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motorized transportation and transportation control measures, and a combination of <br /> alternative transportation modes (commuter rail, multimodal stations, <br /> intercityrnterregion al buses, and high occupancy vehicle lanes). <br /> Light Rail Transit. Construction of a light rail transit (LRT) system was <br /> considered as an alternative, but rejected. Reasons for rejection include the high costs <br /> for construction and operation, lack of funding availability for a new capital-intensive <br /> fixed guideway system and limitations of a LRT system to meet local circulation system <br /> improvement objectives. <br /> Enhanced Local Bus Transit Service. This alternative would involve diverting the <br /> funding planned for roadway improvements to increasing bus service in the project area <br /> beyond that already planned by the Stockton Metropolitan Transit District. To justify the <br /> reduction of one-lane of roadway for traffic in a corridor, approximately 1500 peak-hour <br /> vehicle trips would need to be replaced by transit patronage. This would require a <br /> transit"split mode of 20 percent,.which.is not expected to be feasible in a relatively low- <br /> density community like Stockton:, Even in high-density corridors, mode splits of only 10: <br /> percent are achieved Ridership:improvements. are rtdependent'on enhancing roadway: <br /> operation (and therefore,=travel trmes)Aas,much,as mcreasing.frequency�of bus service <br /> , <br /> .; <br /> or dimrnishrng 'the low-cost,4-off=street 'parking j at,ahe dest�ration . Consequently, l f ' <br /> diverting resources fromstreet improvements.to bus transit,upgrades would not feasibly <br /> attain the basic objectives of reducing congestion; for this reason, this alternative is not <br /> evaluated further in the Program EIR. <br /> Regional Freewa Improvements. Widening of Interstate 5 and State Route 99 <br /> was considered as an alternative to the proposed project. Detailed evaluation of this <br /> alternative was provided in the Regional Transportation Plan ElR and in the travel { <br /> modes analysis for the proposed project. The modeling analysis showed that even with <br /> i <br /> widening of Interstate 5 and SR 99, many intersections in the City's arterial street <br /> system would fail to achieve a Level of Service D. Therefore, this approach would not <br /> attain the project objective of reducing congestion to levels meeting the Congestion <br /> i <br /> 11 <br />