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cally viable and financially stable. In order to address these needs, the revised TransPlan adopts an integrated approach, combining three components that focus on the genera! needs and provide the balance that can most effectively address the region's varied needs. Those components include a land use component, to address the need for transportation-efficient development patterns; a transportation demand management component, to address the need to reduce demand on the transportation system; and a transportation systems improvement component, to meet the need for improved operations and maintenance of existing systems and investments in system infrastructure and services. Objectives and policies are adopted for each of the components to further focus on the specific needs to be addressed through each. Chapter 3 of the revised TransPlan summarizes how the transportation needs that have arisen as a result of the identified trends have been assessed and evaluated, and details the recommended implementation measures for "each component to address these needs. Background reports used in preparing the ne~ds analysis are listed in the revised Trans- Plan, Appendix D. Additional detail is provide? in the model results from the Regional Travel Forecasting Model and COMSIS TDM Strategy Evaluation Model. Transportation needs for the Eugene-Springfield area were assessed using standard meth- ods typically employed in regional transportation planning. Appendix C outlines the overall update process, including a description of the development and evaluation of al- ternative plan concepts. The analysis of needs was based on population and employment growth forecasts consis- tent with the Eugene-Springfield Metropol,itaq ~ea General Plan (MetroPlan) and state- wide forecasts. The population and employment forecasts were used to establish overall demand for transportation. As described in more detail in Appendix C, a wide range of strategies were identified to address this demand, including land use, TDM, and TSI strategies. Different combina- tions of these strategies were formulated as alternative plan concepts and tested using a computer-based travel-forecasting model. The alternative plan concepts ranged from a Base Case consisting of trends to an alternative designed to meet the vehicle miles trav- eled reduction targets of the Transportation Planning Rule. The alternatives development and evaluation included consideration of state and local needs consistent with the Oregon Transportation Plan, Metro Plan, and state and local improvement programs. Surveys were conducted to provide data on travel behavior and input on a wide range of alternative strategies. TransPlan stakeholders and the region's planning commissioners reviewed the results of this, analysis with final direction coming from the region's elected bodies. This direction established the framework for develop- ment of the February 1998 Draft TransPlan. Exhibit C Findings in Support of the Adoption of TransPlan 25