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close proximity to transit. The Hacienda Owners Association funded a literature review in 2004 to summarize these various studies and the review found that between 20 and 40 percent fewer trips have been recorded at locations where development occurred next to transit. As indicated in the supplemental traffic report, the lower end of the trip reduction was used to account for the two projects proximity to the East Dublin/Pleasanton Bart station and LAVTA bus system; which reduced the trips by 20%; 214 trips in the AM peak and 270 trips in the PM peak. The proposed projects also include roadway changes to Owens Drive, Willow Road and Gibraltar Drive. The travel lanes for these three streets are replaced by a combination of parking lanes, frontage roads, bike lanes and sidewalks. The lane reductions, however, do impact the traffic signal operation at the signalized intersections by increasing the queue lengths. The intersection of Willow Road at Gibraltar Drive is designed to have permissive left turns (left turn vehicles must yield to oncoming traffic and wait for gaps in traffic to make their left turn). With the reduction of travel lanes on Willow Road, all northbound and southbound through movements will occur in a single lane. This increases the line of vehicles crossing the roadway and reduces the number of available gaps in traffic for the opposing left turn. The traffic volumes at this location do not suggest that a protected left turn is necessary, but the project provide left turn pockets on Willow Road to allow for the left turn vehicles to wait for a gap in traffic outside of the through traffic stream. In order to develop both sites, the following roadway/circulation changes are required: Owens Drive between Willow Road and the BART traffic signal will be reduced from a six-lane roadway to a two-lane roadway, one lane in each direction, with a frontage road on both sides, and diagonal parking on the south side of Owens Drive. As stated in the Roadway Changes section of this report, the applicant will only be responsible for the eastbound changes to Owens Drive. Willow Road between Owens Drive and Gibraltar Drive will be reduced from a four-lane roadway to a two-lane roadway with parallel parking on the west side of Site 1. Gibraltar Drive between Hacienda Drive and Willow Road will be reduced from a four-lane roadway to a two-lane roadway with diagonal parking on the north side of Gibraltar Drive along the frontage of Site 2. Staff has included conditions of approval to address the roadway and signal changes/improvements for the two projects (Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2, Traffic Division section). Parking The TOD Standards established minimum parking requirements for the two sites. Those requirements are as follows: Residential - 1.5 spaces per unit Live/Work - 2 spaces per unit Visitor Parking - 1 space per every 10 units Non-Residential Uses— 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet Site 1: With 251 residential units, four live/work units, 255 total units that require visitor parking (251 residential plus four live/work units), and 5,700 square-feet of retail/commercial space, PUD-85-08-12D, PUD-81-30-86D, and P11-0856 Planning Commission 16of25