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5 TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT BACKGROUND The Phase I Specific Plan circulation system was planned to create a community that is not heavily reliant upon the automobile, but instead one that enhances and facilitates altemative transportation modes. The centralized location of the commercial/office center and the looped network of streets and pedestrian routes combined to create a walkable, neighborhood oriented community. Streets were planned to be compatible with fronting homes and characterized by comfortable walking and bicycling environments, "calmed" traffic (slowed via traffic roundabouts, on-site parking, narrow pavement widths, etc.), and rich streetscapes dominated by rows oftrees. The Phase II Specific Plan circulation system is intended to expand upon and complement Phase 1. It is further planned to limit the use ofthe Phase I streets by Phase II traffic through the use and location of open space, and by consolidating the more intensive future land uses along a new north/south collector street. At the same time, the Phase I and II Specific Plan Areas will be closely linked for convenient local travel by way of the street system and an extensive trail system. EXISTING TRAFFIC CIRCULATION SYSTEM Most of the public street improvements for the greater 516-acre Bernal Property were constructed in conjunction with Phase I development (Figure 5-1). This consists of all public streets for both Phase I and II areas west ofI-680, including a single point of access to Bernal Avenue and a connection under 1-680 to the Central Area. It further includes all residential streets in the Phase I area east ofI-680, as well as the future extension of Valley Avenue from Bernal Avenue southeast to the Case Avenue/Junipero Street intersection, due for completion in 2006. Other street improvements within or adjacent to the 5l6-acre greater Bernal Property that were required as a part of Phase I development include: increased vehicular capacity improvements at the I-680/Bernal Avenue interchange; widening of Bernal Avenue; new or reconfigured traffic signals at Bernal A venue/West Lagoon Road, Bernal A venueN alley A venue, and Valley Avenue/Case Avenue; roundabouts in several streets; bicycle lanes; and partial funding ofa second Bernal A venue bridge over the Arroyo de la Laguna. In addition, a transit/transportation systems management program is to be implemented, as applicable, for Phase I development. Administrative Draft, Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan, October 25, 2005 Page 36