2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
100
percent
seated
capacity
on
BART,
Project
Site
development’s
contribution
to
cumulative
BART
ridership
under
enhanced
transit
conditions
would
represent
less
than
2
percent
of
the
cumulative
ridership
increase
3
.
Because
this
would
not
require
any
additional
trains,
as
this
increase
could
be
accommodated
within
current
service
levels,
there
would
be
no
resulting
operations
and
maintenance
costs
(associated
with
the
additional
trains).
The
marginal
cost
for
operations
is
negligible
with
a
2
percent
ridership
increase
as
a
result.
Therefore
the
increase
or
ridership
under
enhanced
transit
conditions
would
not
result
in
additional
operating
costs
for
Caltrain
or
BART
that
would
exceed
farebox
revenue
resulting
from
Baylands
Project
Site-generated
trips.
As
described
above
(Impact
4.N-7),
enhanced
transit
conditions
would
not
cause
Muni’s
capacity
threshold
of
85
percent
to
be
exceeded
on
any
of
the
four
Muni
screenlines.
Conclusion:
Enhanced
transit
for
the
Baylands
contains
additional
bus
transit
service
supplied
by
the
proposed
diversion
of
the
Muni
Geneva-Harney
BRT
Line
into
the
project’s
southeast
quadrant,
Muni
BBX,
SamTrans
120,
and
SamTrans
292X
routes.
The
increase
in
transit
that
is
proposed
as
part
of
Baylands
development
under
enhanced
transit
conditions
would
reduce
the
DSP’s
significant
unavoidable
impact
on
Muni
and
SamTrans
to
less-than-
significant.
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Transit
Impact:
Onsite
Demand
Enhancing
transit
conditions
would
reduce
the
significance
of
the
previously-
identified
Impact
4.N-9
(“Would
the
Project
cause
an
onsite
transit
demand
that
would
not
be
adequately
served
by
adjacent
transit
service
for
those
proposed
land
uses
that
would
be
located
more
than
one-third
mile
from
the
Caltrain
and
Muni
T
line
station(s)?)”
Due
to
provision
of
more
transit
service,
enhanced
transit
conditions
would
result
in
a
less-than-significant
impact,
compared
to
the
significant
and
unavoidable
impact
identified
in
the
Draft
EIR
for
the
DSP
scenario.
Enhancing
transit
for
the
Baylands
would
generate
a
substantial
increase
in
cumulative
transit
demand
on
Caltrain
and
the
Muni
T-line.
Proposed
land
uses
south
of
proposed
Geneva
Avenue
and
east
of
the
Caltrain
line
would
be
located
more
than
one-third
mile
from
those
station
locations,
with
some
proposed
land
uses
located
over
one
mile
from
those
stations.
The
transit
network
proposed
for
3
As
noted
in
Section
4.N.4,
a
two
percent
increase
in
ridership
and
resulting
in
increased
operating
costs
for
Caltrain
or
BART
that
would
exceed
farebox
revenue
resulting
from
Project
Site
development-generated
trips
is
the
criterion
used
to
determine
whether
a
significant
impact
would
result.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.15-32
May
2015