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Page 2 of 7 Traffic Analysis Summary A comprehensive traffic analysis was prepared by TJKM, a professional traffic engineering firm, and was peer reviewed by the City’s Traffic Engineering Division. The traffic study is included for reference as Attachment 2. It is noted that the City does not typically require a traffic study when there would be less than 100 new vehicle trips; however, the applicant elected to prepare a study in the interest of providing more comprehensive analysis to the City. The traffic analysis provides a table that compares the existing uses to the proposed uses in terms of number of vehicle trips produced. This comparison shows the possible change in traffic due to the proposed development. The table identifies the uses and the square footage, then uses the square footages to convert into morning (AM) peak hour, and evening (PM) vehicle trips based on published rates collected by the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE). Traffic studies typically utilize the AM (7-9 AM) and PM (4:30 – 6:30 PM) peak hours because those are the busiest periods on Pleasanton roadways. Per the Pleasanton General Plan, the City considers an acceptable Level of Service (LOS) to be LOS D or better. LOS is the metric used to evaluate the performance of intersections, based on the amount of delay experienced by motorists when passing through or making turning movements at the intersection. The table shows that the existing church and day care are assumed to generate 49 trips in the AM peak hour and 56 trips in the PM peak hour, with the majority of the trips resulting from the day care. The table shows that the proposed 57 multifamily housing units are assumed to generate 41 AM peak hour trips and 45 PM peak hour trips (both lower than the existing uses). While the ITE rates provide the hypothetical trips generated, those figures are typically verified through field observations. In this case, site reviews conducted by staff found that the existing church/day care’s actual trip generation is somewhat lower than the number predicted based on ITE rates. The TJKM report used daily volumes on Hopyard Road posted on the City’s website. This data was collected in February 2020 (Page 2 paragraph 3), which was before the 2020 COVID stay- at-home orders were issued. For the peak hour analysis, TJKM used measured 2023 peak hour volumes since these volumes are beginning to reflect pre-pandemic volumes. To be conservative in the review of the traffic study and the existing conditions, staff evaluated the proposed 57-unit project against volumes collected in 2019 which are still slightly higher than current traffic volumes. Evaluation of the intersections using the 2019 data is a more conservative analysis.