FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
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RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON THE DEIS<br />
B o u l d e r B a y C o m m u n i t y E n h a n c e m e n t P r o g r a m P r o j e c t E I S<br />
from the elements (including a bicycle station with an air compressor and secured<br />
parking);<br />
• Onsite Alternative-fuel car share service (up to four vehicles) for Boulder Bay<br />
guests and residents; and<br />
• Onsite bicycle-share service for Boulder Bay guests and residents, including some<br />
bicycles with “electric assist”.<br />
These measures will likely reduce private auto use and increase Alternative modes<br />
beyond the estimates made in the trip generation analysis (i.e. project trips could be<br />
less than estimated).<br />
Comment 286-ay: Comment Summary - Exhibit B from Susan Handy dated 29-Jan-10: Smart growth<br />
strategies are unlikely to succeed in reducing VMT in this rural environment,<br />
particularly with few services within walking distance.<br />
Please see response to comment 122-b.<br />
Comment 286-az: Comment Summary - Exhibit C from Joy Dahlgren dated 24-Jan-10: The internal<br />
capture rates for Alternatives A and C are applied to two different base trips.<br />
Please see response to comment 103-d.<br />
Comment 286-ba: Comment Summary - Exhibit C from Joy Dahlgren dated 24-Jan-10: The EIS does<br />
not give the interacting uses for all raw trips and does not explain why the total<br />
number of trips with interacting uses that might be subject to internal capture is<br />
different for each Alternative.<br />
Information on the interacting uses is provided in Appendix W of the DEIS. Master<br />
Response 3 provides additional clarification on internal and external Alternative<br />
mode trips including interacting uses. Please see response to comment 103-d.<br />
Comment 286-bb: Comment Summary - Exhibit C from Joy Dahlgren dated 24-Jan-10: Provide the<br />
base interacting uses numbers on which the internal capture numbers are based.<br />
Information on the interacting uses is provided in Appendix W of the DEIS. Master<br />
Response 3 provides additional clarification on internal and external Alternative<br />
mode trips including interacting uses.<br />
Comment 286-bc: Comment Summary - Exhibit C from Joy Dahlgren dated 24-Jan-10: Explain why all<br />
Alternative C raw trips have interacting uses subject to internal capture but only a<br />
third of the Alt. A raw trips and half of Alt E raw trips do.<br />
Please see responses to comments 100-e and 103-e.<br />
Comment 286-bd: Comment Summary - Exhibit C from Joy Dahlgren dated 24-Jan-10: Provide the<br />
base numbers of trips on which the "Alternate Mode Split" is based. It should not<br />
include internal trips.<br />
Please see response to comment 103-e.<br />
Comment 286-be: Comment Summary - Exhibit C from Joy Dahlgren dated 24-Jan-10: The Alternative<br />
Transportation Plan for Alts C and D contains conflicting claims on the reduction of<br />
daily trips on summer days.<br />
Daily trip reductions were calculated by determining the internal and external<br />
alternate mode rates, including on-site internal capture and off-site alternate modes,<br />
for each Alternative based on the specific type, size, and mix of the uses proposed.<br />
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