Transportation Analysis Guidelines

The City updated its Transportation Analysis Guidelines to establish a consistent framework for evaluating transportation impacts associated with development projects. The update includes non-CEQA Traffic Impact Analysis procedures developed by the Public Works Department to evaluate effects on the safe and efficient operation of the local transportation system, as well as updated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) transportation-analysis procedures addressing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) thresholds, screening criteria, modeling methodologies, cumulative impacts, and potential mitigation measures. The Guidelines establish a VMT threshold of 15 percent below the applicable average for residential and employment projects, with separate evaluation criteria for regional retail and mixed-use projects, and provide screening criteria and procedures for project-specific VMT analysis when required.