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May 16, 2025
Ruben Hovanesian, Traffic Engineering Manager
8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335
Subject: Maple Avenue and Foothill Boulevard Residential, City of Fontana - Vehicle Miles Traveled Screening Analysis
Dear Ruben,
Translutions, Inc. (Translutions) is pleased to provide this letter discussing the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) screening analysis for the
proposed project to be located on the northwest corner of Maple Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in the City of Fontana. The project
includes the construction of 270 multi-family dwelling units.
The City of Fontana has guidelines for Vehicle Miles Traveled and are included in the City of Fontana’s Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines
for Vehicle Miles Traveled and Level of Service Assessment, October 21, 2020. These guidelines include thresholds of significance,
and screening criteria for VMT. The VMT screening analysis has been developed consistent with the City’s VMT guidelines.
VMT SCREENING ANALYSIS
The City VMT guidelines include screening criteria and thresholds of significance for development projects. The screening criteria
enables a variety of projects to be screened out of complicated VMT analyses and therefore a less-than-significant VMT impact. The
conditions of land developments to be screened out of a full VMT analysis include transit priority areas, low-VMT areas, low project type,
and project net daily trips less than 500 ADT. The project screens out of a VMT analysis based on the low-VMT screening. The low-
VMT screening analysis is further described below.
Residential Projects Located in Low VMT Areas
Residential and office projects located within a low-VMT generating area may be presumed to have a less than significant impact absent
substantial evidence to the contrary. To identify if the project is in a low-VMT generating area, the SBCTA VMT screening tool was used
to compare the existing VMT within the TAZ to the appropriate threshold identified in Section 13.0 of the VMT guidelines. The guidelines
indicate that a project would have a significant project-generated VMT impact if the baseline VMT per service population exceeds 15%
below the baseline County of San Bernardino VMT per service population.
Figure 1 illustrates the SBCTA VMT screening tool and shows that the TAZ VMT is 22.7 miles. The County threshold is 33.10 miles.
Since the TAZ VMT is less than the County threshold, the project is presumed to have a less than significant impact on VMT based on
this screening criteria.
We hope you will find this information helpful. Please let me know whether the City has any comments on the VMT screening analysis. I
can be reached at (949) 656-3131 or by email at sandipan@translutions.com.
Sincerely,
translutions, Inc.
Sandipan Bhattacharjee, P.E., T.E., AICP, ENV SP
Principal
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FIGURE 1
Foothill Boulevard and Maple Avenue
SBTAM+ VMT Screening Tool
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year). Note each jurisdiction may have adopted a
different metric by which they measure VMT. Please
consult with the jurisdiction to verify which metric to use
for your analysis .....
Below County Baseline (-15%)
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