Proposed Trial Use Limits, 42138 [E9-20030]

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• Presidio Trust

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 160 (Thursday, August 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20030]


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PRESIDIO TRUST


Proposed Trial Use Limits

AGENCY: The Presidio Trust.

Action: Notice of proposed trial use limits and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Presidio Trust (``Trust'') is announcing its proposal to 
undertake trial temporary traffic-calming and reduction measures for a 
period up to 45 days in that portion of The Presidio of San Francisco 
under the Trust's administrative jurisdiction (``Area B''), including 
temporary road closures of certain roads, in order to assess various 
means that may slow traffic through Area B and reduce cut-through 
traffic. The Trust is also announcing its termination of the trial 
temporary public use limits no later than 45 days after they commence.
    Background: In the 2002 Presidio Trust Management Plan, the Trust 
committed to mitigate traffic impacts as Area B occupancy increased and 
visitation grew. The Trust has implemented a number of strategies and 
an array of traffic-calming measures. In March 2009, the Trust took 
traffic counts at all Presidio gates which allowed the Trust to 
ascertain what percentage of the cars entering the Presidio simply 
drove through the park and out another gate. The Trust determined that, 
while the Trust appears to have succeeded in managing traffic generated 
by park residents, tenants and visitors, and that the Presidio has 
sufficient capacity for traffic generated by anticipated Presidio land 
uses, cut-through traffic has become a major issue representing 
approximately 50% of the traffic in Area B. With the anticipated 
transformation of Doyle Drive, the landscape of the Presidio will be 
changing and new traffic patterns will emerge. As part of the planning 
effort required to prepare for these new traffic impacts, the Trust 
proposes to undertake a park-wide traffic management study commencing 
approximately September 29, 2009 and lasting no longer than 45 days.
    This trial limitation of public use and resulting study will help 
the Trust in implementing its management responsibilities and in 
avoiding conflicts among resident, tenant and visitor activities by 
allowing the Trust to analyze the effects of measures that are intended 
to slow traffic and to discourage cut-through traffic on Area B's major 
streets and gateways and through the Presidio's residential 
neighborhoods. In particular, it will help the Trust plan for the 
effect the new Doyle Drive/Girard Street interchange may have on the 
use of Area B streets for cut-through traffic. Further, as 
implementation of the Presidio's Trail and Bikeways Master Plan 
continues, the Trust expects the numbers of pedestrian and cyclists 
using the park to increase. Ensuring the safety of this growing 
population means prioritizing the traffic movements of park users over 
traffic unrelated to park uses.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 36 CFR 1001.5, the Board of Directors 
of the Presidio Trust (``Board'') may close all or a portion of Area B 
to all public use or to a specific use or activity, given a 
determination that such action is necessary for the maintenance of 
public health and safety, the protection of environmental or scenic 
values, or the avoidance of conflict among visitor use activities. The 
Board has determined that the trial temporary traffic-calming and 
reduction measures, including temporary road closures of certain roads 
for a period up to 45 days commencing approximately September 29, 2009, 
will afford the Trust the opportunity to study and monitor the effects 
(both positive and negative) of these actions. By this notice, the 
Trust is also announcing its intent to terminate these public use 
limits no later than 45 days after they commence. The Board has 
authorized these trial temporary public use limits in Resolution 09-19.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Affairs (415.561.5418), The 
Presidio Trust, 34 Graham St., P.O. Box 29052, San Francisco, CA 94129-
0052.
    Comments: All written comments must be received by the Trust no 
later than September 21, 2009. Address all written comments to: Karen 
A. Cook, General Counsel, The Presidio Trust, 34 Graham St., P.O. Box 
29052, San Francisco, CA 94129-0052. All public comments submitted to 
the Trust will be considered, and this proposal may be modified 
accordingly. The final decision of the Trust will be published in the 
Federal Register.
    If individuals submitting comments request that their name and/or 
address be withheld from public disclosure, it will be honored to the 
extent allowable by law. Such requests must be stated prominently at 
the beginning of the comments. There also may be circumstances wherein 
the Trust will withhold a respondent's identity as allowable by law. 
The Trust will make available for public inspection all submissions 
from organizations or businesses and from persons identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations and 
businesses. Anonymous comments may not be considered.

    Dated: August 14, 2009.
Karen A. Cook,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9-20030 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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