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San Joaquin County Community Environmental Setting, Impacts,and Mitigation Measures Development Department Transportation and Traffic IVY.1.(6)To reduce peak-hour traffic congestion,the County shall support alternative forms of commuting,such as transit,car and vanpooling,the use of High Occupancy Vehicle(HOV)lanes,bicycling,and walking. IV.F.2.(2)Transportation improvements shall be scheduled to coordinate with land use development and transportation demand. Transportation investments and service capacity shall be planned to correspond to the development and travel demand identified by plans of local communities. IV.F.2.(3)Transportation needs and access shall be considered when locating land uses. IV.F.3.(1)The County shall plan for a road system of adequate capacity and design to provide reasonable and safe access by vehicles with minimum delay. IV.F.3.(7)Development shall provide all right-of-way and on-site road improvements necessary to serve the development and mitigate off-site traffic impacts triggered by the development. IV.F.3.(8)On minor arterials and roadways of higher classifications,the County shall maintain a LOS no lower than"D"at all intersections and the following on the throughway: (a)on State highways,LOS D; (b)within a city's sphere of influence,LOS D,or LOS C when the city plans for that level of service or better; (d)on other roads,LOS C. IV.F.3.(9)The LOS for a roadway shall be based on the average weekly peak- hour volume(San Joaquin County 1992). Impact Analysis Approach and Methodology The analysis of traffic impacts presented in this section is based on the traffic study included in Appendix F. To assess traffic impacts,the traffic study included an appraisal of 2007 baseline traffic conditions, described above,and added the traffic that would be generated by the proposed project. This analysis was based on the information provided by the Applicant,who in conjunction with Granite Construction,West Coast Aggregates,DSS,RMC Lonestar and Teichert Aggregates has formed the Vernalis Aggregate Producers group for the purpose of funding the SR 132/Bird Road interchange project studies by contributing their share to the improvements. During preparation of the interchange project studies,the Applicant provided a yearly aggregate production r estimate at start-up(2007)of 500,000 tons per year. Therefore,this analysis conservatively assumes full production traffic would exist in 2007 and does not DeSilva Gates Quarry Project Draft Environmental Impact Report 3.L-23 J85 05105.05 i