LANKERSHIM/RIVERSIDE MIXED-USE PROJECT City of Los Angeles, California January 24, 2017
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TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY LANKERSHIM/RIVERSIDE MIXED-USE PROJECT City of Los Angeles, California January 24, 2017 Prepared for: Sterling Real Estate Group 9735 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 416 Beverly Hills, California 90212 LLG Ref. 5-16-0242-1 Under the Supervision of: 20931 Burbank Boulevard Suite C David S. Shender, P.E. Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Principal 818.835.8648 T 818.835.8649 F TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Study Area .......................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 Project Description .................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Site Location ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Existing Project Site ........................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Proposed Project Description ............................................................................................ 4 3.0 Site Access and Circulation ...................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Existing Vehicular Site Access .......................................................................................... 6 3.2 Vehicular Project Site Access ............................................................................................ 6 4.0 Existing Street System ............................................................................................................... 7 4.1 Regional Highway System ................................................................................................ 7 4.2 Local Roadway System ..................................................................................................... 7 4.3 Roadway Descriptions ....................................................................................................... 9 4.4 Public Bus Transit Services ............................................................................................... 10 5.0 Traffic Counts ............................................................................................................................ 13 6.0 Cumulative Development Projects .......................................................................................... 17 6.1 Related Projects .................................................................................................................. 17 6.2 Ambient Traffic Growth Factor ......................................................................................... 24 7.0 Traffic Forecasting Methodology ............................................................................................ 25 7.1 Project Traffic Generation ................................................................................................. 25 7.2 Project Traffic Distribution and Assignment .................................................................... 26 8.0 Traffic Impact Analysis Methodology .................................................................................... 32 8.1 Impact Criteria and Thresholds ......................................................................................... 32 8.2 LADOT ATSAC/ATCS .................................................................................................... 33 8.3 Traffic Impact Analysis Scenarios .................................................................................... 33 9.0 Traffic Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 34 9.1 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................ 34 9.1.1 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................... 34 9.1.2 Existing With Project Conditions ......................................................................... 34 9.2 Future Conditions ............................................................................................................... 34 9.2.1 Future Cumulative Baseline Conditions ............................................................... 34 9.2.2 Future Cumulative With Project Conditions ........................................................ 38 LINSCOTT, LAW & GREENSPAN, engineers LLG Ref. 5-16-0242-1 i Lankershim/Riverside Mixed-Use Project O:\0242\report\0242-rpt3.doc TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) SECTION PAGE 10.0 Congestion Management Program Traffic Impact Assessment ......................................... 43 10.1 Intersections ........................................................................................................................ 43 10.2 Freeways ............................................................................................................................. 43 10.3 Transit Impact Review ....................................................................................................... 44 11.0 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 45 LIST OF TABLES SECTION—TABLE # PAGE 4–1 Existing Public Transit Routes ................................................................................................. 11 5–1 Existing Traffic Volumes ......................................................................................................... 14 6–1 Related Projects List and Trip Generation .............................................................................. 18 7–1 Project Trip Generation .................................................................................................... 27 8–1 City of Los Angeles Intersection Impact Threshold Criteria.................................................. 32 9–1 Levels of Service Summary ..................................................................................................... 35 LINSCOTT, LAW & GREENSPAN, engineers LLG Ref. 5-16-0242-1 ii Lankershim/Riverside Mixed-Use Project O:\0242\report\0242-rpt3.doc TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) LIST OF FIGURES SECTION—FIGURE # PAGE 1–1 Vicinity Map ............................................................................................................................. 2 2–1 Project Site Plan ........................................................................................................................ 5 4–1 Existing Lane Configurations .......................................................................................... 8 4–2 Existing Public Transit Routes ................................................................................................. 12 5–1 Existing Traffic Volumes – Weekday AM Peak Hour ........................................................... 15 5–2 Existing Traffic Volumes – Weekday PM Peak Hour ............................................................ 16 6–1 Location of Related Projects .................................................................................................... 21 6–2 Related Projects Traffic Volumes – Weekday AM Peak Hour .............................................. 22 6–3 Related Projects Traffic Volumes – Weekday PM Peak Hour .............................................. 23 7–1 Project Trip Distribution .......................................................................................................... 29 7–2 Project Traffic Volumes – Weekday AM Peak Hour ............................................................ 30 7–3 Project Traffic Volumes – Weekday PM Peak Hour ............................................................. 31 9–1 Existing With Project Traffic Volumes – Weekday AM Peak Hour ..................................... 36 9–2 Existing With Project Traffic Volumes – Weekday PM Peak Hour...................................... 37 9–3 Future Cumulative Baseline Traffic Volumes – Weekday AM Peak Hour .......................... 39 9–4 Future Cumulative Baseline Traffic Volumes – Weekday PM Peak Hour ........................... 40 9–5 Future Cumulative With Project Traffic Volumes – Weekday AM Peak Hour ................... 41 9–6 Future Cumulative With Project Traffic Volumes – Weekday PM Peak Hour .................... 42 APPENDICES APPENDIX A. Manual Traffic Count Data B. CMA and Levels of Service Explanation CMA Data Worksheets – AM and PM Peak Hours LINSCOTT, LAW & GREENSPAN, engineers LLG Ref. 5-16-0242-1 iii Lankershim/Riverside Mixed-Use Project O:\0242\report\0242-rpt3.doc TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY LANKERSHIM/RIVERSIDE MIXED-USE PROJECT City of Los Angeles, California January 24, 2017 1.0 INTRODUCTION This traffic analysis has been conducted to identify and evaluate the potential traffic impacts generated by the proposed Lankershim/Riverside Mixed-Use project (the “Project”) located in the Toluca Lake area of the City of Los Angeles, California. The Project proposes the construction of approximately 5,684 square feet of commercial floor area and up to 179 residential apartment units. The proposed Project site is located at 10850 Riverside Drive, which is at the southwest corner of the Lankershim Boulevard and Riverside Drive intersection. The Project site location and general vicinity are shown in Figure