11/19/25)
- Why the city of Eugene is installing more cameras on its streets (Register-Guard, 11/18/25)
- Meet Bethel’s busiest volunteer (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, 11/18/25)
- Bethel residents say they want Highway 99 reformed with fewer lanes (Register-Guard, 11/18/25)
- Public invited to explore Highway 99, River Road traffic problems and solutions (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, 11/11/25)
- Eugene city report shows a new high for fatal traffic collisions (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, 7/2/25)
- 2024 sees highest number of traffic fatalities in Eugene history, according to city data (KLCC, 7/2/25)
- Bethel: The Past, Present and Future of Eugene’s Community Within a City (City Club of Eugene, 12/1/23)
- Eugene residents meet to discuss ‘Moving Ahead’ project (KEZI, 11/10/22)
- Metropolitan Policy Committee approves MovingAhead; next phase is to refine designs (BEST, 5/5/22)
- With support from BEST, Eugene and LTD give green light to MovingAhead (BEST, 3/17/22)
- LTD: EmX approval was decades in the making (Whole Community News, 3/17/22)
- Eugene, LTD approve key step forward in MovingAhead, but it’s ‘not an approved, done deal’ (Register-Guard, 3/17/22)
- LTD approves MovingAhead plans; Project moves to next phase (City of Eugene, 3/17/22)
- Eugene City Council approves MovingAhead recommendations (City of Eugene, 3/17/22)
- City, LTD approve MovingAhead plans (Whole Community News, 3/16/22)
- LTD approves MovingAhead plans; Project moves to next phase (LTD, 3/16/22)
- Eugene MovingAhead project inches closer to getting green light (KEZI, 3/15/22)
- Eugene City Council approves MovingAhead recommendations (LTD, 3/15/22)
- MovingAhead recommendations approved by Eugene City Council (KMTR, 3/14/22)
- Eugene City Council approves MovingAhead recommendations (KVAL, 3/14/22)
- Citizens go door-to-door on five corridors, collect 500+ petitions urging City, LTD to reject EmX (Whole Community News, 3/11/22)
- BEST outlines next steps for success of MovingAhead (BEST, 3/9/22)
- Officials will vote soon on MovingAhead concept plans, but there are still chances to weigh in (Register-Guard, 3/7/22)
- Eugene, Lane Transit District plans seek improved public transportation, streets (Alexis Biddle & Brittany Quick-Warner, Register-Guard. 3/3/22)
- MovingAhead update—South Eugene edition (Whole Community News, 3/1/22)
- BEST, Eugene Chamber support MovingAhead (BEST, 2/28/22)
- Eugene City Council, LTD meet regarding ‘Moving Ahead Project’ (KEZI, 2/28/22)
- Some Eugene property owners unhappy with proposed MovingAhead street changes (KVAL, 2/26/22)
- Some Eugene property owners unhappy with proposed MovingAhead street changes (KMTR, 2/25/22)
- MovingAhead: Future changes to River Road met with some resistance (KVAL, 1/20/22)
- LTD to identify, use five levels of public engagement (Whole Community News, 11/7/21)
- Neighborhoods assess 13th Avenue bikeway, MovingAhead (Whole Community News, 11/6/21)
- MovingAhead’s Moving Ahead (Whole Community News, 6/13/21)
- Eugene asks for public input on future of LTD and local transit (KMTR, 10/21/19)
- Eugene looks for public input on future plans for LTD and local transportation (KVAL, 10/21/19)
- Eugene, LTD weigh where to go next—if anywhere—with EmX (KMTR, 10/21/19)
- Eugene, LTD weigh where to go next—if anywhere—with EmX (KVAL, 10/21/19)
- Enhanced Corridor PLUS (BEST, 10/21/19, 1-page PDF)
- MovingAhead Analysis and Recommendations (BEST, 10/14/19, 20-page PDF)
- Eugene and LTD tackle transportation safety and access through MoveAhead effort (KMTR, 3/15/19)
- MovingAhead: Eugene and LTD tackle transportation safety and access (KVAL, 3/15/19)
- EmX cuts ribbon—presents a new wave of transportation in Eugene (KMTR, 9/17/17)
- EmX opens new route in west Eugene (KVAL, 9/17/17)
- Eugene to study options for future EmX expansion (KMTR, 4/26/16)
- MovingAhead: Eugene studies EmX expansion (KVAL, 4/26/16)
- West Eugene EmX receives massive, $75 million federal grant (KVAL, 9/11/15)
- Rabid Transit: The drive toward West 11th EmX heats up (Eugene Weekly, 9/13/12)
See also
Related information from BEST:
- Better Streets
- Franklin Boulevard
- Main Street
- Highway 99
- Government Plans
- River Road
- Smart Growth America
- Best Practices
Last updated 12/15/25.