City of San Juan Capistrano Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Guidelines and Thresholds

The City of San Juan Capistrano is located in south Orange County and has a total area of approximately 14.3 square miles, bisected by the Interstate 5 Freeway. LLG is currently providing on-call traffic engineering and transportation planning support services to the City of San Juan Capistrano for developing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) guidelines and policies, including screening criteria, significance thresholds and a toolbox of TDM mitigation strategies in order to be compliant with Senate Bill (SB) 743 requirements that have a statewide implementation date of July 1, 2020. LLG is also working with City staff to amend the City’s Policy 310: Preparation and Use of Traffic Studies to incorporate the developed VMT guidelines and policies.