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7A <br />Page 11 <br />public transportation that provides car-less access to other communities and to <br />San Francisco International Airport. <br />E. Establishes a Desirable Downtown. The Precise Plan proposed pattern of <br />building height limitation revision would promote a more organized, harmonious <br />and discernable Downtown form; an increase in internal visual conformance <br />among structures; and an increase in overall visual unity. <br />F. Pedestrian Enhanced Environment. The Project will create a Downtown <br />that makes pedestrian comfort, safety, and convenience a priority. The Project <br />will make Downtown a comfortably walkable urban place. The Project will <br />provide a network of great public places that connect to and complement <br />Broadway, adjacent neighborhoods, transit, and EI Camino Rea{; that inspire <br />people to walk and to linger Downtown; and that can include improved linkages <br />{pedestrian and vehicular) between Downtown and the Bayfront. <br />The transportation impact analysis in this E{R chapter focuses mainly on motor <br />vehicle traffic and associated roadway system operation and safety issues, as <br />dictated by the significance criteria for "transportation/traffic" set forth in the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines for EIR preparation. <br />However, the Draft Precise Plan also recognizes the need to make pedestrian <br />comfort, safety and convenience a "priority" in the Downtown, and emphasizes <br />goals, policies and actions designed to make the Downtown more pedestrian <br />friendly and enjoyable. The Draft Precise Plan envisions a Downtown <br />revitalization program that would encourage pedestrian friendly development and <br />promote alternative travel modes such as transit and bicycles. The Draft Precise <br />Plan has been formulated to recognize contemporary downtown <br />pedestrian/transit orientation concepts. More specifically, the Draft Precise Plan <br />has been designed to take full advantage of the following Redwood City <br />Downtown characteristics considered .h.ighly conducive to pedestrian activity. <br />(i) The Downtown is the "Transit Hub" of the City, containing the Caltrain <br />station and connections to local and regional bus transportation, making <br />the area an appropriate location for more compact, higher intensity <br />development. <br />{ii) The Downtown includes mixed use--i.e., homes, offices, stores, <br />restaurants, and entertainment uses conveniently located in the same <br />neighborhood. <br />{iii) Development in the Downtown can be more compact and conveniently <br />accessible without a car, rather than being spread out as in the rest of the <br />City. <br />(iv) The Downtown provides a comfortably walkable and interesting pedestrian <br />environment. <br />AttylReso/Reso.1683 g <br />030707 <br />