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and Associates, Inc. 1. MAP OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS This essential first task will research and identify opportunities and constraints for connecting the east side of US 101 (Bay Front Study Area) to the rest of Redwood City. Opportunities and constraints can include physical issues (such as right of way, freeway and waterway barriers), policy issues (such as Level of Service requirements, and design standards), and psychological/sociological, perceptional and operational issues (such as distance, travel time, congestion, safety, parking availability, convenience, and costs). The Kimley-Horn team will work with staff to identify these issues and map them in a manner that clearly identifies the issues. The map will identify travel corridors for each mode of travel including roadways, railroad spurs, pathways, bike routes, and existing or potential right of way that may be used as a travel corridor. We will collect data from the City, County, CMA, Joint Powers Board, SamTrans, and the Peninsula's TMA to identify traffic and operational issues, planned improvements, CalTrans upgrade plans, short and long-range plans traffic and transit plans, transportation systems management, and ongoing Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs. This data, along with the opportunities and constraints map, will provide a comprehensive view of transportation issues in Redwood City and the Peninsula. Deliverable: Opportunities and Constraints Map and memorandum describing issues, planned and programmed improvements, and local and regional transportation systems. 2. IDENTIFY TARGET LAND USES AND TRIP TYPES FOR ALTERNATE MODES A realistic plan to promote use of alternatives to driving requires targeting specific travel groups and developing solutions that are most effective for those groups. The "shotgun" approach to Transportation Demand Management has questionable value because it often fails to match the correct transportation options to the needs of specific groups. This task will review the land uses and types of trips to be targeted in the plan, and identify those solutions that will provide the most effective transportation options. For example, commute and shopping trips require entirely different transportation options. Similarly, residential and employment land uses have varying needs on both ends of the trip, as do educational and recreational land uses. For the plan area, we will identify the types of land uses and their associated types of trips and develop "long-lists" of those alternative transportation solutions that will be most effective in serving each particular travel group. Additionally, since much of the land uses east of US 101 are isolated single uses, we will identify complementary land uses that can provide internal interaction that further reduce automobile travel. For example, office and residential development can benefit from small amounts of selected retail and commercial services for everyday services and midday errands. We will recommend the types and appropriate mix of development serving land uses that can be considered as mitigation measures in the EIRs. Deliverable: Memorandum summarizing land use types, trip types, and travel groups and associated listing of potential solutions that are most effective for each category. Reclwood City Bay Front Transportation Options Study February 19, 2002 Scope of Work Page I