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7.D. - Page 54 of 126 City of Redwood City Mixed -Use Live/Work and Emergency Shelter Zoning Amendment Project Transportation Impact 4.14-1: New development allowed under the General Significant and Plan could cause an increase in traffic that is substantial in unavoidable relation to the existing traffic load and capacity of the roadway system and result in unacceptable service levels on some roadway segments based on current LOS policy. Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. prepared a traffic The proposed project would impact analysis in January 2019 to analyze impacts of the result in significant and proposed zoning amendment (Appendix TRA). The proposed unavoidable impacts to zoning amendment would generate 208 additional AM peak hour roadway segment LOS. No trips and 253 additional PM peak hour trips (Appendix TRA). In new or more severe 2030, buildout under the proposed zoning amendment would impacts would occur. not result in degradation of level of service or an increase in Impacts would be within volume of at least 5 percent compared to buildout of the current the scope of those General Plan (Appendix TRA). identified in the General Plan EIR. Impact 4.14-2: Elimination of the LOS standard for roadways Less than Areas affected by the proposed zoning amendment do not Similar to the conclusions in within the Downtown would result in potential increases in significant include any areas within the Downtown (Downtown areas are the General Plan EIR, the congestion in the Downtown area that could result in LOS E or F designated Mixed Use - Downtown and are covered by the proposed project would operations. Downtown Precise Plan). The proposed project does not propose result in less than significant any changes to policies regarding Downtown. impacts from traffic (east of Brewster), Middlefield Road, Jefferson Avenue, congestion. No new or Broadway, Brewster Avenue, and Farm Hill Boulevard. The more severe impacts would proposed project would not result in any change to the occur. Impacts would be improvements proposed at these locations, nor would it affect within the scope of those the implementation of the identified Final EIR mitigation identified in the General measure that would revise the pedestrian enhanced design Plan EIR. Impact 4.14-3: The reduction of the number and/or width of Less than The General Plan identified specific roadway segments for The proposed project would travel lanes along specified roadway segments ("pedestrian significant with pedestrian enhanced design, which included a reduction in the result in less than significant enhancement design") would result in an unacceptable service mitigation number and/or width of travel lanes. Roadways identified in the impacts from travel lane level at one of the proposed locations. General Plan as potential candidates for pedestrian reduction. No new or more enhancement design include segments of Veterans Boulevard severe impacts would (east of Brewster), Middlefield Road, Jefferson Avenue, occur. Impacts would be Broadway, Brewster Avenue, and Farm Hill Boulevard. The within the scope of those proposed project would not result in any change to the identified in the General improvements proposed at these locations, nor would it affect Plan EIR. the implementation of the identified Final EIR mitigation measure that would revise the pedestrian enhanced design criteria. 38 655