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e In response to a question by Councilor Ehrman regarding the levels developed for walking and bicycling, Mr. McKinley explained that the trip making figure was a number from which the other modes were subtracted. He said the 1978 trip making rate was determined through surveys and national trends. He said the 1980 United States Census data on individual trips to employment was also used in developing the transportation figures. Councilor Ball, referring to a comment by Ms. Bascom, said he understood that the number of trips per individual would increase as those individuals had more time away from employment. Mr. McKinley said he had not read any data to validate that theory. Mr. Ball felt that the household rate and the three- tiered approach would be the most appropriate choices. Mr. Gleason said a tendency existed to describe the assumptions as more accurate than they were intended to be. He said staff would make projections based on assumptions validated by past experience. He cautioned against using the data ,as precise knowledge, stating that judgment by policy makers was still necessary. He said that little empirical observation was necessary to determine that the T-2000 Plan assumptions were overly generous. He said Ms. Bascom was correct in that an impact was made on bicycles within the transportation system. He said it was rational to choose a course, but he stressed that the City must still make a judgment on the meaning of the transit figures. Responding to a question by Councilor Schue on the time frame of the T-2000 Plan, Mr. McKinley said staff had erred in referencing 2000 in the document. e He said that staff was attempting to develop a transportation system which would serve the projected Metro Plan population of 293,700 residents whenever that level was reached. Councilor Ehrman said that many of the transportation figures were speculative. She said she liked the three-tiered transit approach because it provided flexibility to make adjustments as necessary. Regarding the trip making rate, she said she was unclear how a decrease in the size of households would increase the per capita rate. Mr. McKinley suggested that the number of trips might increase as the number of children in the household decreased, resulting in more leisure time; however, he also said that an increased number of children might necessitate a greater number of trips. Councilor Hansen, stating that the recommendations of the Eugene Planning Commission were similar to the recommendations of Lane County and Springfield regarding Transit and Trip-Making, suggested that it might be appropriate for the City to adopt the recommendations of the other two groups. He felt that it would be easier to study the entire metropolitan area if identical figures were used in the mOdeling. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to adopt the recommenda- tions of the Eugene Planning Commission regarding the T-2000 Plan Evaluation Report. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 24, 1984 Page 4