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F. Transportation Element The Transportation Element addresses surface and air transportation in the metropolitan area. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) provides the basis for the surface transportation portions of this element and the Eugene Airport Master Plan provides the basis for the air transportation portions. TransPlan guides regional transportation system planning in the metropolitan area for a 20-year period and serves the transportation planning needs of the projected population of 296,500 in the TransPlan Study Area.12 TransPlan establishes the framework upon which all public agencies can make consistent and coordinated transportation planning decisions. Goals and policies in TransPlan are contained in this Transportation Element and are part of the adopted Metro Plan. TransPlan project lists and project maps are also adopted as part of the Metro Plan. This element complies with Statewide Planning Goal 12: Transportation, "To provide and encourage a safe, convenient, and economic transportation system." Three types of transportation planning strategies are reflected in the goals and policies in this element: transportation demand management (TDM), land use, and system improvements. TDM strategies focus on reducing demands placed on the transportation system, and thus system costs, by providing incentives to redistribute or eliminate vehicle trips and by encouraging alternative modes. Land use strategies focus on encouraging development patterns that reduce the need for automobiles, reduce trip lengths, and support the use of alternative modes. System improvements focus on increasing efficiency and adding capacity or new facilities to the existing highway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian systems. Together, these strategies form a balanced policy framework for meeting local and state transportation goals to: increase urban public transit rider-ship; reduce reliance on the automobile; substitute automobile trips with alternative modes, such as walking and biking; and reduce automobile energy consumption and transportation costs, t,~o:~,^~, ..,:~,. ,~.: ........ ~. 14 The TransPlan Study ~eais an aream.edfor lranscomli_on, modehng.laurposes.__The_296,5(~(l. Pmi_e_c_ted population for this.area.includes ~e...estimated 20.!5...p.oculation o_£2.8.6,!)0_0 for the. L[GBplus an additional...!.0.,5.00 pro. iected..popula~ion £or..the. !ranspc~_.rt. ation~a!ysis.Zones that extend..be.~ond the. UGB. III-F-1