LATR Kit for Applicants

• Planning
• Transportation
• Local Area Transportation Review (LATR)
• LATR Kit for Applicants

Provided below is the LATR Scoping Form and a compilation of web links that directs users to resource tools and other supplemental information that support the application of the 2022 LATR Guidelines. Applicants and reviewers can use this information when scoping a multi-modal LATR transportation impact study.

Any applicant that has submitted a transportation impact study (TIS) work scope before August 30, 2021 and submits their TIS to Planning Department staff within 90 days of the approved scope, will be allowed to use the traffic counts collected under the Department’s interim COVID-19 traffic count policy most recently updated on October 1, 2020.

Local Area Transportation Review Scoping Form

General

• Identify Transportation Policy Area by address: Map
• Intersection Count Database (database of pedestrian, bicycle and motor vehicle counts)
• Digital Data Submission (base URL, additional URL customization will be provided during scoping)
• Digital Data Submission Instructions
• Complete Streets Design Guide

LATR Proportionality Guide

• LATR Proportionality Guide Calculator, Version 1.1
• LATR Proportionality Guide Adjustment Factor Map

Pedestrian System Adequacy

• Pedestrian Level of Comfort (PLOC) Map (displays existing conditions)
• PLOC Methodology (Version 1.0)
• PLOC Verification: a customized URL will be provided during project scoping
• Street Lighting: Map of existing streetlight poles
• ADA Compliance: ADA Toolkit (from the 2017 LATR) | Contributions ceilings on Page 2 apply

Bicycle System Adequacy

• Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) Map (displays existing conditions)
• LTS Methodology (Version 1.1)
• LTS Verification: a customized URL will be provided during project scoping
• Bicycle Master Plan Bikeway Network
• Bicycle Facility Design Toolkit

Bus Transit System Adequacy

• Field observation of existing bus stop infrastructure
• Coordinate a meeting with Wayne Miller of MCDOT to identify prioritized stop locations

Vision Zero Statement

• High Injury Network
• Speed Study Locations
• Crash Data 
• Coordinate with Planning staff to identify speed study locations (Reminder, no older than 3 years, page 26 of Guidelines)
• Vision Zero Community Toolkit