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7.B. - Page 58 Redwood City Chapter 4.Environmental Impact Analysis add 100 or more trips [see Table 4.3-4 in this document] to the SR 84 segment in the vicinity of the project site.Therefore,an analysis of the TDM requirements would not apply. The LOS standard for the Woodside Road/SR 84 roadway segment and the Middlefield Road/Woodside Road intersection is LOS E. Redwood City General Plan The Redwood City General Plan (2010b) contains the following transportation policies related to the project. • LOSPolicy Evaluation. Maintain LOS D or better for intersections in all areas of the City,except the downtown area as defined by the Downtown Precise Plan.The project site is located outside of the downtown plan area. • Pedestrian Enhanced Design Criteria. Conduct engineering studies to determine the feasibility of implementing pedestrian enhanced designs that provide multi-modal amenities within the public right-of-way by reducing the number of travel lanes on Middlefield Road (from 4 or 5 lanes to 3 lanes) east of Woodside Road. Thresholds of Significance Thresholds of significance are used to establish what constitutes a project impact.For the analysis of the proposed modifications,the thresholds used to determine impacts on study intersections are based on the Redwood City LOS standards and the CMP LOS standards. Redwood City defines an acceptable LOS D or better for intersections in all areas of the City.A project is said to create a significant adverse impact on traffic conditions at a signalized intersection in the City if for any peak hour(City of Redwood City 2010d): • the LOS at the intersection degrades from an acceptable LOS D or better under existing conditions to an unacceptable LOS E or F under project conditions; or • the LOS at the intersection is an unacceptable LOS E or F under baseline conditions and the addition of project trips causes the average control delay at the intersection to increase by five (5) or more seconds. The CMP defines an acceptable LOS for SR 84 segments as LOS E or better in the project area. According to C/CAG policy,a traffic impact on a CMP segment would be considered significant if the project or project plus cumulative development would cause an increase in the amount of traffic on a CMP segment already exceeding its capacity by adding traffic volumes representing more than 1 percent of the CMP segment`s capacity to that segment(City of Redwood City 2010a). The 2007 FEIR(page 4.4-6) also included the thresholds of significance for unsignalized intersections and local residential roadway segments.The proposed modifications are anticipated to generate new trips along major streets (Middlefield Road and Woodside Road) and are expected to affect the three signalized intersections in the project vicinity.The proposed modifications are not expected to result in additional impacts on unsignalized intersections and local residential roadway segments analyzed in the 2007 FEIR.The analysis of the proposed modifications focuses on the above thresholds of significance applied to the signalized intersections. Addendum No.2 to the Environmental Impact Report for 4-13 September 2012 the Redwood City Costco Wholesale Project ICF 00154.12