City of Torrance Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Guidelines and Thresholds

The City of Torrance covers roughly 21 square miles and is situated in south western Los Angeles County. Torrance is immediately bordered by Lomita to the east, Gardena and Lawndale to the north, Redondo Beach and the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Rolling Hills and Palos Verdes Estates to the south. LLG is currently providing on-call traffic engineering and transportation planning support services to the City of Torrance 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.