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Recommendation that facilities/services, projected needs. 8. Transportation TOSV emergency and Pitkin services and County social expand services medical to meet fo ;., "" 0. I), ') UUL,UU:.2f" 7. Socioeconomic . Recommendation that TOSV consider increasing the affordable housing criteria from 60 percent to 100 percent to improve the local employee housing situation. . Recommendation that TOSV, Aspen, and Pitkin County direct development to, and increase densities where appropriate in, existing urbanized areas to preserve the natural environment and maintain the rural nature of the County. . . Demonstration by the permittee that adequate mitigation measures are in place to ensure that there will be no net increase in vehicle miles traveled- (VMT) in the Aspen/Pitkin County nonattainment area from actions authorized by this Decision. The permittee must also demonstrate that adequate measures are in place to ensure that TOSV's traffic volume cap will not be exceeded. Final authorization to "operate" any MOP components that will increase area capacity will be contingent upon such demonstrations. This will include either implementation of mitigation identified by the Forest Service as being adequate or written and executed agreements with agencies with jurisdiction that establish equivalent measures. In the short term, the most practical manner to achieving this demonstration appears to be the phasing of additional transit service as needed. Additional buses will be required to maintain the current automobile-transit mode split. In the longer term, other measures to achieve VMT reduction are disclosed in the FEIS Mitigation and Monitoring Plan. . Recommendation for an expeditious upgrade of the Owl Creek Road to collector standards and its utilization as a dedicated HOV/bus route. This route should later be upgraded to some type of fixed guideway, assuming the feasibility and practicability of such a system is confirmed. Initial analysis results indicate that the fixed guideway system must be extended into downtown Aspen before substantial reductions in VMT in the nonattainment area will be realized. . Recommendation for the development of a fixed-guideway transit system from downtown Aspen to the airport/Tiehack vicinity. . Recommendation for the expeditious development of an intercept parking lot at the Brush Creek Road/Highway 82 intersection and the addition of the HOV lanes between Brush Creek Road and Aspen. . Recommendation that free skier shuttle service be extended to downvalley population centers, or that other incentives be utilized to encourage downvalley day-skier transit ridership. . Recommendation for implementation of electronic signage and a local radio channel to advise' day skiers of parking and roadway restrictions and conditions, parking lot status, and other information to advert needless congestion and high traffic problems. Summary . 9