I'll be gobsmacked! I drive into Eugene once a week or more for errands, but I also drive people to appointments. At the legal speed I drive, it's about 25 minutes each way from Lorane. I think LTD should have a regular loop to Veneta, south on Territorial to Eugene, East on CG-Lorane to Cottage Grove, North on I-5 to Creswell and the downtown Eugene hub, and repeat.  A lot of people in Lorane get out of the valley maybe four times a year. The buses I see in West Eugene are nearly packed.

I have an old pickup for hauling materials including firewood. I put about ten thousand miles a year on my older Acura coupe on interstate trips, mostly to visit family. It gets 33 mpg on the interstate.

I've lived all over the US. It rains a lot in Oregon, but very seldom does it drench you as in the Midwest, East Coast and especially the South. The carless in West Eugene are well served by LTD, and use it a lot.