Comments on: Draft CEQA Standards Aim to Relax Parking Rules http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/22/draft-ceqa-standards-aim-to-relax-parking-rules/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:36:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: David Galvan http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/22/draft-ceqa-standards-aim-to-relax-parking-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-4496 David Galvan Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:01:57 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1646#comment-4496 Seems like it could be a step in the right direction. . . but if they do this they'd need to put back some of the funding they took away from public transit agencies. A development that draws people without providing parking isn't going to have much success without good public transit. I expect that this will lead to more developers building along Wilshre or existing major transit thoroughfares. Gentrification along the expo line, perhaps? Seems like it could be a step in the right direction. . . but if they do this they'd need to put back some of the funding they took away from public transit agencies. A development that draws people without providing parking isn't going to have much success without good public transit. I expect that this will lead to more developers building along Wilshre or existing major transit thoroughfares. Gentrification along the expo line, perhaps?

]]> By: Chris Rall http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/22/draft-ceqa-standards-aim-to-relax-parking-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-4493 Chris Rall Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:51:22 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1646#comment-4493 "Wow, that would be a big change, but it looks like they still want the number of cars drawn to a project to be taken into account. Is VMT really the best way to measure that?" VMT is probably the better measure of traffic impacts compared with LOS. "And roadway vehicle volume - isn't that just Level of Service?" No. LOS is a measure of delay. It also provides more wiggle room for mitigations that provide for bikes and peds instead of just insuring that motorist delay is not significantly impacted. Damien, This is big. I hope you post more on this in the future. -Chris "Wow, that would be a big change, but it looks like they still want the number of cars drawn to a project to be taken into account. Is VMT really the best way to measure that?"
VMT is probably the better measure of traffic impacts compared with LOS.

"And roadway vehicle volume - isn't that just Level of Service?"
No. LOS is a measure of delay. It also provides more wiggle room for mitigations that provide for bikes and peds instead of just insuring that motorist delay is not significantly impacted.

Damien, This is big. I hope you post more on this in the future.

-Chris

]]> By: Umberto Brayj http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/22/draft-ceqa-standards-aim-to-relax-parking-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3914 Umberto Brayj Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:08:20 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1646#comment-3914 Wow, that would be a big change, but it looks like they still want the number of cars drawn to a project to be taken into account. Is VMT really the best way to measure that? And roadway vehicle volume - isn't that just Level of Service? If a project will increase VMT, and will increase the roadway vehicle volume - then what should be the mitigations to that? From what I've seen, high induced VMT is only "mitigated" with wider roads, more turn lanes, hundreds of thousands spent on traffic signals, etc. That is preventing "traffic" by making it easier for traffic to collect! Well, this is one step in the right direction I suppose. Wow, that would be a big change, but it looks like they still want the number of cars drawn to a project to be taken into account. Is VMT really the best way to measure that?

And roadway vehicle volume - isn't that just Level of Service?

If a project will increase VMT, and will increase the roadway vehicle volume - then what should be the mitigations to that? From what I've seen, high induced VMT is only "mitigated" with wider roads, more turn lanes, hundreds of thousands spent on traffic signals, etc.

That is preventing "traffic" by making it easier for traffic to collect!

Well, this is one step in the right direction I suppose.

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