I'm not a fan of EMX. The downtown station to UO is heavily used, the rest not so much(my observation anyway). If federal money hadn't been so generous it never would have been built and I think no great loss to the area if that had occurred. 
EMX isn't the only infrastructure that can be built. I'd like to have seen a feasibility study done on a route(not EMX) that would connect West Eugene to Springfield Gateway area via the Beltline(and maybe even a complete loop to the Eugene Station via Delta Hwy/105) . To my knowledge that hasn't been done. This would could require some station building to made it work. The (unfortunate )planned move of the River Ave station to Hunsaker makes this a less desirable option than it would otherwise have been, but doesn't rule it out entirely. Another option is to heavily push and provide for van pooling/ride sharing. 

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