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tern improvement strategies and lower levels of land use and demand management strate- gies. Concept #5, the "Equal Emphasis," attempted to strike a balance between the three strategy categories of land use management, demand management and systems improve- ment. Finally, Concept #6, the "Transportation Planning Rule Vehicle Miles Traveled Goal Compliance" emphasized demand management and system improvement strategies to meet the TPR goal of reducing vehicle miles traveled by 10 percent over the current conditions by the year 2015. After evaluating each of the concepts, it was determined that an alternative approximating the Equal Emphasis Concept would most effectively address the region's transportation needs. Concept #6, which would have achieved the Transportation Planning Rule VMT reduction goal, was determined to be infeasible, as it would have required a significant increase in gas tax, a tripling of the price of parking in downtown Eugene, and an adverse economic impact from toll bridges. Conversely, the Equal Emphasis alternative balances the strategies available to address transportation needs and implements them through an integrated framework. In May 2001, the Land Conservation and Development Commis- sion adopted Commission Order 01-LCDC-24 approving an alternative standard for the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area based on the Equal Emphasis approach to reduced reliance on the automobile. The land use component is addressed by the revised Trans- Plan policies and implementation actions that encourage meeting the need for transporta- tion-efficient development patterns, such as nodal development and transit-supportive land use patterns, which reduce trip length and.auto dependency, and support transit~ bi- cycling and walking. The transportation demand management component is supported by the revised TransPlan policies and implementation actions that strive to meet the need to reduce dem~d on the transportation system through actions that eliminate the need for vehicle trips and increase the use of transit, carpooling and vanpooling, bicycling and walking. The transportation systems improvement component is supported by the revised TransPlan policies and implementation actions that address the need for improved opera- tions and maintenance of the existing transportation system and investments in system infrastructure and services. The revised TransPlan evaluates improvements to existing facilities and services and incorporates planned improvements to existing facilities in its consideration of alternatives. . OAR 660-012-0035( 4)~ In MPO areas, regional and local TSPs shall be designed to achieve the objectives listed in (a)-(c) below fo,r reducing automobile vehicle miles traveled per capita for the MPO area. The VMT target and alternative standards are intended as means of measuring progres's of metropolitan areas towards devel- oping and implementing transportation systems and land use plans that reduce reli- ance on the automobile. It is anticipated that metropolitan areas will accomplish reduced reliance by changing land use patterns and transportation systems so that walking, cycling, and use of transit are highly convenient and so that, on balance, people need to and are likely to drive less than they do today: (a) In MPO areas of less than 1 million people, a 50,lc. reduction within 20 years Exhibit C Findings in Support of the Adoption of TransPlan 29