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City staff preview CFEC scenario performance measures; council questions local burden and measurability
Summary
City planners and contractors presented draft performance measures to implement the 2015 central-lane scenario under the Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities rule; councilors pressed for clarity on Springfield's responsibilities, staff capacity, measurability of metrics, and concerns about transit staffing and equity reporting.
City staff and the Parametrix consultant presented a draft set of performance measures required by the Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) regulations to refresh the 2015 central-lane scenario and set local targets.
Andrew Larson, senior transportation planner, said the Eugene-Springfield region must adopt performance measures and targets that track progress toward regional greenhouse gas-reduction goals. Consultant Bridal Farncomb (Parametrix) outlined about nine to ten draft measures, including transit revenue hours per person, transit-stop pedestrian connectivity (can people safely walk to stops), mode share (share of trips by car, bike, transit), and active-transportation network completeness; he said the team will apply an equity lens to measures that track outcomes in underserved communities and will develop local targets through 2050.
"We're developing performance measures and targets," the presenter said as part of an overview of the scope and reporting schedule; he explained that jurisdictions will report on progress in the years aligned with the regional transportation plan (about every four years) and will provide minor interim reports in intervening years.
Councilors asked several practical questions: what Springfield is specifically responsible for vs. the regional body, how much staff time will be required, and whether measures that count facility miles adequately reflect actual use. One councilor cautioned that transit service expansion is constrained by driver shortages and warned the city should not be judged by metrics it cannot implement alone. Another councilor criticized the program as overly prescriptive and questioned whether some measures would simply reward building infrastructure that is unused.
Larson and the consultant said the measures are intentionally aligned with work jurisdictions already do, that modeling will apportion responsibilities across jurisdictions, and that staff will aim to keep requests for local reporting manageable.
Next steps: the project team will complete draft targets, refine measures with jurisdictional staff and the Metropolitan Policy Committee, and return with a recommended implementation chapter in early 2025. Council requested clearer statements of Springfield's obligations and simplified, actionable measures where possible.
