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Calistoga adopts CEQA vehicle-miles-traveled guidelines to assess transportation impacts
Summary
Council adopted VMT guidelines to replace LOS-based review for discretionary development under CEQA; guidelines include screening maps and director discretion for project-level review.
The Calistoga City Council on May 20 adopted vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) guidelines to evaluate transportation impacts of discretionary projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Assistant Planner Lauren Clark explained that Senate Bill 743 replaces level-of-service (LOS) measures of traffic congestion with VMT, which focuses on reducing automobile travel and greenhouse-gas emissions. Staff recommended…
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