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Gov. Brown Rides The Bus, Touts Transportation Funding In Eugene

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Oregon Governor Kate Brown rode a rapid transit bus from Springfield to Eugene Monday. She wants to build support for transportation funding in the state.

Brown took Lane Transit District’s EmX bus with officials from Eugene and Springfield. She says the rapid transit model will fit many communities in Oregon. Brown wants to invest in transportation in the next legislative session.

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Officials getting on the EmX.

“That will meet the needs of Oregon. Both our seismic retrofit needs as well as improving modernization and reducing congestion. Part of that piece is obviously figuring out what we need to do around transit.
Brown says there’s not yet a pricetag attached to a potential transportation package. Emx buses currently run through Eugene and Springfield with college students among the majority of riders.
LTD is building a 5 mile addition to its EmX system in West Eugene that’s expected to be complete in Fall 2017.
 

Rachael McDonald is KLCC’s former News Director. Rachael has a BA in English from the University of Oregon. She started out in public radio as a newsroom volunteer at KLCC in 2000. After reporting for the Northwest News Network and KAZU, Rachael returned to KLCC in 2007 as Morning Edition host and a general assignment reporter covering politics, the environment, education, and the arts. She was hired as KLCC News Director in 2018. Rachael departed KLCC in June, 2022.
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