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western ramp bi-directional, has proven that this idea will not work. The study verified that the existing two -ramp loop system is the most efficient method of providing service to the Transbay Transit Terminal. The proposed bi-directional, single ramp alternative would, at a minimum: • reduce AC Transit's existing 99% PM peak on -time efficiency, with a potential loss of passengers; • eliminate essential staging capabilities on the existing ramps and place additional costs on the region and AC Transit to find adequate alternative staging areas within San Francisco or in the East Bay area, thereby increasing operational costs to AC Transit; • increase the potential for congestion and accidents on the Bay Bridge and San Francisco surface streets as AC Transit buses attempt to reach the Terminal from the bridge or city streets; and • hinder or eliminate one of the most flexible means of providing mass transportation between the East Bay and San Francisco at a time when the construction of the eastern portion of the Bay Bridge and the seven -phase retrofit of the western segment are under simultaneous construction for a period of approximately five or more years; and WHEREAS, Caltrans has been proceeding with its bi-directional, single ramp proposal, despite the above described impacts, without any environmental or public review of its actions and their consequences. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does resolve as follows: SECTION 1. Reaffirms its previous opposition to the relocation or impairment of the existing Transbay Transit Terminal, including its connecting ramps. SECTION 2. Recommends that the MTC Bay Bridge Design Task Force reject any proposal for the removal or replacement of the existing Transbay Transit Terminal and ramps or the replacement of the Terminal at any other location without first undertaking an environmental analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act and its Implementing Guidelines. SECTION 3. Opposes the elimination of any of the connecting ramps to the Transbay Transit Terminal unless and until there is definitive evidence by Caltrans that conclusively shows that: