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gas station. The Combination Gas Station is a permitted use in the C-FS zone, with Site Approval. (DEIR, p.7-11.) 2. Analysis of Alternative 3's Ability to Reduce Sienificaut Project Impacts Adoption of Alternative 3 would not avoid the Project's significant and unavoidable impacts. Transportation The Kimley-Horn traffic analysis calculated vehicle trips for a gas station with convenience market,based on a trip generation figure provided by Trip Generation, 8th Edition,published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers.This alternative land use would generate approximately 1,954 trips, which is approximately 57% less than the 4,532 trips used to evaluate air quality impacts of the proposed Project. Given the reduced vehicle trips, impacts on the intersections and freeway ramp junctions would be reduced. As with the Reduced Project Size alternative, it is expected that intersections operating at LOS D with the proposed Project under cumulative conditions would likely operate at a minimally acceptable LOS C under this alternative. As indicated in the Project traffic analysis, however, LOS D and LOS F occurred under cumulative conditions with the proposed Project at the SR 12/North Thornton Road intersection during AM and PM peak hours, respectively. For the proposed Project,a mitigation measure requiring signal coordination at the three intersections studied in the traffic analysis was recommended. This same mitigation would apply under this alternative. Freeway ramp junctions would continue to operate at LOS D under both existing and cumulative conditions under this alternative and this alternative would contribute traffic to these unacceptable LOS. As any contribution of traffic to the ramp junctions operating at LOS D would be a significant impact, and because no feasible mitigation is available, as is the case for the proposed Project, the ramp junction impacts for this alternative would be significant and unavoidable under both existing and cumulative conditions. The potential elimination of heavy-duty truck traffic, however, may have a more positive effect on this issue. As such, though traffic generation may be reduced under this alternative, impacts under this alternative would be similar to those of the proposed Project.(DEM p.7-11.) Air Quality Reduction in traffic volumes would also reduce the amounts of air pollutant emissions that would be generated, particularly NOx emissions. ROG, NOx and PM10 emissions under this alternative would be below the SJVAPCD significance thresholds. In addition, due to elimination of service for heavy-duty trucks, diesel particulate matter emissions would be reduced,thereby reducing the potential health risks associated with these emissions. (DEM p. 7-11.) 3. Feasibility of Alternative 3 The Combination Gasoline Station alternative would result in a reduction in environmental effects associated with air quality and traffic impacts as compared to the proposed Project This alternative would generate the least traffic among all the alternatives considered in detail and is Love's Travel Stops Environmental Impact Report to Findings of Facttind Statement of Overriding Considerations