Policy 5: Local governments shall encourage majo r employers to adopt trip reduction goals designed to reduce site vehicular trip generation. Street System Component The street system component of the RTP includes m aps and a detailed list of im provem ent projects on the street system to enhance m obility and safety for m otorists, bicy clists and pedestrians. This list identifies improvem ents needed on the region's arterial and collect or (or major) street sy stem . The needs of the local street sy stem will be addressed in City and County TSPs. The street and highway project list has two tiers; Tier 1 represents needed projects for which funding is likely to be available based on existing revenue sources, and Tier 2 represents needed projects that exceed the region's current financial capabilities. RTP street sy stem projects in the City of Medford are presented in Appendix F. Parking Component Oregon' s TPR was am ended on Septem ber 18, 1998, to give m etropolitan areas the option of adopting new parking regulations in place of the previous requirem ent to reduce parking spaces by 10 percent per capita over the next 30 y ears. A num ber of parking reduction strategies are proposed in the RTP to help the Medford m etropolitan area m eet the requirem ents of the TPR. These include parking code and policy changes, redesignation of existing parking spaces, and enhanced m anagem ent of roadway space. Medford has chosen to use a policy approach to reduced per capita parking spaces. This approach will include implem entation of such strategies as parking m inimums and m aximums, use of shared parking, reduction in required num ber of parking spaces associ ated with developm ent where TDM program s are implem ented, and other activities. The parking polici es of the RTP that are relevant to the Medford TSP include: Policy 1: Local governments shall consider estab lishing maximum parking requirements (or parking caps) in their current zoning codes to reduce th e amount of off-street parking supply provided by businesses. Policy 2: Local governments shall consider establis hing lower minimum parking requirements in their current zoning codes to encourage in-fill devel opment and the use of alternative travel modes. Policy 3: Local governments shall consider the imposition of parking fees as an indirect measure aimed at decreasing the amount of parking provided by new developments. Such fees may be levied on the developer, the tenant or the end-user. Policy 4: Local governments shall consider the red esignation of existing, general-use parking spaces to a different, special use so as to encourage the use of alternative transportation modes. Policy 5: Local governments shall manage the roadw ay space so as to have a measurable impact on the amount of parking in the region. Such strategies include the redesignation of parking spaces to other uses such as bike lanes, bus stops, turn lanes, and no parking zones, and the revision of street standards allowing for narrower street widths. Policy 6: Local governments shall consider parking optimization strategies that would make better use of parking that remains following implementa tion of parking reduction required by the TPR. Such strategies include, for example, the lo wering of the minimum parking requirements, establishing parking maximums, levying parking fees on developers, tenants or end-users, allowing shared parking among adjacent businesses, and forming Parking Management Associations (PMAs) in specific areas such as downtown Medford. Medford Transportation System Plan 2-9 Previous Work/Background Studies

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