2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
allowable
standard
(LOS
C)
for
this
intersection
per
the
Brisbane
General
Plan
under
each
of
the
four
development
scenarios.
Therefore,
Project
Site
development
impacts
under
cumulative
traffic
conditions
would
be
significant
and
unavoidable.
The
impact
analysis
uses
quantitative
inputs
to
determine
the
intersection
delay
and
LOS.
As
stated
on
page
4.N-116,
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-3b
would
improve
intersection
operations
at
Old
County
Road/Bayshore
Boulevard
to
operate
at
LOS
C
during
the
AM
peak
hour,
but
would
operate
at
LOS
E
during
the
PM
peak
hour
under
each
of
the
four
development
scenarios.
By
improving
intersection
operations,
issues
of
traffic
backing
up
onto
the
Tunnel
Avenue
bridge
would
be
reduced.
As
stated
on
page
4.N-117,
the
“Project
Site
development
impacts
on
the
cumulative
traffic
conditions
at
the
intersection
of
Old
County
Road
&
Bayshore
Boulevard
would
be
significant
and
unavoidable
based
on
the
maximum
allowable
standard
(LOS
C)”
under
each
of
the
four
development
scenarios.
See
for
discussion
of
cumulative
impacts
in
relation
to
General
Plan
Policy
38.1.
While
congestion
along
Bayshore
Boulevard
at
analyzed
study
intersections
would
degrade
performance
of
public
transit,
the
operable
thresholds
for
analysis
under
CEQA
address
transit
capacity.
Transit
mixed-flow
operations
were
thus
not
evaluated
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Traffic
impacts
(which
are
inclusive
of
auto
and
transit
operations)
at
intersections
on
Bayshore
Boulevard
are
documented
in
the
Draft
EIR
under
Impact
4.N-1
(Existing
Plus
Project)
and
Impact
4.N-3
(Cumulative
With
Project).
As
described
under
Impact
4.N-1,
the
impact
of
Project
Site
development
at
the
intersection
cited
in
the
comment
would
be
less
than
significant.
As
described
under
Impact
4.N-3,
the
cumulative
impact
of
Project
Site
development
at
that
intersection
would
be
significant
and
unavoidable
because
no
feasible
measures
that
would
mitigate
the
impact
to
a
less
than
significant
level.
The
suitability
of
proposed
development
in
relation
to
its
contribution
to
unmitigable
traffic
impacts
will
be
considered
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review
for
the
Baylands.
Trips
generated
by
reasonably
foreseeable
future
projects
are
included
in
the
analysis
of
cumulative
conditions.
See
for
information
on
projects
included
in
the
cumulative
analysis
and
cumulative
conditions.
Discussion
of
the
potential
for
widening
of
Bayshore
Boulevard
is
not
a
proposal,
and
is
not
programmed
or
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-194
May
2015