California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impacts: vehicle miles traveled: mitigation.
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Overview
This bill modifies California’s Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to address transportation impacts during environmental reviews. Specifically, it establishes a 5% limit on the cost of mitigation measures for significant transportation impacts, as determined by vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Projects located primarily in nonmetropolitan counties are presumed to have a less than significant transportation impact based on VMT, and certain projects, like lane additions on state highways, are exempt from this limit if a demonstrated safety or evacuation need exists. The bill directs the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to develop criteria for assessing transportation impacts within transit priority areas.
Key provisions
- Sets a 5% cap on mitigation costs for significant transportation impacts determined by vehicle miles traveled (VMT).
- Projects located 80% or more within nonmetropolitan counties are presumed to have a less than significant transportation impact based on VMT.
- Exempts lane additions to the state highway system from the 5% cap if a demonstrated safety or evacuation need exists.
- Requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to develop criteria for assessing transportation impacts in transit priority areas.
- Defines key terms such as ‘demonstrated evacuation need’ and ‘demonstrated safety need’ for transportation projects.
- Specifies that projects exceeding the 5% mitigation cost limit are deemed economically infeasible.
- Designates specific counties as ‘rural’ and ‘nonmetropolitan’ for the purposes of this legislation.
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