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Improved management of existing facilities rather than constructing new facilities; Incremental improvements which are directed toward an overall plan so as to increase the likelihood that, if funds are again available for construction, existing freeways can be improved and rapid transit lines can be completed; Policies that allow separate levels of service for neighborhood and arterial streets to be defined and monitored; Updating of the transportation element of the City's General Plan in a sequence of traffic studies for each major traffic generator similar to that in progress for the central City; Alternative ways (other than an eight-lane freeway) to complete the Route 57 transportation corridor between the Santa Ana and San Diego Freeways; The involvement of affected residents and business interests in all studies from the outset. He then referred to the following action items: That the City Manager invite OCTD, the Multi-Modal Committee, SCAG, and State and Federal agencies to to share in the cost of developing a Transportation Management Plan~for the City as a demonstration project; That the Mayor write to the Chairman of the OCTD Board of Directors and urge the Board to give highest priority to the improvement of bus transpor- tation in Southwestern Santa Aha; That the staff be directed to examine all new and renewal applications for taxi service to see if incentives for improved service and shared riding can be included; That the City ask OCTD to provide S00 parking spaces in ~he Multi-Modal Terminal for commuters to Los Angeles, to the airports, and for inter-city bus travelers; That the City continue to assist other agencies in the improvement of the existing Santa Fe Railroad terminal; That the State Department of Transportation be asked to make the study corridor for high-speed rail service between Los Angeles and San Diego identical with the adopted priority corridor in the OCTD Master Plan; That the City cooperate fully with the State Depart- ment of Transportation in the use of freeway lanes for express bus and car pool service during peak hours. During the discussion that followed, Mr. Foust stated that Staff was asking for direction to proceed with the develop- ment of a Transportation System Management Program consistent with the policies and guidelines outlined by Dr. Fielding and the TRAC; that the City needs documentation to indicate the short-term direction that would provide a check for CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 369 SEPTEMBBR 28, 1976