EXHIBIT R Page 114 <br />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.12 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. Censistent-wit ~his-appro eh; <br />14 The Transl?lan.Study_Are- -is area used.for transportat>on_moc ehng puzpo__ses fhe 296 50=0~ro4ected <br />populati li for this area includes the estimated 2015 populat>on of 286 000 for the UGB plus an additional 10,5...00 <br />proiectedopulat~on for the T~ansportatIon Analvsls Zones that extend bevon.the LJG <br />1 1 III-F-1 <br />L 191 Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 433 <br />