FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

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