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DRAFT circulation and parking 4management Acknowledgements City Council Boards and Committees Joan Cox, Mayor Business Advisory Committee Joe Burns, Vice-Mayor Community Safety/Disaster Preparedness Committee Susan Cleveland-Knowles, Councilmember Historic Landmarks Board Jill James Hoffman, Councilmember Hospitality Business Development Committee Ray Withy, Councilmember Parks and Recreation Commission Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Planning Commission Sustainability Commission Janelle Kellman Vicki Nichols Community Morgan Pierce Participating community members/stakeholders Age Friendly Sausalito General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) Sausalito Beautiful Joan Cox Friends of Willow Creek John DiRe Chris Gallagher Key City Staff Barbara Geisler Danny Castro, Community Development Director Bruce Huff Lilly Whalen, City Clerk/ Assistant City Manager Charles Kaufman All contributing staff members Janelle Kellman Keith Kennedy Kate Stohr Consultant Team Peter Van Meter M-Group, Lead Bill Werner BKF Engineers, Infrastructure Ray Withy Economic Planning Systems, Economy & Market Pat Zuch FirstCarbon Solutions, Environment & Safety Mott McDonald, Sea Level Rise Parisi Transportation Consulting, Circulation and DRAFT Transportation general plan DRAFT City of Sausalito General Plan Update COMPREHENSIVE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT (CECR): CHAPTER 4 – CIRCULATION CONDITIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The General Plan Circulation Element sets the City’s objectives, policies, and implementing programs related to transportation issues in Sausalito. The Element encompasses roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian conditions in the City. Chapter 4 summarizes the existing conditions for vehicular, transit, bicycle and pedestrian traffic within the City. The report: • Summarizes the regulatory framework (i.e. plans, regulations, and guiding documents) related to circulation and transportation planning in Sausalito. • Describes the City’s existing roadway system. • Reviews current Level of Service (LOS) policy, and provides existing LOS, vehicle miles traveled (VMT), travel modes, and commute data from the US Census. • Provides existing weekday to weekend, and summertime to non-summer vehicle traffic conditions. • Provides existing pedestrian and bicycle network (including the Bay Trail) summertime vs. non-summertime traffic demands at key locations. • Describes existing bus routes, stops, and ridership on Golden Gate Transit, Marin Transit and tourist buses. • Summarizes existing Golden Gate Transit ferry routes and ridership Chapter 4 also reviews the following and provides General Plan considerations each item: • Federal and State Regulations, including but not limited to the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), AB 1358 California Complete Streets Act (2008), SB 375 Sustainable Communities Strategy (2008), and Plan Bay Area 2040 (2017). • Local Regulations o 1995 General Plan: Circulation and Parking Element o City of Sausalito Complete Streets Policy, 2016 Sausalito ClimateDRAFT Action Plan, 2015 o o City of Sausalito Bicycle / Pedestrian Plan Update (Draft) o City of Sausalito Ordinance No. 1128, 1997 o Marinship Specific Plan, 1989 o City of Sausalito Ordinance No. 1022 Fair Traffic Initiative, 1985 • Local Circulation/Traffic Studies o Age Friendly Sausalito Community Action Plan, 2016 o Marinship Specific Plan Steering Committee Report, 2014 o Imagine Sausalito Planning Effort, 2007–2010 o Marinship Improvement District Transportation Study, 1998 o Marinship Assessment District Access and Circulation Study, 1997 CH. 4 - CIRCULATION AND PARKING MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | i City of Sausalito General Plan Update Senate Bill 743 (2013) – Transitioning to Vehicle-Miles-Travelled (VMT) Signed into law 2013, SB 743 required the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to update the existing methods for studying transportation impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to achieve the State’s greenhouse gas reduction targets. In response, OPR established a VMT-based metric for traffic impacts, which represents a significant shift in traffic impact analysis. The policy implications of the VMT transition for Sausalito and the General Plan Update are described beginning on page 11. Several General Plan implications related to the VMT transition are identified, including: 1. The General Plan Update could explore policies that seek to achieve VMT per capita reductions in a manner suitable to the Sausalito context. 2. The General Plan should establish whether and when LOS may be used to analyze traffic impacts if VMT is found to be less appropriate for the city. 3. The General Plan may provide direction on the strategic application of LOS in other circulation-related matters, such as prioritizing roadway improvements. The following prominent considerations for the General Plan Update are listed on page 48. • Understand the implications of the transition to VMT and provide policy guidance to ensure Sausalito’s character and community goals are protected. • Identify opportunities for Sausalito City staff and elected officials to more actively participate in regional planning efforts that may affect the community. • Identify more effective strategies to complete path and bicycle connections from Sausalito to Mill Valley, and south to the Golden Gate Bridge. • Improve access to transit and accessibility generally. • Recognize the importance of circulation planning in disasters and provide considerations for maintaining evacuation routes. • Parking management improvements in the Caledonia area may be valuable; improved parking signage should be considered. • Explore policies to DRAFTaddress emerging issues in transportation that are created through new technologies. • Consider whether Objective 6.0: Achieve a High Quality Regional Transportation System is not attainable and not a suitable aspiration for the community. • Explore including Vision Zero strategies into the policies and programs of the General Plan. Several cities in the Bay Area have adopted Vision Zero strategies to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries along city streets. Vison Zero promotes several strategies aimed at reducing the occurrence of collisions: o Lowering speed limits; o Redesigning streets; o Implementing meaningful behavior change campaigns; o Enhancing data-driven traffic enforcement. CH. 4 - CIRCULATION AND PARKING MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | ii general plan DRAFT The Circulation Element of the General Plan sets the City’s objectives, policies, and implementing programs related to transportation issues within the City of Sausalito. The Circulation Element encompasses roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian conditions in the City. This memo summarizes the existing conditions for vehicular, transit, bicycle and pedestrian traffic within the City. It includes a summary of transportation data collected along the facilitiesDRAFT providing access to residents and visitors travelling to/from and within Sausalito using any of these modes of travel. City of Sausalito General Plan Update This report covers the following key circulation topics: • Regulatory Framework: The report identifies Federal, State, Regional, and Local regulations and plans that relate to circulation planning in Sausalito to summarize overlapping efforts and policy directions for the General Plan Update. • Roadways: Describes the City’s existing roadway system, roadway classifications, and key traffic signal-controlled locations. • Traffic Circulation: Summarizes current level of service policy and provides existing intersection level of service (LOS), vehicle miles traveled (VMT), travel modes, and commute data from the US Census. • Daily Traffic Volumes: Compares weekday to weekend and summertime to non- summer conditions. • Pedestrian and Bicycle Conditions: Describes the existing pedestrian and bicycle network (including the Bay Trail), and summarizes summertime vs. non-summertime pedestrian and bicycle demands at key locations. • Bus Travel: Summarizes existing bus routes, stops, and ridership on Golden Gate Transit, Marin Transit and tourist buses. • Ferry Travel: Summarizes existing Golden Gate Transit ferry routes and ridership DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT: CH. 4 CIRCULATION AND PARKING MANAGEMENT | 2 City of Sausalito General Plan Update Table of Contents Regulatory Framework .......................................................................................................... 4 Federal Regulations ........................................................................................................................... 4 Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990...................................................................................................... 6 State Regulations ............................................................................................................................... 6 California Bicycle Transportation Act, 1993 ........................................................................................... 7 Assembly Bill 32 – California Global Warming Solutions Act, 2006 ..................................................... 7 Assembly Bill 1358 – California Complete Streets Act (2008) .............................................................. 8 Senate Bill 375 – Sustainable Communities Strategy, 2008 ................................................................. 9 Assembly Bill 1493 – Vehicle Emissions: Greenhouse Gases, 2009 .................................................... 9 Senate Bill

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