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San Francisco Planning Commission opens review of Auto LOS, weighing trip‑based and health‑focused alternatives
Summary
City staff, the Transportation Authority and public‑health experts told the Planning Commission on July 12, 2007 that automobile level‑of‑service (LOS) is a poor proxy for environmental and health impacts; speakers urged exploring an auto‑trip measure, pedestrian quality indices and other metrics aligned with the city's Transit First policy.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on July 12 held an informational hearing on whether to replace automobile level‑of‑service (LOS) — the longstanding A‑to‑F congestion metric used in CEQA transportation analyses — with measures better tied to multimodal performance and public health.
Transportation Authority Senior Planner Rachel Hyatt told the commission the Authority has recommended an alternative based on auto trips generated by projects and is developing quantitative thresholds and a roadmap for adoption. "We can, as a local agency, define for ourselves how we measure transportation impact in San Francisco," Hyatt said, arguing an auto‑trips metric would better align CEQA with the city's Transit First policy.
The Department of Public Health urged metrics tied to health outcomes. "Auto LOS doesn't measure any environmental impact. It measures delay," said Dr. Rajeev Bhatia, medical director for occupational and…
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