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No significant new information has been added regarding the Approach to Analysis (Methodology) No substantial changes to analytical methodologies as described in the SEIR have taken place that would result in significant new information, as discussed below. Specifically: Alameda Countywide Travel Demand Model. The SEIR analysis used the City's travel demand model for cumulative projections, and the city's model uses Alameda County's Countywide Travel Demand Model as its basis. Neither the City's travel demand model nor the Countywide Travel Demand Model has been updated since 2014. Senate Bill 743 and Analysis of Vehicle Miles Traveled. Although analysis of traffic impacts related to an increase in Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) is not yet required under CEQA, it is widely believed that the adoption of Senate Bill 743 will require this analysis in the near future. Regardless, the SEIR included a VMT analysis partly in response to the adoption of SB 743, and disclosed the results. The VMT analysis used three different vehicle trip accounting methods and the results from all three indicated an increase in VMT per capita. No significant new information has been added that changes Impact Conclusions or Recommended Mitigation Measures Because no changes to the EDZ have been proposed and no substantial changes to setting, regulatory setting, or analytical methodologies have taken place, no changes to any of the impact conclusions or proposed mitigation measures are required. The analysis of cumulative impacts in the SEIR relied on cumulative scenarios included in the City's travel demand model, General Plan and regional projections, and planned development within the vicinity of the area of the proposed EDZ. As discussed above, there have been no substantial changes to the City's travel demand model and no updates to the General Plan. In addition, no new regional projections have been finalized by the regional planning agencies (Association of Bay Area Governments and Metropolitan Transportation Commission). The City has also confirmed that no additional projects have been proposed within 1,000 feet of the area of the proposed JDEZ that would result in impacts not already considered in the SEIR. Therefore, no changes to any of the cumulative impact conclusions or proposed mitigation measures addressing cumulative impacts are required. No significant new information has been added relating to Alternatives The City has confirmed that no new feasible alternatives that are considerably different from the alternatives assessed in the SEIR and that would lessen the environmental impacts of the proposed EDZ have been identified. 68