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TransportationCommission | 2006-09-27 | 4 | Commissioner Krueger_wanted to know if A/C Transit could consider a way to allow transit access to be more efficient, since the current route has conflicts with vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Adding Target and the parking garage will increase the intensity of its use. Sean Diest Lorgion from A/C Transit said he would be interested in working with City staff and the developers on this. Staff Khan responded that he had talked with AC Transit and the developer. Shifting the center line is being considered to help the buses navigate the turn. Chair Knox White had questioned Mr. Erway to clarify his comment about the 2003 transportation study on his concerns that the existing numbers are not correct. Mr Erway said that there was no way to know if the existing numbers on the graph was correct. He compared the 2003 map along with the 2025 projected map. The projected numbers came up less than the 2003 numbers. It does not seem correct. Staff Garrison said that he would not expect traffic volumes to decrease over time, but that it is possible that the level of service could improve as a result of the mitigations. He said that actual traffic counts were done in 2005, and the numbers were lower than numbers from 2002. This was attributed to construction at the shopping center or a number of vacant retail stores. He also noted that the ITE trip generation numbers have been updated, based on real-world data, and the factors are now lower than what they had been. As a result, the 2003 traffic numbers almost certainly overestimated the traffic volumes. Staff Khan agreed with Staff Garrison. He noted that the 2025 map was a draft and was not intended to be posted on the web site. The map is being updated and should be finished in a couple of weeks. Commissioner Krueger noted that South Shore is more accessible to non-motor vehicle modes than many other shopping centers, and asked if this was accounted for in the trip generation rates. Staff Khan said that the 7th Edition of the ITE trip generation book takes into account some of the other factors that weren't in the 6th Edition. It does provide information on shopping centers that are in urban areas on transit and pedestrian access. This was used for the Towne Centre project, which was classified as an urban shopping center. Staff Garrison stated that the baseline traffic was measured on the street in 2005. If the numbers were lower than the 2002 numbers, the 2002 numbers were used. Chair Knox White asked if the EIR assumes any mitigations that were required by the Mitigated Negative Declaration in 2003 that have not been implemented yet. Transportation Commission Page 4 of 12 9/27/06 Meeting Minutes | TransportationCommission/2006-09-27.pdf |