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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCEQA Trans Methodology CCITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. CEQA Transportation Analysis City of Seal Beach City Council June 8, 2020 ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. CEQA Transportation Analysis is Changing 2 Promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the development of multimodal transportation networks, and a diversity of land uses by changing CEQA Transportation Analysis from congestion to distance traveled by vehicles ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. New CEQA Transportation Analysis Metric •Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) —Total VMT is the length of all car trips —VMT Per Capita and/or Employees index —LOS operations analysis retained for non-CEQA traffic studies 3 ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. Transportation Analysis Guidelines A.Traffic Impact Study Ensure projects meet City requirements for parking, site access, and intersection operations B. CEQA Assessment Environmental assessment of VMT for CEQA documentation 4 ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. City VMT Profile 5 VMT Per Capita VMT per Employee Blue is Below City Average ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. Mitigation of Transportation Impacts Mitigation to reduce trips to less than significant •On-site ꟷTransportation infrastructure ꟷTransportation demand management •Off-site ꟷInfrastructure improvements ꟷMultimodal improvements 6 ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. End 7 ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. Methodology for CEQA Transportation Analysis Land Use Plans and Development Projects •VMT per Capita or per Employee greater than baseline Transportation Projects •Increase in total VMT compared to baseline 8 ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. Screening of Projects Presume less than significant by: •Small Projects •Transit Priority Areas (none planned) •Neighborhood Retail •Affordable Housing •Community Serving Projects •Transportation (non-vehicle) 9 ITERIS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION © 2019 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved. LOS vs VMT as Measure of Transportation Impact Comparison Level of Service Analysis VMT Analysis Impact Evaluated Road Operations GHG Emissions Measure of Congestion Trip Length Time Period Peak Hour (AM and PM) Daily Primary Influence Roadway network Land Use Impacts Are Local Regional Mitigation For Vehicles Non-Vehicles 10