2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
2.4.28
Master
Response
28,
Traffic
and
Circulation:
Location
of
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
Assumed
in
the
Draft
EIR
Comments
Several
comments
questioned
the
location
assumed
for
the
Bayshore
Intermodal
Station
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Response
Ongoing
discussion
and
study
related
to
the
ultimate
location
of
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
are
currently
being
conducted
by
agencies
and
jurisdictions
in
San
Mateo
and
San
Francisco
counties.
The
Draft
EIR
made
a
reasonable
assumption
for
its
location
based
on
the
best
available
information
at
the
time
of
publication.
The
location
of
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
assumed
in
the
Draft
EIR
was
based
on
the
results
of
bi-county
transportation
planning
efforts
undertaken
jointly
by
the
City
and
County
of
San
Francisco,
San
Mateo
County,
and
the
cities
of
Brisbane
and
Daly
City.
In
addition,
the
2012
Bayshore
Intermodal
Access
Study,
published
by
the
San
Francisco
County
Transportation
Authority
(SFCTA),
recommended
two
station
alternatives
to
advance
forward
in
subsequent
planning
and
design
work.
The
study
was
a
“cross
-jurisdictional,
consensus-building
effort
to
incorporate
technical
analysis
and
stakeholder
input
toward
producing
a
common
vision
for
how
best
to
make
the
transformation
from
its
current
low-key
incarnation
into
a
busy,
vibrant
regional
hub.”
On
page
4.N
-46
of
the
Draft
EIR,
the
following
two
station
alternatives
recommended
by
the
SFCTA
study
are
described
under
future
transit
improvements:
Alternative
1:
Move
Caltrain
platform
150
feet
south,
with
elevated
Bus
Rapid
Transit
(BRT)
via
Beatty
Avenue
to
accommodate
intermodal
transfers.
Alternative
2:
Move
Caltrain
platform
300
feet
south,
with
elevated
BRT
via
the
proposed
Geneva
Avenue
overpass.
The
intent
of
including
Bayshore
Intermodal
Station
improvements
in
cumulative
(year
2030)
baseline
conditions
was
to
provide
consistency
with
published
studies
that
recommended
new
intermodal
transit
connections
and
passenger
access
to
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
that
would
promote
strong
multimodal
access
to
the
station.
Relocation
of
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
is
not
a
Project
Site
development
feature.
The
exact
location,
whether
it
remains
in
its
existing
location
or
is
moved
south
(based
on
design
options
carried
forward
in
the
Bayshore
Intermodal
Station
Study),
would
not
change
the
transportation
impact
assessment
of
Project
Site
development.
This
is
because:
Existing
models
for
determining
mode
splits
are
not
fine
grained
enough
to
detect
meaningful
differences
in
transit
usage
related
to
minor
changes
in
the
location
of
a
transit
station
(such
as
a
150-300
foot
change);
BRT
service
would
tie
into
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
wherever
it
is
relocated;
and
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-76
May
2015