F. Transportation Element <br />The Transportation Element addresses surface and air transportation in the metropolitan area. <br />The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation.Plan (TransPlan) provides the basis <br />for the surface transportation portions of this element and the Eugene Airport Master Plan <br />provides the basis for the air transportation portions. <br />TransPlan guides regional transportation system planning in the metropolitan area for a 20-year <br />period and. serves the transportation planning needs of the projected population of 296,500 in the <br />TransPlan Study Area, L2 TransPlan establishes the framework upon which all public agencies <br />can make consistent and coordinated transportation planning decisions. Goals and policies in <br />TransPlan are contained in this Transportation Element and are part of the adopted Metro Plan. <br />TransPlan project lists and project maps are also adopted as part of the Metro Plan. <br />This element complies with Statewide Planning Goal 12: Transportation, "To provide and <br />encourage a safe, convenient, and economic transportation system." Three types of <br />transportation planning strategies are reflected in the goals and policies in this element: <br />transportation demand management (TDM), land use, and system improvements. TDM <br />strategies focus on reducing demands placed on the transportation system, and thus system costs, <br />by providing incentives to redistribute or eliminate vehicle trips and by encouraging alternative <br />modes. Land use strategies focus on encouraging development patterns that reduce the need for <br />automobiles, reduce trip lengths, and support the use of alternative modes. System <br />improvements focus on increasing efficiency and adding capacity or new facilities to the existing <br />highway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian systems. <br />Together, these strategies form a balanced policy framework for meeting local and state <br />transportation goals to: increase urban public transit rider-ship; reduce reliance on the <br />automobile; substitute automobile trips with alternative modes, such as. walking and biking; and <br />reduce automobile energy consumption and transportation costs. Ge+-is-istentith this tppraaeh; <br />the pellieie rsrm4h4-r`~Ic. e si"'.nA are .'se`en ed k the following eytege.ian. <br />4-.--L-anEI-4Ss <br />2, TFans. t-atten Den3a <br />3. T l4atioff Sysscerzx-rcxz~"rf''ri=9-Vefflent-s <br />a)-ateid <br />b) p e "ay~5 <br />Visit <br />d) Dieyele <br />g-) 004e+ Modes <br />4-. -Fi sc nc-e <br />14 The TransPlan Study Area is an area used for transportation modeling purposes. The 296,500 projected <br />population for ibis area includes the estimated 2015 o illation of 286,000 for the UG13 his an additional 10,500 <br />projected population for the Transportation Analysis Zones that extend beyond the UQTB. <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) TTT_U--l Page 213 <br />