What the public thinks of Franklin Boulevard today

The proposed roundabouts will be a disaster for drivers and walkers. Anyone supporting them has not lived and travelled in this neighborhood; I have lived here for 30 years. The students will walk into the street while focused on anything other than traffic. Traffic will slow considerably to accommodate walkers. Franklin needs to stay a thoroughfare. Upgrade the condition of the street, make it more aesthetically pleasing, and increase safety for walkers and bike riders, but don’t put in roundabouts. The games and events at Matt Knight Arena, move in day, football game days, etc., cause total congestion and chaos. Imagine that area with no traffic lights…insanity.

Please don’t do round abouts, they are a nightmare. Sky bridges are great. Too much focus on buses!

The traffic circles are a terrible idea and will make things much worse.

Roundabouts are a terrible idea. Students are going to use it to race.

I am excited about the idea to add more round-a-bouts to Franklin Blvd. I like the two round-a-bouts in Glenwood and I think they would improve traffic flow closer to campus. Making left turns off of Franklin on Villard St and Orchard street when going West Bound feel very dangerous. Particularly Orchard St – I avoid this left turn at all costs. The traffic in the Market of Choice and Hiron’s parking lot is also very uncomfortable. It is unclear if there are one ways and the visibility is poor especially when the sun is setting. I would like to see more trees on Franklin to improve the walking experience. I believe that the sidewalks and bike lanes could be made safer. I do NOT feel safe biking on Franklin, which is a real shame because there are so many PeaceHealth bike facilities in that area. The stores are so set back on Franklin making them feel inaccessible to pedestrians. This should be changed to promote more UO student foot traffic at local stores.

Roundabouts are a terrible design choice for people walking and biking, and only serve the interests of people driving

the intersection in front of the UO arena near starbucks is a mess…..a traffic circle will only make it worse….enforcement of proper driving there and no texting driving enforcement is needed and fixing sidewalks and making traffic lanes through that intersection clearer (with signage and road paint etc) will help

Like the changes thus far except for the plantings on the roundabout. Vegetation should be low enough to see across the entire circle.

People just drive too darned fast. Slow down traffic! There are plenty of alternative bike routes so it is easy to avoid Franklin on bike. Roundabouts are great IF people understand how to use them. The bike situation at the roundabout in Springfield near Riverbend Hospital is pretty bad.

(1)Greatest need is one the plan does not address: need for left-turn lane from westbound Franklin onto Agate St, to access east side of campus. (2) Generally, I like roundabouts and think they’re great — but that does not mean that “more is always better.” Current plan omits a roundabout in the one place it’s most needed (Agate), and includes at least one more toward the east than will be useful.

Improving this major road with roundabouts. Seems like a no-brainer that should’ve been done along time ago. There are other gaps in the system such as the little connector to the bike path on the far east side, both on the north and south side they also need to be addressed. Crossing Franklin by foot is a big pain since they have the lights time to favor traffic and not walkers.

I have had good experiences with roundabouts, I think they work to move traffic safely.

The current conditions are inadequate. If people would like the city to not do the roundabouts, then we need to be discussing what changes will happen. The status quo doesn’t serve anyone well.

Inconsistent / uneven lay-out: safety and bike lanes vary depending on location, and even the width of traffic lanes appears to change. Mixing bike/pedestrian crossings with an unregulated (no stoplights) traffic circle is dangerous.

We need to dicincentive travel by car, and encourage walking, have a protected bike lane, and have businesses that people actually want to go to. More trees and shady, nice areas for people to walk and rest.

I think that they need to make an area for cyclist, people on scooters, and people crossing the street. Maybe even take a lane away. two lanes i think would be good enough. also take traffic lights out and put in roundabouts to make it better for cars

I am pro roundabouts, trees, protected bike ways and sidewalks

I avoid Franklin Boulevard today because I get around town mostly by bike and on foot and the area’s current configuration feels inaccessible and unsafe. I’m excited about the planned multimodal transformation and how much more accessible, safe, pleasant, and all around better the area will become for everyone. I live 2-3 miles away and might actually consider visiting businesses and other destinations around here after the transformation. I support more efforts to facilitate safer multimodal transportation with roundabouts, BRT (and dedicated lanes), bike lanes, bump outs, wider connected sidewalks, protected multiuse paths, street trees, and more across town. Thanks for your work!

I would love to see Franklin completely removed from a car-centric style. It would be best-suited as a rapid transit hub with EmX and LTD lines being the most prominent and most important, then tree-lined bikeways being the most important individual transpotation, and then protected, shady walking areas. Cars should have 1 lane in each direction and be the least-prioritized, or, ideally, completely non-existent in exchange for faster, safer methods like EmX or possibly a future eTram line.

Franklin Blvd is a major arterial street so I understand its necessity to allow for maximum car flow, however the consideration to vehicle traffic flow has and will likely continue to be prioritized at the determent of other modes of transportation. Planning for maximum flow for just a couple of peak hours is discriminatory to not only the commuters driving outside of those peak hours (if I drive at 7am on Franklin, I don’t need massive lanes with light priority), but considerably discriminatory to all other non-car commuters because current design deters quality passageway by non-car users.

This university-adjacent street ought to be welcoming to campus users who predominantly get around by foot or bike, yet Franklin is actually hostile to them! The city’s current redesign ideas continue to prioritize speed of cars (via 2-lane roundabouts) at the expense of actual safety and comfort of non-car users. Volumes of cars, and more importantly, quantity of people moving about via cars, do not necessitate so much car-based infrastructure, yet if that’s the way Franklin remains, it will continue to induce single occupancy, car-based travel in direct contrast to adopted existing plans on climate change, social equity, household affordability, taxpayer efficiency, and land use, and will be a major missed opportunity to get into compliance with new CFEC rules.

Worst street in Eugene by far. I wish I could bike on it, and I wish that the EmX was less bumpy/unpleasant. Needs more trees, slower cars, bike lanes, better bus lanes. If there are roundabouts, they should have a cutout for EmX to go straight through. If the bus had to go around a big roundabout with a constant sharp turn, I would never ride it again.