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Plan Implementation, Monitoring, and Review -- Mode Split. Mode split is virtually impossible to measure in the field, except through extensive home interview and work place surveys. These data are available every decade from the U.S. Census and periodically from MTC. In between times, transit ridership should be monitored as a surrogate for mode split. The mode split goal of the TVTP can only be met if transit ridership increases annually. The transit operators routinely collect and report annual ridership. Average Vehicle Ridership. This TSO relates directly to commute trips. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has defined average vehicle ridership (AVR) and how it can be calculated. To calculate AVR, annual employee surveys, conducted by employers, will be necessary. In many places these are already being done, and due to air quality regulations, AVR will soon be annually reported by all employers with over 100 employees. All Tri-Valley jurisdictions have trip reduction ordinances, so AVR 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. AVR should be monitored by each jurisdiction through its trip reduction ordinance, or by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Development Applications 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 requirements. This will affect both environmental impact reports and general plan ~mendments. Transportation studies for development applications in the -- Tri-Valley area shall assume gateway constralnts described in this plan. The Contra Costa Transportation Authority should acknowledge the use of gateway constraints in their Technical Procedures Manual. - Environmental Impact Reports. These should be circulated to all jurisdictions that make up the TVTC, since most projects large enough to require an EIR will impact _ more than one jurisdiction. In addition to any other cumulative analysis, the cumula- tive analysis section of each EIR should consider the Expected Land Use and trans- portation 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 consistent. Transportation impacts should be stated in terms of whether or not the project would lead to a violation of Transpor- tation Service Objectives. Transportation mitigation measures 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 jurisdictions on their expected 2010 developments as of June 1994. Any general plan ~mendments 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 Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. 236 --