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Pleasanton Comprehensive Fee Update and Nexus Study November 2024 4. Transportation DIF This section describes the methodology and assumptions used to calculate the transportation component of the Pleasanton Impact fee program, also known as the Transportation Impact Fee or TIF. Transportation consultant Fehr & Peers (F&P) provided research and technical analysis to support the analysis and assumptions used in this fee calculation. The more detailed documentation of their assumptions, methodology, and data sources is provided in Appendix B. Capital Needs, Costs, and Allocation F&P, in coordination with City staff, developed a list of capital improvement projects for inclusion as part of the Transportation category of the citywide Development Impact Fee. The projects reflect the goals and objectives identified by the Pleasanton General Plan and City budget documents, with some project needs determined based on existing service standards as described below. The capital project list has a particular emphasis on improving traffic flow and reducing conflicts for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians through the application of new signalized intersections, upgraded signal infrastructure, and various pedestrian/bicycle safety improvements such as new bike lanes and bridge railing. The Transportation analysis uses the same service population calculations as those used for the capital facilities fees, therefore the fair share allocation to new development used for transportation items is 23 percent. Table 14 lists each project type, the number of projects, and the resulting costs allocated to new development and included in the fee program. As shown, the total transportation-related costs included in the fee program sum to $293 million. A more detailed list of these items and their descriptions can be found in Appendix Table B-1. Following the same approach that was used in the 2018 TIF nexus study, if more than 70 percent of the usage of the facility was from Pleasanton, that indicates that the need for the improvement is predominantly due to Pleasanton-related travel so the entire cost of the project was considered to be included in the TIF program. If less than 70 percent of the usage was from Pleasanton, the percentage attributable to Pleasanton was used directly from the model. The result is shown in Appendix Table B-1 in the column called Percent Pleasanton Trips, Adjusted. Note that these percentages have been newly calculated only for the 18 additional transportation improvement projects proposed to be included in the TIF program. For all the projects that are remaining from the current TIF project list, the percentage of future traffic volume attributable to Pleasanton has not been re-calculated but is carried forward from the 2018 TIF nexus study. For projects that involve bicycle, pedestrian or safety enhancements, or those that are citywide projects, the percentage attributable to Pleasanton is calculated based on Economic&Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS) 24