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Tfl-Valley Transportation Plan/Adion Plan Update Average Vehicle Ridership. This TSO relates directly to commute trips. The Bay Area Air Qual- ity Management District has defined average vehicle ridership (A VR) and how it can be calculated. To calculate A YR, annual employee surveys, conducted by employers, will be necessary. In many places these are already being done. All rri-Valley jurisdictions have trip reduction ordinances, so A VI{ should be increasing in the future. Employers can take credit for shifting trips out of the peak hour, shorter work weeks, and telecommuting in addition to promoting ridesharing and transit usage. A VR should be monitored by each jurisdiction through its trip reduction ordinance. Development Applicotions Adoption of the Tri-Valley Transportation Plan will bring additions to the analysis required of new development and does not relieve the jurisdiction of meeting CEQA and CMA re- quirements. This will affect both environmental impact reports and general plan amend- ments. Transportation studies for development applications in the Tri-Valley area shall as- sume gateway constraints described in this plan. The Contra Costa Transportation Author- ity has incorporated the use of gateway constraints in their Technical Procedures. Environmentallmpad Reports. These should be circulated to all jurisdictions that make up the TVTe, since most projects large enough to require an EIR will impact more than one juris- diction. In addition to any other cumulative analysis, the cumulative analysis section of each EIR should consider the Expected Land Use and transportation scenario on which the TVTP is based. The CMAs are required to use ABAG projections. The Expected Land Use scenario is greater than ABAG so it is more conservative and should be considered consis. tent, Transportation impacts should be stated in terms of whether or not the project would lead to a violation of Transportation Service Objectives. Transportation mitigation meas- ures should be consistent with the TVTP network. General Plan Amendments. The 2010 expected land use and transportation network, which are incorporated into the TVTP, are based on information supplied by the TVTC member ju. risdictions on their expected 2010 developments as of June 1994. Any general plan amendments may affect either the adequacy of the planned network or the financing plan. Any jurisdiction considering a general plan amendment should evaluate its impact on the TVTP and demonstrate that the Transportation Service Objectives could still be met. If further transportation improvements are necessary beyond what are in the lVrP, the ju. risdiction should specify how they would be funded. The Action Plans for Routes of Regional Significance will be based upon adopted General Plan land uses, the existing road network, and planned improvements to the network. Con- sistency with the Action Plans must be established for any changes to the General Plan that may significantly reduce the ability of the facility to meet the Traffic Service Objectives. The Regional Committee will be responsible for establishing the type and size of amend- Page 70 18 April 2000 I