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<br /> <br />Internal VMT. Vehicle Miles Travelled have been on <br />the decline in Eugene. Policies cited above that <br />promote alternatives to driving, mixed use <br />neighborhoods, and reduced consumption of fossil <br />fuels will help reduce VMT. Goal 1 of the 2035 TSP is to <br />reate an integrated transportation system that is <br />safe and efficient; supports the Metro Plan <br />diagram and Envision Eugene, A Community Vision for <br />2032 (2012) <br />percent reduction in fossil fuel consumption, and other <br />City land use and economic development goals; <br />reduces reliance on single-occupancy automobiles; and <br /> <br />VMT/Capita. Per capita VMT has been on the decline <br />in Eugene. Policies cited above that promote <br />alternatives to driving, mixed use neighborhoods, <br />education, and reduced consumption of fossil fuels will <br />help reduce per capita VMT. <br /> <br />The 2035 TSP <br />choices and reduce reliance on the automobile will <br />most likely advance any new regional standards that <br />are adopted as part of the RTSP update, however, if <br />needed, the 2035 TSP will be amended to address the <br />new regional standards. <br /> <br /> <br />(7) Regional and local TSPs shall include <br />As discussed above, OAR 660-012-0035(5) requires <br />benchmarks to assure satisfactory progress <br />that MPO areas adopt standards for approval by the <br />towards meeting the approved standard or <br />Land Conservation and Development Commission <br />standards adopted pursuant to this rule at <br />(LCDC). The 0035(5) standards developed by the <br />regular intervals over the planning period. <br />Eugene-Springfield MPO for TransPlan were approved <br />MPOs and local governments shall evaluate <br />by LCDC in 2001, and adopted as part of TransPlan in <br />progress in meeting benchmarks at each <br />2002. Because TransPlan re <br />update of the regional transportation plan. <br />regional transportation system plan, the standards <br />Where benchmarks are not met, the relevant <br />adopted by LDCD in 2001 are still in effect, and <br />TSP shall be amended to include new or <br />applicable, today. <br />additional efforts adequate to meet the <br /> <br />requirements of this rule. <br />Therefore, the Eugene 2035 TSP retains the LCDC- <br />approved standards as required by the TPR and sets <br />forth benchmarks that advance progress towards <br />increasing transportation choices and reducing <br />reliance on the automobile, and better reflect local <br />targets for bicycle, walking, and transit travel and <br />achieving the land use patterns promoted by Envision <br />Exhibit A to an Ordinance Concerning Long Range Transportation Planning <br />Page 36 of 63 <br /> <br />