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Encinitas Planning Commission backs VMT exchange program to let developers build bike/ped projects to mitigate travel impacts
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended that City Council adopt a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) exchange program that allows developers to construct prioritized bike and pedestrian projects as CEQA mitigation for significant VMT impacts.
The City of Encinitas Planning Commission on Thursday recommended city council adopt a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) exchange program that lets developers construct specified bike and pedestrian improvements as CEQA mitigation for project transportation impacts.
Senior mobility planner Evan Jednak told commissioners the exchange program was directed by the City Council after the city adopted VMT analysis guidelines to comply with state law that replaced Level of Service as CEQA’s transportation metric. "Developers must physically construct these projects. They're not paying an in lieu fee to the city for construction," Jednak said, summarizing the program’s central requirement.
Why it matters: Senate Bill 743 and subsequent state guidance require local jurisdictions…
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