January Bus Talk - Lane Transit District

LTD Customer
Service Center
You have access to LTD’s experts at
our Customer Service Center located
at the Eugene Station.
LTD’s Customer Service Representatives
are available in person or via phone.
BUS
TALK
JANUARY
2015
Business Commute “MINI” Challenge
Issue 336
Prizes include an overnight stay in a Deluxe
King Suite at the Inn at the 5th, a gift basket
from Mountain Rose Herbs, a Planktown gift
card, and more!
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10 -16 Commute
Join the
Business
Monday – Friday
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
541-687-5555 (7-1-1 TTY)
sign
up today ➜ commutechallenge.org
Challenge
“Mini” Challenge
January 20-22, 2015.
Be sure to stop by our “Mini” Warming Hut
for coffee, treats, and fun prizes.
on
Time to shake up your commute and bike,
bus, telework, or carpool to work. Back
by popular demand, Point2point, a part of
LTD, is hosting the third annual BCC
“Mini” Challenge.
SERVICES OFFERED INCLUDE
• Route and schedule information
• Bus pass, gift certificates, mail-order forms
• Customer waiting area
• ATM
• Park & Ride Information
• Lost and found
• Braille, audio tapes, and large-format printed materials
It’s TOO EASY! Participants report
their commute for one or more days at
commutechallenge.org on January 22
and are entered into a prize drawing.
The more you commute, the more chances
you have to win.
The Customer Service Center is closed on
weekends, but the Eugene Station lobby
remains open from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
holiday Service
BCC WARMING HUT DETAILS
Wednesday, January 21
The Barn Light
924 Willamette Street
Eugene, OR
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
The BCC encourages people to use
alternative modes of transportation (other
than driving alone) for their commute.
For more information,
visit commutechallenge.org,
or call Cammie at 541-682-6206.
Winter service Changes
Each winter, LTD makes route
and schedule adjustments to
improve service.
Lane Transit District
will operate regular service on
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Monday, January 19, 2015
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These adjustments reflect suggestions
from customers and employees, and makes
corrections to the Rider’s Digest. Below is
a brief summary of the routes and service
adjustments for winter that become
effective on Sunday, February 1, 2015.
More details can be found at ltd.org.
beginning on Monday, January 26, and
a Rider’s Digest Winter Update will be
available in limited quantities.
EMX
Weekday/Saturday
36 WEST 18TH
Weekday
40 ECHO HOLLOW
Weekday/Saturday/Sunday
43 WEST 11TH/BARGER
Weekday/Saturday
55 RIVER ROAD CONNECTOR
Weekday
66 VRC/COBURG ROAD
Weekday
67 COBURG ROAD/VRC
Saturday
95 JUNCTION CITY
Weekday/Saturday
Duck basketball
west eugene Emx update
Good Earth Home Show
Come visit us at
the 10th Annual
Good Earth
Home, Garden,
& Living Show.
Ride the First Student Shuttle or
EmX to the Arena and get dropped off
close to the entrance!
UO has partnered with First Student this
year to provide shuttle service for all men’s
basketball games at Knight Arena. Leave
your car at one of these locations to catch
a shuttle: LTD Springfield Station, 10th
between Willamette & Oak, and Autzen.
Shuttles will begin service 90 minutes prior
to the start of the games and conclude
pickup service at the start of the event. The
return service will depart 15 minutes post
event. Cost is $4 Round Trip, cash only,
or use any valid LTD fare instrument. For
more information about the shuttle service,
contact First Student at 541-688-0454.
For EmX info to the Arena, visit ltd.org.
More than 225 exhibits and 60 seminars!
Two acres packed full of earth-friendly,
exciting, and informative exhibits of
sustainable style.
GOOD EARTH HOME SHOW DETAILS
January 23-25, 2015
Friday 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lane Events Center, Fairgrounds
13th & Jefferson, Eugene, Oregon
Free admission with canned food donations
to support FOOD For Lane County.
JANUARY HOME GAME SCHEDULE
Thu Jan 8
7:30 p.m.
Arizona
Sat Jan 10
2:00 p.m.
Arizona State
Thu Jan 22
8:00 p.m. USC
Sat Jan 24
1:00 p.m.
UCLA
Do you have UO Men’s Basketball
tickets you can’t use? Donate them to
deserving kids!
LTD and Cumulus Broadcasting will find
Lane County kids who are winning in the
classroom and hook them up with tickets.
Or you can nominate deserving Lane
County youth to receive the tickets with the
student’s name, grade, school, and a brief
description of why they should go to the
game. They may win tickets!
To donate your tickets, or nominate a
student, email [email protected]
or call 541-284-8527.
LTD is entering the construction phase
for the West Eugene EmX project.
LTD and Friends of Trees volunteers
planted more than 50 new street trees.
LTD is entering the construction phase
for the West Eugene EmX project.
Preparation will ramp up during winter
and road construction will begin in spring.
This approach will condense road work in
drier months and minimize costs. Utility
relocation will continue and crews will
remove trees where the roadways will
be widened. As winter weather allows,
crews will begin modernizing hundreds of
sidewalk curb ramps along the route.
The December 6 event was part of the
West Eugene EmX landscape plan that will
plant more trees than are removed for road
widening. This will increase the number of
trees along the West Eugene EmX corridor,
offer greater diversity, and give the trees
more room to grow in better soil conditions.
The event took place near West 6th and 7th
Avenues between Chambers and Lincoln
Streets in Eugene. Participants included
residents from the Jefferson Westside and
Whiteaker neighborhoods, City of Eugene
employees, LTD board members and staff,
and other Friends of Trees supporters.
LTD anticipates the West Eugene EmX
corridor will open to the public in 2017,
extending fast and frequent EmX
service from downtown Eugene to west
Eugene, and connecting with the EmX
service to downtown Springfield and the
Gateway area.
For more information, visit weemx.ltd.org.
We invite you to contact Friends of Trees at
541-632-3683 or go to friendsoftrees.org
to join in their other planting events.
2015 ROUTE REVIEW
We want YOUR input!
LTD is evaluating all routes for possible
service adjustments for implementation in
Fall 2015, and we want to hear from you.
Send us your ideas for route modifications
by e-mailing [email protected], calling
541-682-6100, or coming to see us at the
Good Earth Home and Garden Show.
We are scheduling many other outreach
activities during the next three months,
so stay tuned!