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TSPs. The revised TransPlan constitutes a regional TSP, addressing the transportation needs of Eugene, Springfield and the unincorporated area of Lane County within the Metro Plan boundary. The revised TransPlan is based on and specifically refers to the needs analysis in the Oregon Transportation Plan (OTP) and state plans formulated to implement the OTP, including the Oregon Highway Plan and the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. ODOT staff participated in the staff committees developing technical analysis and re- sponses to identified needs on the state and local transportation system. The specific goals of the revised TransPlan are intended toaddress the regional and state transporta- tion needs. OAR 660-012-0030(3): Within urban growth boundaries, the determination of local and regional transportation needs shall be based upon: (a) Population and employment forecasts and distributions which are consistent with the acknowledged comprehensive plan, including those policies which implement Goal 14, including Goal 14's requirement to encourage urban de- velopment on urban lands prior to conversion of urbanizable lands. Fore- casts and distributions shall be for 20 years and, if desired, for longer peri- ods; The revisions to TransPlan recognize the region's population growth as a primary trend driving the regions' transportation needs. Population and employment forecasts devel- oped by the Lane Council of Governments for the 20-year planning period have been used for both TransPlan and Metro Plan'periodi~-review. The revised TransPlan forecasts and projects growth in employment and population based on past trends and other factors. Those trends reveal that the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area population has in- creased by 30% in the last 20 years, and is expected to increase by an additional 43% during the next 15 years. As the revisions to TransPlan explain, during the last 25 years, growth through the region has been relatively compact, due in large part to the Metro Plan requirement for annexation and provision of public facilities prior to development. The revised TransPlan population and employment distributions rely on and are consis- tent with the Metro Plan population and employment forecasts. (b) Measures adopted pursuant to OAlf660-012-0045 to encourage reduced reli- ance on the automobile. Policies and recommended land use regulation j.mplementation measures included in the revised TransPlan and Metro Plan text amendments are designed to reduce reliance on the automobile. Revised TransPlan Chapter 3, Part 4 includes recommended action to im- plement various transportation-related land use policies. Chapter 3, Part 4 also provides a nodal development and integrated land use transportation plan development schedule in- corporating recommendations to provide guidance to Eugene-Springfield metropolitan Exhibit C Findings in Support of the Adoption of TransPlan 27