CARLSBAD
CLOVIS
IRVINE
LOS ANGELES
PALM SPRINGS
POINT RICHMOND
RIVERSIDE
ROSEVILLE
SAN LUIS OBISPO
3210 El Camino Real, Suite 100, Irvine, California 92602 949.553.0666 www.lsa.net
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 30, 2024
TO: Wei Sun, TE, PTOE, City Traffic Engineer, City of Moreno Valley FROM: Dean Arizabal, Principal, LSA
SUBJECT: Trip Generation and Vehicle Miles Traveled Analysis for the Public Storage Moreno Valley Project (LSA Project No. 20241908)
LSA has prepared this trip generation and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analysis for the proposed self-storage project on Indian Street (north of Alessandro Boulevard) in the City of Moreno Valley (City).
The purpose of this analysis is to identify the proposed project trip generation and determine whether the proposed project requires a level of service (LOS) analysis or a VMT analysis per the City of Moreno Valley Transportation Impact Analysis Preparation Guide for Vehicle Miles Traveled and Level of Service Assessment (June 2020) (City Guidelines).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The 3-acre project site (Assessor’s Parcel Number 482-190-022) is currently undeveloped. The project site is bounded by commercial self-storage uses to the north, commercial uses (gas station and auto parts store) to the south, residential uses to the east, and Indian Street and commercial uses to the west.
The proposed project would develop a three story, 132,006-square-foot (sf) self-storage building and 53 recreational vehicle (RV) storage spaces. Vehicular access to the proposed project will be provided along Indian Street via an existing driveway that is shared with the commercial uses south of the site.
TRIP GENERATION
LSA examined the trip generation potential of the proposed 132,006 sf self-storage building by referencing trip rates from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition (2021) for Land Use 151 (Mini-Warehouse).
In addition, LSA assessed the trip generation potential for the proposed 53 RV storage spaces by applying average trip rates derived from trip generation surveys for similar existing RV and boat storage facilities in Chino and Ontario. The trip characteristics of these facilities are comparable to the proposed project, as customers store their vehicles and boats and retrieve them for recreational purposes when needed.
The trip generation surveys for these facilities are provided as an attachment.
Table A presents the anticipated trip generation for the proposed project.
10/30/24 (P:\2024\20241908_Moreno Valley Public Storage\Technical Studies\Traffic\Report\Moreno Valley PS Trip Gen & VMT memo.docx) 2 Table A: Project Trip Generation
Land Use Size Unit Daily
AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
In Out Total In Out Total
Trip Rates
Mini-Warehouse1 tsf 1.45 0.05 0.04 0.09 0.07 0.08 0.15 RV Storage2 space 0.48 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.04
Project Trip Generation
Mini-Warehouse 132.006 tsf 191 7 5 12 9 11 20
RV Storage 53 spaces 25 1 1 2 1 1 2
Total 216 8 6 14 10 12 22
Source: Compiled by LSA (2024).
1 Trip rates from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition (2021). Land Use 151. 2 Trip rates are based on survey data for similar existing facilities in Chino and Ontario (2021). 50/50 inbound/outbound split is assumed for the peak hours.
tsf = thousand square feet
As shown in Table A, the proposed project would generate 216 daily trips, including 14 trips (8 inbound and 6 outbound) in the a.m. peak hour and 22 trips (10 inbound and 12 outbound) in the p.m. peak hour.
Because the proposed project would generate less than 100 trips in the peak hour, it is exempt from an LOS analysis.
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
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 LOS from consideration under CEQA. With the adopted guidelines, transportation impacts are to be evaluated based on a project’s effect on VMT. As mentioned above, the proposed project is within the jurisdiction of the City. Therefore, the project VMT analysis was conducted according to the City Guidelines, which include the VMT screening criteria, analysis methodology, impact thresholds, and mitigation measures.
According to the City Guidelines, projects generating less than 400 daily vehicle trips, exclusive of any existing daily vehicle trips generated by the site, are screened out from a VMT analysis and presumed to have a less than significant transportation impact. As previously shown in Table A, the proposed project would generate 216 daily vehicle trips. Because the proposed project would generate less than 400 daily trips, it is screened out from a VMT analysis and presumed to have less than significant transportation impact.
CONCLUSION
The proposed project is anticipated to generate 216 daily trips, including 14 a.m. peak-hour and 22 p.m. peak-hour trips. The proposed project is exempt from an LOS analysis because it would generate less than 100 peak-hour trips. In addition, the proposed project is screened out from a VMT analysis with the presumption of a less than significant transportation impact because it would generate less than 400 daily trips.
Attachment: RV and Boat Storage Trip Generation Surveys 1 Chino Location: 292 spaces
Date AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Daily
15‐Jun 13 11 134
16‐Jun 10 16 115
17‐Jun 4 15 121
Average 9 14 123
Rate (trips per
parking space) 0.03 0.05 0.42
2 Ontario Location: 815 spaces
Date AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Daily
15‐Jun 23 33 435
16‐Jun 22 35 438
17‐Jun 24 31 432
Average 23 33 435
Rate (trips per
parking space) 0.03 0.04 0.53
Location AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Daily
Chino 0.03 0.05 0.42
Ontario 0.03 0.04 0.53
Average Rate
(Trips per Space)
0.03 0.04 0.48
Average Rate between both sites
RV/Boat Storage Trip Generation Surveys