AgdaPkt 2020-11-16 Special - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

S.A. - Page 10 of 302 narrowed streets (from 26 ft. to 20 ft.), bulb outs, enlarged sidewalk zone on the east side of the street to allow for more pedestrian gathering spaces, and mid -block crossing at the child care and office lobby entries. • Install traffic calming measures on Redwood Avenue between EI Camino Real and Hudson Road. Improvements include speed humps, bulb outs, and improved crosswalks to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety (see the Community Benefits section for more information). Transportation Analysis — The City has historically analyzed traffic and circulation impacts of a project through the CEQA environmental analysis. In that review, the City would identify a number of intersections within and near the project site and conduct analysis to determine how the project would impact level of service (LOS) or delay at those intersections. In circumstances that the delay was found to be significant, the environmental analysis would identify mitigation measures to lessen these impacts to less -than - significant. On July 27, 2020, the City Council approved General Plan amendments and a Transportation Analysis Manual (TAM), implementing new environmental criteria (Vehicle Miles Traveled) in accordance with State law. While vehicle miles traveled (VMT) will be considered in accordance with CEQA, LOS will be considered with a land use evaluation in accordance with the General Plan, separate and apart from CEQA. Under the General Plan LOS requirements, development projects are required to complete a transportation analysis (TA) to evaluate a project's effects on the local transportation network. The TA emphasizes the effects of land use projects on all modes of transit, including the effects on transit service, changes in conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists, site access and circulation, intersection levels of service, and freeway operations. This analysis considers the potential impact of the project when compared to various conditions, namely (1) existing, (2) background, and (3) cumulative. Deficiencies to the roadway system are identified by comparing the LOS results with and without the project for each scenario. Recommended improvements to address or lessen any identified deficiencies are provided. The South Main Mixed -Use TA analyzed operations at 30 intersections and identified a total of eight (8) transportation improvements, which range from signal modifications and bicycle and pedestrian improvements to contributions toward larger projects that would lessen these deficiencies. In circumstances where an improvement to vehicular movements would adversely impact other modes of transportation, alternative improvements were selected. FIGURE 6 — INTERSECTIONS EVALUATED 0 0 Vf 10 A Page 10 of 22 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 13