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5-A-14 • Mitigation Measures TR -3.1, TR -3.2, TR -3.3, and TR -3.4 Finding: Mitigation Measures TR -3.1, TR -3.2, TR -3.3, and TR -3.4 are feasible and would reduce the potentially significant environmental impact described abovo. to a less- than - significant level. The mitigation measures would reduce the potentially significant impact described above to a less- than - significant level by maintaining traffic flow along Veterans Boulevard, minimizing roadway conflicts between buses and other vehicles, maintaining pedestrian flow, minimizing roadway and sidewalk conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles, and by implementing a Transportation Demand Management Program. Frequent and reliable shuttle service would increase the use of Caltrain and bus transit services as an alternative to automobile trips by project employees, particularly if the shuttle service were provided at 15- minute intervals during peak periods and coordinated with the Caltrain schedule. Because the Project site is close to the downtown core and links to Caltrain and bus services, pedestrian facilities would particularly effective in encouraging campus employees and patients to walk to and between buildings, thereby reducing the number of automobile trips to the campus and between campus buildings. In addition, pedestrian facilities would help to minimize conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians by minimizing and regulating intersections between pedestrian and vehicle routes. B. Intersection Operations under Cumulative with Project Conditions Potential Impact: The Cumulative with Project Conditions would result in several intersections (Whipple Avenue/Veterans Boulevard, Hansen Way/Veterans Boulevard, and Woodside Road/Veterans Boulevard) operating at unacceptable levels during various peak periods. However, the proposed project would contribute substantially only to the unacceptable levels of service at the Woodside Road/Veterans Boulevard intersection. (Significant) Mitigation: The following mitigation measure, as set forth in the FEIR, would potentially reduce the significance of the impact described above to a less -than- significant level, but the measure is not feasible and is therefore not adopted: • Mitigation Measure TR -7.1 Finding: Mitigation Measure TR -7.1 is not feasible. The impact described above is therefore significant and unavoidable. The mitigation measure would widen the eastbound approach on Veterans Boulevard to accommodate an additional through lane (with an associated receiving lane on the on -ramp to US 101). Additionally, the southbound right -turn movement would be controlled by a separate phase that would be green while the eastbound left-