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UO Transportation Plan

The University of Oregon Transportation Plan is a comprehensive long-term strategy aimed at enhancing accessibility, fostering campus vibrancy, and promoting sustainable travel options including walking, biking, and transit use. Our goal is to support safe and efficient travel needs while effectively coordinating development efforts with the surrounding community. The UO Transportation Plan will provide the university a long-range transportation capital project list, sustainable travel options, programs, and services that help campus meet its sustainability goals while best meeting the travel challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.

Working with a team of planning consultants and the university community, the University of Oregon Transportation Plan will serve as a tool to help establish a continuing framework to guide strategic growth and development. This plan focuses on promoting alternative transportation options, reducing single-occupancy vehicle trips, and enhancing pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. By prioritizing walking, biking, public transit, and carpooling, the plan aims to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality, and create a safer campus for everyone.

Key Features of Our Plan

  • Multimodal Connectivity: Improve connections between different modes of transportation, making it easier for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to move around campus without relying on cars.
  • Bike Friendly Campus: Design bike lanes, secure bike parking facilities, and bike-sharing programs, to support bicycling as a convenient and eco-friendly way to travel to, from, and around campus.
  • Pedestrian Safety: Implement measures such as improved crosswalks, traffic calming techniques, and enhanced lighting to ensure the safety of pedestrians on campus.
  • Parking Management: Incorporate innovative parking management strategies, including pricing incentives for carpooling and electric vehicle charging stations. Reduce the demand for parking spaces and promote sustainable transportation options.
  • Transit Enhancements: Leverage partnerships with local transit agencies to enhance bus travel.
  • Campus Green Initiatives: Create a more vibrant and inviting campus environment.

Project Updates

Throughout 2025, the project team conducted multiple community and partner outreach events to gather feedback and input on the Transportation Plan. In response to input received, UO Transportation Services has decided to initiate an Agate Street Corridor Study. The Agate Street Corridor Study will identify potential improvements to the corridor from 13th Avenue to 18th Avenue, including the size and type of walking, biking, and motor vehicle facilities to provide. The improvements identified in the Agate Street Corridor Study will be recommendations from UO for the City of Eugene to consider.  

A key element of the Agate Street Corridor Plan is to determine what, if any, changes could be made to the traffic control at the 15th Avenue/Agate Street intersection that would benefit the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists and maintain or improve intersection operations for motor vehicles. 

Timeline

The Transportation Plan will be completed in approximately 17 months, from January 2024 to December 2025. Throughout this process, the project team will regularly reach out to interested parties and key partners both on and off campus to gather and share information. At key milestones in the project, draft sections of the plan will be shared on the project website and opportunities for wider public engagement will be available.

These opportunities will be marked on the timeline below:

Engage Icon Public Engagement Opportunity    Draft Icon Draft Report    Final Icon Final Report

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    January 2024 - October 2024

    Review of Existing Conditions 

    • Data Collection
    • Mapping Analysis
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    September 2024 - October 2024   Engage Icon Draft Icon

    Existing Conditions Report 

    • Online Mapping Tool & Survey
    • Public Engagement
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    May 2024 - February 2025

    Assess Future Needs 

    • Potential Growth Scenarios
    • Future Conditions Assessment
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    January 2025   Draft Icon

    Future Conditions Draft Report 

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    February 2025   Final Icon

    Final Future Conditions Report 

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    January 2025 - April 2025   Engage Icon Draft Icon

    Develop Project Recommendations 

    • Draft Project List
    • Project Prioritization
    • Funding Assessment
    • Public Engagement
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    April 2025   Final Icon

    Final Project List 

    Planning Level Cost Estimates

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    may 2025   Engage Icon Draft Icon

    Transportation Plan Document 

    • Draft Transportation Plan
    • Public Engagement
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    December 2025   Final Icon

    Final Transportation Plan 

Contacts

Project Manager

Paul Comery, Transportation Planner, pcomery@uoregon.edu

UO Project Team

Consultant Team

Kittelson & Associates 

  • Phill Worth, Principal Planner
  • Matt Kittelson, Associate Engineer
  • Katie Popp, Engineering Associate

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