Attachment 4 - Vehicle Miles Traveled Analysis1
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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 2023
To: Bryan Chuluunbaatar, ETA Trans Inc
From: Rawad Hani, GTS
Subject: ETA Trans Inc CUP for 1051 North Patt Street, Anaheim, CA 92801
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Analysis
This memorandum describes the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) screening analysis for the proposed
Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage facility (Project), located at 1051 North Patt Street
in the City of Anaheim, CA (City).
The 1.58-acre site is developed with a 4,925 square foot building, eight parking spaces (including one
handicapped space) and rear yard storage areas. ETA Trans Inc. is currently located at 125 E. Ball Road
in Anaheim and proposes to relocate the business to the Patt Street site. ETA is requesting the City’s
Planning Commission approval to store trucks and trailers in the rear yard storage areas.
The VMT analysis evaluated the project using The City of Anaheim Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines
for California Environmental Quality Act (June 2020).
Background
On December 28, 2018, the California Office of Administrative Law cleared the revised California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines for use. Among the changes to the guidelines was removal
of vehicle delay and level of service from consideration under CEQA. With the adopted guidelines,
transportation impacts are to be evaluated based on a project’s effect on vehicle miles traveled (VMT).
Project Trip Generation
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition (2021) is typically
used to estimate daily project trip generation. The trip generation manual does not include data for an
Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage facility. Therefore, employment per the operational
statement is the most relevant metric for estimating trip generation.
The Project’s operation statement notes that:
ETA has 35 drivers and specializes in hauling cars nationwide on 80-foot long (bumper to bumper)
“car haulers”.
The company’s fleet size is 35 trailers and 16 trucks.
Between 10 to 15 employees will be at the site during the weekday hours.
The hours of operation will be from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday.
A total of 24 truck and trailer parking spaces are proposed.
ATTACHMENT NO. 4
ETA Trans Inc. (1051 North Patt Street, Anaheim, CA)
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Analysis
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The average number of truck trips is between 10 – 15 per day. Most of the trips will be made during
the weekday hours, although occasional truck trips will occur after 6:00 p.m.
The following table shows estimated daily trips for the proposed project, as provided by the project team.
Conservatively, 15 employees are assumed on site daily along with 15 daily truck trips.
Land Use Units Number of Employees Estimated Daily Trips
Oversized and Recreational
Vehicle Outdoor Storage
Employees 15 331 vehicle trips
Trucks 15 30 truck trips
1. It is assumed that each employee will carry out at least 2 trips (in and out of the site). A 10% provision is added for potential errands
that the employees might run during the day.
Based on the operational statement, the estimated daily trips for the Project are up to 33 daily employee
trips and up to 30 truck trips.
VMT Screening Analysis
Pursuant to SB 743 technical guidance published by the Governor’s Office for Planning and Research
(OPR) and the City of Anaheim Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for California Environmental Quality
Act (June 2020), there are several screening procedures to potentially streamline project analysis (i.e.,
provide a presumptive non-impact finding and remove the need for a VMT analysis). Prime among these
are Project Size whereby projects that generate fewer than 110 trips per day can be presumed to have
a less than significant transportation impact.
Project Trip Generation (presented in the previous section) indicates that the proposed project would
generate about 33 vehicle trips which is less than 110 daily trips. It should be noted that for the purposes
of SB 743, VMT to be analyzed is generated by on‐road passenger vehicles, specifically cars and light‐
duty trucks. Heavy‐duty trucks can be addressed in other CEQA sections (e.g., air quality, noise, GHG)
and are subject to regulation in a separate collection of rules under CARB jurisdiction. While heavy ‐duty
truck trips generated by industrial activity are outside SB 743 regulation, all passenger vehicle trips
generated by employees, including employees of industrial activities, are subject to VMT standards.
Therefore, based on the VMT screening analysis presented above, the proposed Project represents a
less than significant transportation impact based on VMT and no further VMT analysis is required.
Conclusion
Based on the VMT analysis shown above, the project doesn’t constitute a significant impact for VMT.