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)
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Analysis methods for addressing ped, bike, auto and transit quality of service
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Pedestrian mode concepts and performance measures
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Bicycle mode concepts and performance measures
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Automobile mode concepts and performance measures
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Transit mode concepts and performance measures
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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