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Figure 2 -2: Study Goals and Objectives <br />■ Support planned growth in regional rail and bus service <br />' Enhance connections to regional, interstate, and international bus, rail and air <br />service <br />• Provide convenient, efficient regional access between SARTC, and employment <br />and activity centers, and residential neighborhoods in central Santa Ana and <br />Garden Grove <br />• Enhance connectivity between neighborhoods, businesses, and activity centers in <br />central Santa Ana <br />' Provide employees with improved access to job sites <br />' Provide additional travel options for students and transit - dependent individuals <br />• Stimulate land development opportunities in undeveloped and underdeveloped <br />areas along the corridor <br />■ Provide a transportation system that supports pedestrian activity, and serves <br />higher density development <br />• Integrate well with surrounding neighborhoods by providing frequent stops with <br />shorter travel distances between stops <br />' Reinforce transit- oriented development near SARTC and in appropriate locations <br />along the corridor <br />• Reduce automobile trips by providing high quality transit access and promoting <br />walkability <br />• Improve air quality; reduce energy consumption, carbon footprint, and greenhouse <br />gas emissions <br />• Support reduced parking requirements along the corridor where appropriate <br />' Limit environmental impacts by implementing a system that operates primarily <br />• Provide transit service that is user - friendly <br />• Attract new transit riders <br />• Provide service that is travel time competitive with personal automobiles <br />• Use a service - proven technology <br />• Provide for the safety of the system users and individuals who live in the corridor <br />• Provide for a reasonable, integrated fare structure <br />' Attract long -term, sustainable public and private investment <br />• Explore opportunities to reduce or minimize capital costs <br />' Provide for efficient and cost - effective system operations and maintenance <br />' Maximize overall system cost- effectiveness <br />• Maximize ridership <br />' Minimize cost per rider for long term operations <br />LPA Decision Report <br />July 2011 <br />55C -32 <br />2.3 1 Page <br />