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quality of the traveling experience. <br />(b)The transportation system shall be Three of the eight STARS evaluation criteria reference <br /> <br />consistent with state and federal standards for air quality, protection of land and water quality. All <br />protection of air, land and water quality; alternatives considered were evaluated against <br />adopted state and federal standards. <br /> <br />Sample STARS criteria that promote consistency with <br />state and federal standards for protection of air, land <br />and water quality: <br />Support the reduction in quantities of harmful <br /> <br />airborne pollutants associated with <br />transportation. <br /> <br />(c)The transportation system shall The alternatives analysis summarized in Chapter 3 and <br /> <br />minimize adverse economic, social, Appendix D (Alternatives Evaluation Process) include <br />environmental and energy consequences; an evaluation of adverse economic, social, <br />environmental and energy consequences. Many of the <br />eight evaluation criteria reference these issues. <br />Further, the goals and policies included in Chapter 2 <br />highlight the importance of minimizing these <br />consequences. <br /> <br />Example STARS criteria that minimize adverse <br />economic, social, environmental and energy <br />consequences: <br />Use future transportation investments to <br /> <br />reduce or eliminate disparities between <br />neighborhoods in access, economic benefits, <br />safety, and health. <br />Encourage infrastructure and programs that <br /> <br />allow residents to reduce expenditures on fuel <br />and vehicle use. <br />Focus on transportation programs and projects <br /> <br />that help to: <br />reduce total community-wide fossil fuel <br /> <br />o <br />use by 50% by 2030 <br />reduce vehicle miles traveled per capita <br /> <br />o <br />by 10% by the year 2020 <br />reduce community-wide greenhouse gas <br /> <br />o <br />emissions 10% below 1990 levels by <br />2020 <br /> <br />Triple Bottom Line (abbreviated as TBL) is an <br />accounting framework with three parts: social, <br />environmental, and financial. The 2035 TSP integrated <br />Exhibit A to an Ordinance Concerning Long Range Transportation Planning <br />Page 28 of 63 <br /> <br />