Lane Transit District

Lane Transit District
	Located downtown, Eugene Station is a main hub for LTD buses.
Founded	1970
Headquarters	3500 East 17th Avenue, Eugene
Service area	Lane County, Oregon
Service type	bus service, bus rapid transit, guided bus, paratransit
Routes	30 Regular bus routes and two bus rapid transit line
Stations	10
Fleet	117 (FY 2011-2012)
Daily ridership	30,000 to 45,000[1]
Fuel type	Diesel, Diesel/Hybrid, Electric
Chief executive	Aurora "A.J." Jackson (General Manager)
Website	LTD.org

The Lane Transit District (LTD) is a public agency that provides public transportation in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The transit district serves the Eugene and Springfield metropolitan areas, including the neighboring cities of Coburg, Junction City, Creswell, Cottage Grove, Veneta, and Lowell. LTD began service in 1970 with 18 buses and two vans, and today carries roughly 10.5 million customers annually with a fleet of 111 buses.[2] Many of LTD's riders are students; University of Oregon and Lane Community College students ride by simply showing their student I.D.[3][4] Student fees subsidize both programs, as well as limited late-night service until about 1 a.m.[5]

A board of directors, whose members are appointed by the Governor of Oregon, governs LTD. A combination of passenger fares, payroll taxes, and state and federal money fund the system.

According to LTD's Website,[6] LTD operates 111 buses, which includes both standard and low-floor buses, in length of 30-foot, 40-foot, and 60-foot (articulated buses[7]) for regular services. Among those 111 vehicles, 11 of those are the 60-foot BRT vehicles used for EmX service. All LTD buses are wheelchair-accessible,[8] since 1985.[9] The district currently operates 45 hybrid-electric buses.

Climate Policy and Fleet Electrification

In March of 2020, LTD passed its first-ever board-level climate policy, with a commitment to reduce emissions from the fleet by 75% by 2030 and by 100% by 2035. Additionally, the policy calls for working with local jurisdictions to create joint goals related to the intersection of transportation and land use.[10]

The agency took delivery of the first of eleven electric buses from New Flyer in December 2020, with the remainder scheduled to arrive in the first half of 2021.[11]

EmX (Bus Rapid Transit in Eugene)

In addition to the fixed bus routes, LTD operates a bus rapid transit line from downtown Eugene to the Gateway area in north Springfield, via downtown Springfield. The BRT line, named the Emerald Express (EmX), began operations in January 2007. The first corridor connects downtown Eugene to downtown Springfield and runs primarily along Franklin Boulevard. A second EmX corridor, the Gateway EmX extension, began service in January 2011. The Gateway EmX extension connects downtown Springfield and the Gateway area in north Springfield. LTD chose bus rapid transit after a review process during which several transportation options, including light rail, were considered. It concluded that this was the best option for Eugene-Springfield's size and current transportation needs.

The West Eugene Extension is a 17-station extension of the existing EmX service west from its existing terminus at Eugene Station in downtown Eugene. The extension opened on September 17, 2017.[12][13] The addition added 4.4 miles to EmX's current line, while also adding a new bike lane, two new bike and pedestrian bridges, and 4.7 miles of new, wider sidewalks installed along West 6th, 7th, and 11th Avenues.[14]

Route list

(Information as of February 2012)

Number	Name	From	To	Intermediate stops/Via	Notes
EmX	Bus Rapid Transit	Eugene Station	Gateway Station	Springfield Station, Sacred Heart Hospital at RiverBend	Alternate clockwise and counter-clockwise loopings in Gateway/RiverBend area
1	Campbell Center	Eugene Station	Campbell Senior Center (2nd & Mill)		Loop (Circular) (formerly named 1 Market District)
11	Thurston	Springfield Station	Thurston Station	Thurston Road	Springfield Station > Thurston Station > Thurston Road (between 58th and 69th avenues) > Thurston Station > Springfield Station
12	Gateway	Eugene Station	Gateway Loop	Gateway Station	Loop (Circular)
13	Centennial	Eugene Station	Olympic & 21st (WinCo), Springfield	MLK JR Blvd., Autzen Stadium, Chase Village	Loop (Circular)
17	5th Street/Hayden Bridge	Springfield Station	Mohawk Market Place	Hayden Bridge Road	Loop (Circular)
18	Mohawk	Springfield Station	Mohawk Market Place (19th at Marcola)	G Street, McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, Olympic, Marcola Road	Loop (Circular)
24	Donald	Eugene Station	Donald at Fox Hollow	Willamette Street, Donald Street, South Eugene High School	Loop (Circular)
27	Fairmount	Eugene Station	Orchard & Franklin	South Eugene High School, Agate Street,	Loop (Circular) at Augusta & 26th Weekdays only Not in service due to COVID-19
28	Hilyard	Eugene Station	West Amazon & Martin	University of Oregon, South Eugene High School	Loop (Circular)
33	Jefferson	Eugene Station	28th Avenue	Jefferson Street	Mondays to Saturdays only Not in service due to COVID-19
36	West 18th Ave	Eugene Station	West 11th & Terry	West 18th, Bertelsen, West 11th
40	Echo Hollow	Eugene Station	Wagner & Cubit (WinCo)	Eugene Amtrak station, West 5th, West 2nd, Four Corners, Willamette High School	Loop (Circular)
41	Barger/Commerce	Eugene Station	Terry at Barger	Highway 99, Barger, Seneca Station	Rerouted in September 2017 so that it was no longer a loop; 41 Barger/West 11th Ave and 43 West 11th Ave/Barger renamed 41 Barger/Commerce; EmX line extension replaced service on West 11th west of Garfield and on 7th/6th east of Garfield; formerly named 41 Barger and 43 West 11th
51	Santa Clara	Eugene Station	Wilkes at River Road	River Road Station, River Road	Loop
52	Irving	Eugene Station	Irvington at Willowbrook	River Road, River Road Station, Irving	Loop
55	River Rd Connector	River Road Station	Park at River Road	Emerald Park	Loop (Circular) Weekdays only Not in service due to COVID-19
66	VRC/Coburg Rd	Eugene Station	Delta Oaks Shopping Center	Country Club Road, Valley River Center (VRC), Goodpasture Island Road, Coburg Road, Sheldon Plaza, Oakway Center	Loop (Circular) One-way, clockwise loop from Eugene Center
67	Coburg Rd/VRC	Eugene Station	Delta Oaks Shopping Center	Country Club Road, Valley River Center (VRC), Goodpasture Island Road, Coburg Road, Sheldon Plaza, Oakway Center	Loop (Circular) One-way, counter-clockwise loop from Eugene Center
73	UO/Willamette	University of Oregon (South)	Donald at Fox Hollow	Amazon Station	Loop (Circular) Weekdays only Not in service due to COVID-19
78	UO/Seneca Station	University of Oregon (South)	Seneca Station	West 18th, Bailey Hill, Oakpatch	Weekdays only Does not operate during U of Oregon summber break (renamed from UO/Oak Patch [before September 2010]) Not in service due to COVID-19
79X	UO/Kinsrow	University of Oregon	Kinsrow	MLK Jr Blvd. EXPRESS SERVICE (no stops) between MLK Blvd. at Kinsrow and UO Station.	Loop (Circular) Loop at Commons and Garden Way Operates til 2am, Does not operate when UO is not in session and during UO Spring and Summer breaks. Mondays to Saturdays only
81	LCC/Harris	University of Oregon Eugene Station (Weekdays evenings only)	Lane Community College (LCC)		Mondays to Saturdays only No service during LCC Summer breaks
82	LCC/Pearl	Eugene Station	Lane Community College (LCC)	Amazon Station	Loop (Circular) Weekdays only Not in service due to COVID-19
85	LCC/Springfield	Springfield Station	Lane Community College (LCC)		Weekdays only Not in service due to COVID-19
91	McKenzie Bridge	Eugene Station	McKenzie Bridge Ranger Station	Thurston Station, Highway 126
92	Lowell/LCC	Eugene Station	Lowell (Lowell Park Marina)	Lane Community College (LCC), Highway 58	Weekdays only
93	Veneta	Eugene Station	West Lane Shopping Center, Veneta	Seneca Station, Highway 126	Mondays to Saturdays only; rerouted to replace Route 32 in September 2017; service on West 11th replaced by the EmX line extension
95	Junction City	Eugene Station	Junction City	Highway 99N	Loop (Circular) Mondays to Saturdays only
96	Coburg	Eugene Station	Willamette at Dixon, Coburg	Coburg Road	Loop (Circular) Weekdays only
98	Cottage Grove	Eugene Station	LCC Cottage Grove Campus	Lane Community College (LCC) Main Campus, Creswell	Loop (Circular) Buses travel to LCC Main Campus on weekdays only

Former Routes

Number	Name	From	To	Intermediate stops/Via	Notes
0[15]	Breeze
2	UO
3X	River Rd Express
4X	Willow Creek Express
5X	Willow Creek Express
7X	International Way Express
8X	Thurston Express
9	VRC/Gateway
10	Gateway/VRC
14	Fairview
15	42nd/Jasper Rd
17	Pioneer Plaza
19	Fairview	Springfield Station	Centennial & Rainbow, Springfield		Loop (Circular) Weekdays only (discontinued in 2014)
22	Crest Drive
23	Fox Hollow
24s	Donald
25	Amazon
26C	Willamette
29	Laurel Hill
30	Bertelsen
32	West 1st Ave	Eugene Station	West 6th & Bertelsen	Seneca Station	Peak hour one-direction only Weekdays only (replaced by realigned Route 93 in September 2017)
34	UO/Bailey Hill
35	UO/City View
37	UO/West Eugene
38/39	Bailey Hill/City View Loop
42	West 8th Ave
43	West 11th Ave/Barger	Eugene Station	Terry at Barger	Seneca Station, West 11th, Barger, Highway 99, West 8th	Loop (Circular) One-way, clockwise loop from Eugene Station to West Eugene; formerly named 43 West 11th Ave
50	Park
52x	Irving Express
60	VRC/Oakway
60	Cal Young
61	Oakway/VRC
62	VRC/Goodpasture
62	VRC/Oakway Center
64	VRC
64	Sheldon Plaza/Gateway
65	Gateway/Sheldon Plaza
65s	Gateway/Chad
68C	Chad Dr
75x	Sacred Heart
76	Mac Court
76	UO/Warren	University of Oregon	Warren at Wilshire	Eugene Station, West 11th, Oakpatch	Loop (Circular) Weekdays only (renamed from UO/Bailey Hill [September 2010], UO/Westmoreland [before September 2010]; replaced by EmX and Route 78 in September 2017)
77	UO/Seneca Station
77	UO/Eugene Station
78	UO/Oakpatch
79	UO/Gateway
83	LCC/Willow Creek
95x	Junction City Express
96x	Coburg Express

Photos

2015 New Flyer XDE60 EmX bus

References

Lane Transit District, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, June 30, 2012 and 2011, p. 75
"History of LTD". LTD. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
"ASUO Student Fees". ASUO. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
"Lane Community College Bus Pass". LCC. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
Malkin, Whitney (December 9, 2008). "Late-night bus to cater to UO Students". The Register Guard. p. C1. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
"LTD 2012-13 Budget" (PDF). LTD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
"Articulated Bus Information". LTD. 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
"People with limited mobility". LTD. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
"Search > Lane Transit District".
"Sustainability at LTD".
"First New Flyer Electric Bus Arrives". December 16, 2020.
"EmX Service Begins in west Eugene" (Press release). Lane Transit District. September 17, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
Glucklich, Elon (September 17, 2017). "LTD delivers hustle to streets of bustle". The Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
"Bike and Pedestrian Improvements". LTD. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
(PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20030606132558/http://ltd.org/site_files/routes/tt_pdf/00breeze.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-06-06. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[1] Lane Transit District, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, June 30, 2012 and 2011, p. 75

[2] "History of LTD". LTD. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[3] "ASUO Student Fees". ASUO. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[4] "Lane Community College Bus Pass". LCC. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[late-night_bus-5] Malkin, Whitney (December 9, 2008). "Late-night bus to cater to UO Students". The Register Guard. p. C1. Retrieved January 15, 2012.

[6] "LTD 2012-13 Budget" (PDF). LTD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[articulated_info-7] "Articulated Bus Information". LTD. 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2012.

[People_with_limited_mobility-8] "People with limited mobility". LTD. Retrieved January 15, 2012.

[9] "Search > Lane Transit District".

[10] "Sustainability at LTD".

[11] "First New Flyer Electric Bus Arrives". December 16, 2020.

[12] "EmX Service Begins in west Eugene" (Press release). Lane Transit District. September 17, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

[13] Glucklich, Elon (September 17, 2017). "LTD delivers hustle to streets of bustle". The Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[14] "Bike and Pedestrian Improvements". LTD. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[15] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20030606132558/http://ltd.org/site_files/routes/tt_pdf/00breeze.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-06-06. Missing or empty |title= (help)