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e e e systems development charges to help pay for costs associated with providing public transportation and asked whether LTD has looked into this. Ms. Loobey responded that this has not yet been considered. Mr. Gleason stressed that if this community focused on a 10-percent modal split and worked hard to achieve it, it could make significant progress. He noted that although the transportation plan assumes the modal split will be achieved, this is rarely the case. An integrated transportation strategy is required to achieve Clean Air Act standards with the modal split as its key component. Mr. Boles asked whether achievement of the 10-percent modal split goal would insure adequate air quality. Don Arkell, director of LRAPA, said that alternative mode programs are consistent with good air-quality practices. He added that the Clean Air Act stipulates that Federal funding will be severely restricted to cities that fail to meet Federal air-quality standards. Those present generated a list of topics for important future consideration. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) Consistency in code requirements The new downtown transfer station Airport shuttle LTD's capacity to provide service as related to the City's requirements for parking downtown Mechanisms for achieving goals Assessing the true cost of private automobile use City and LTD reaction to the pre-paid programs Analyzing the merit of parking structures "Fun and functional" shuttles The impact of the TransPlan on the Ferry Street Bridge congestion problem Community-wide free bus service Automobile emission standards Specific modal split goals Future discussions between council and LTD Forecast of fuel resources that will be needed in the future to support transportation Relationship of public and private transit to intercity transit Independent bus systems Governmental incentive program for bus ridership Mr. Bennett stressed the importance of setting an attainable modal-split goal and identifying a set of strategies to work toward accomplishing this goal. He also requested that LTD provide a work plan on what it would take to reach the modal split goal. Mr. Brandt agreed that the assumptions of achieving a 10-percent modal split are unrealistic and do a disservice to attempts targeted at achieving that goal. Mr. Gleason emphasized that he believes the modal split is the wrong number on which to plan. He explained that the modal split does not account for changing transportation patterns which, over time, may encourage or MINUTES--Eugene City Council Dinner/Work Session February 12, 1990 Page 4