Multimodal Transportation Impact Analysis: California Best Practices (TE-58) Course Outline

SESSION 1 - Overview, Concepts and Legislation/Policies

2-hours (Hennessey)

  • Course overview and schedule
  • Transportation Impact Studies: purpose and uses; thresholds, scope of work, data requirements, study area
  • Role in transportation safety outcomes
  • Incorporating safety analyses into TIAs
  • Overview, thresholds for studies, data needs
  • Counting in a post-Covid world
  • Getting started
  • Trip generation & trip types: person and vehicle
  • Internal capture of trips within a project; pass-by trips
  • Trip distribution and mode choice
  • Performance measures: Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), Level of Service (LOS)
  • How do we address induced demand under SB 743?
  • Key Reference Materials: ITE, NACTO, Caltrans, and more: useful websites and print material
  • Interactive Engagement: Estimating trip generation from a mixed-use (site) land development project (time permitting)

SESSION 2 - Multimodal Analysis Concepts and Techniques

2-hours (Cisco)

  • Analysis methods for addressing ped, bike, auto and transit quality of service

    • Pedestrian mode concepts and performance measures

    • Bicycle mode concepts and performance measures

    • Automobile mode concepts and performance measures

    • Transit mode concepts and performance measures

  • Interactive Engagement: Numeric problems interpreting multimodal analysis

SESSION 3 - Case Study, Planning Topics and Procedures

2-hours (Hennessey)

  • CASE STUDY: Serra-West Medical Center & Mayacama Arts Center
  • Collecting non-motorized (active transportation) counts
  • ITE guidance on trip generation and multimodal trip generation with safety analysis
  • California statutory requirements and the General Plan
  • Developing Mitigations: TDM, Parking & Others
  • Using parking and curb management as a transportation planning tool
  • Signal warrants and access considerations
  • Safety and emergency vehicle access
  • Goods movement/ truck impacts
  • Transportation impact fees
  • What should a good transportation impact study contain?
  • References & Resources
  • Interactive Engagement: Applying mitigation measures in a site impact study (time permitting)

SESSION 4 - Multimodal Analysis Impacts, Tools and Presentation

2-hours (Cisco)

  • Cross modal impacts
  • Exploration of available software tools for various analysis tasks
  • Capabilities, strengths and weaknesses
  • Using the right tool for the job
  • Presentation of results: dashboards, graphics, and more
  • Interactive Engagement: Software analysis demonstrations and resources