2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
In
the
Draft
EIR,
the
majority
of
transit
service
for
the
four
development
scenarios
would
be
concentrated
in
the
northwest
quadrant
of
the
Baylands.
Providing
enhanced
transit
builds
upon
the
improvements
described
in
the
Draft
EIR
by
developing
an
enhanced
transit
network
that
is
specifically
designed
to
provide
greater
transit
mobility,
accessibility,
and
connectivity
to
the
entirety
of
the
Baylands
Project
Site
than
was
assumed
in
Draft
EIR
and
thereby
result
in
a
higher
transit
mode
share
for
both
work
and
non-work
trips.
Response
UPC
includes
analysis
of
transit
and
auto
impacts
only.
The
enhanced
transit
improvements
would
not
have
an
effect
on
pedestrian
or
bicycle
access,
construction,
congestion
management
program,
air
traffic
patterns,
hazards,
emergency
access,
or
truck
loading.
The
transit
and
automobile
traffic
implications
of
enhanced
transit
improvements
are
assessed
below
for
the
weekday
AM
and
PM
commute
periods
for
cumulative
conditions.
The
structure
of
the
enhanced
transit
analysis
is
as
follows:
Description
of
the
enhanced
transit
improvements.
Explanation
of
the
assumptions
used
to
determine
travel
demand
with
enhanced
transit
and
the
transit
capacity
utilization
methodology
used.
Discussion
of
the
effects
of
an
enhanced
transit
network
on
transit
usage
and
traffic
congestion.
While
transit
usage
would
increase
under
the
ET
scenario,
implementation
of
enhanced
transit
would
not
reduce
two
of
the
DSP
scenario’s
six
significant
unavoidable
traffic
impacts
(Impacts
4.N-3
and
4.N-4)
identified
in
the
Draft
EIR
to
less
than
significant
levels.
Because
capacity
would
expand
at
a
greater
rate
than
ridership
growth
in
the
DSP
scenario,
provision
of
enhanced
transit
improvements
would
result
in
the
reduction
of
three
significant
and
unavoidable
DSP
scenario
transit
impacts
to
less-than-significant
(Impacts
4.N-7,
4.N-8,
and
4.N-9).
Transit
Impact
4.N-6
would
remain
less-than-significant
with
enhanced
transit,
which
is
the
same
finding
as
in
the
Draft
EIR
for
the
DSP
scenario.
However,
because
the
enhanced
transit
improvements
assumed
in
the
enhanced
transit
analysis
below
are
not
currently
proposed
by
area
transit
agencies,
these
potential
improvements
were
not
included
in
the
Draft
EIR
as
feasible
mitigation
measures.
Description
of
the
Enhanced
Transit
System
The
transportation
improvements
described
in
the
Draft
EIR
for
the
DSP
development
scenario
were
included
in
the
proposed
February
2011
Draft
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
(“Specific
Plan”)
prepared
by
the
applicant
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios.
The
enhanced
transit
analysis
undertaken
in
Response
UPC
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.15-3
May
2015