2.
Response
to
Comments
2.8
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Municipalities
Baylands.
Nonetheless,
Baylands
development
would
contribute
to
these
anticipated
delays.
Because
adverse
transit
delays
affecting
Muni
are
generated
by
adverse
traffic
congestion
to
which
Project
Site
development
has
a
considerable
contribution,
the
Draft
EIR
concluded
that
proposed
Baylands
development
would
have
significant
unavoidable
impacts
(Impacts
4.N-7
and
4.N-8).
Required
fair
share
contributions
for
capital
costs
(mitigation
Measure
4.N-7)
to
mitigate
transit
impacts
would
include
operational
infrastructure,
rolling
stock,
and
maintenance
facilities.
While
payment
of
such
mitigation
fees
is
common
for
projects
within
San
Francisco,
how
SFMTA
would
actually
use
such
funds
would
be
beyond
Brisbane’s
ability
to
control.
Therefore,
the
implementation
of
this
measure
is
uncertain,
and
the
impact
would
be
significant
and
unavoidable.
The
Geneva-Harney
BRT,
regardless
of
Caltrain
station
location,
would
not
be
affected
by
freeway
or
arterial
congestion
due
to
its
operation
on
a
separate
right-
of-way.
In
the
Baylands
portion
of
the
Geneva-Harney
BRT
alignment,
the
Geneva
Avenue
Extension
would
provide
exclusive
bus
lanes
compared
to
mixed-flow
traffic
on
Blanken
Avenue
and
possibly
on
Bayshore
Boulevard.
The
signal
timing
considered
in
Mitigation
Measures
4.N-1d
and
4.N-1e
considered
the
need
for
safe
pedestrian
and
bicycle
movement
at
intersections.
See
Response
UPC
for
discussion
of
methods
of
maximizing
transit
use.
The
discussion
of
existing
conditions
for
Caltrain
was
intended
to
provide
an
estimate
of
current
operations,
ridership,
and
capacity,
as
part
of
providing
an
understanding
of
existing
transportation
conditions
in
the
study
area.
The
Bayshore
Station
has
all-day
headways
of
one
train
per
hour
per
direction.
Since
service
is
hourly,
and
headways
do
not
change
throughout
the
day,
the
Draft
EIR
estimated
unused
capacity
as
a
daily
average,
based
on
the
local-only
schedule
at
the
station
and
February
2011
Caltrain
Annual
Passenger
Counts
The
exact
capacity
at
the
Bayshore
station
by
train
by
direction
can
be
found
in
February
2011
Caltrain
Annual
Passenger
Counts.
Figure
4.N-20
identifies
existing,
as
well
as
currently
planned
bicycle
facilities.
Figure
4.N-17
on
page
4.N-62
illustrates
the
bicycle
and
pedestrian
systems
proposed
as
part
of
Project
Site
development.
A
multi-use
Class
I
path,
separated
from
traffic
lanes,
is
proposed
along
the
Geneva
Avenue
extension.
Figure
4.N-17
clearly
indicates
proposed
pedestrian
facilities,
including
a
Class
I
multi-use
path,
sidewalks,
and
multi-use
trails.
A
detailed
listing
of
these
facilities
is
provided
in
Table
4.N-8
on
page
4.N-65
of
the
Draft
EIR.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.8.3-20
May
2015