1357 Baseline Road Transportation Impact Assessment Strategy Report
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1357 Baseline Road Transportation Impact Assessment Strategy Report January 17, 2020 Prepared for: Selection Groupe International Inc. Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Ltd. 1357 Baseline Road Transportation Impact Assessment Table of Contents 1.0 SCREENING ................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 SUMMARY OF DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 TRIP GENERATION TRIGGER ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 LOCATION TRIGGERS ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 SAFETY TRIGGERS ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 SCOPING ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 2.1 EXISTING AND PLANNED CONDITIONS ...................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 Proposed Development .............................................................................................................. 3 2.1.2 Existing Conditions ..................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.3 Planned Conditions .................................................................................................................. 12 2.2 STUDY AREA AND TIME PERIODS ............................................................................................................. 14 2.2.1 Study Area ................................................................................................................................ 14 2.2.2 Time Periods ............................................................................................................................ 14 2.2.3 Horizon Years ........................................................................................................................... 14 2.3 EXEMPTIONS REVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 15 3.0 FORECASTING ............................................................................................................................................. 16 3.1 DEVELOPMENT GENERATED TRAVEL DEMAND ..................................................................................... 16 3.1.1 Trip Generation and Mode Shares ........................................................................................... 16 3.1.2 Trip Distribution ........................................................................................................................ 18 3.1.3 Trip Assignment ....................................................................................................................... 18 3.2 BACKGROUND NETWORK TRAVEL DEMAND .......................................................................................... 21 3.2.1 Transportation Network Plans .................................................................................................. 21 3.2.2 Background Growth .................................................................................................................. 21 3.2.3 Other Developments ................................................................................................................ 21 3.3 DEMAND RATIONALIZATION ...................................................................................................................... 22 4.0 STRATEGY ................................................................................................................................................... 23 4.1 DEVELOPMENT DESIGN ............................................................................................................................. 23 4.1.1 Design for Sustainable Modes .................................................................................................. 23 4.1.2 Circulation and Access ............................................................................................................. 23 4.1.3 New Street Networks ................................................................................................................ 23 4.2 PARKING ....................................................................................................................................................... 24 4.2.1 Parking Supply ......................................................................................................................... 24 4.2.2 Spillover Parking ...................................................................................................................... 25 4.3 BOUNDARY STREET DESIGN ..................................................................................................................... 25 4.3.1 Design Concept ........................................................................................................................ 25 4.4 ACCESS INTERSECTIONS DESIGN ........................................................................................................... 29 4.4.1 Location and Design of Access ................................................................................................ 29 4.4.2 Intersection Control .................................................................................................................. 29 4.4.3 Intersection Design ................................................................................................................... 29 4.5 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................... 30 4.5.1 Context for TDM ....................................................................................................................... 30 4.5.2 Need and Opportunity .............................................................................................................. 30 4.5.3 TDM Program ........................................................................................................................... 30 4.6 NEIGHBOURHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 31 4.7 TRANSIT ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 1357 Baseline Road Transportation Impact Assessment 4.7.1 Route Capacity ......................................................................................................................... 31 4.7.2 Transit Priority .......................................................................................................................... 32 4.8 REVIEW OF NETWORK CONCEPT ............................................................................................................. 33 4.9 INTERSECTION DESIGN ............................................................................................................................. 33 4.9.1 Intersection Control .................................................................................................................. 33 4.9.2 Intersection Design ................................................................................................................... 33 5.0 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................................... 48 List of Tables Table 1 - Proposed Land Uses / Land Use Codes ......................................................................................................... 4 Table 2 - Collision Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Table 3 - City of Ottawa Transportation Master Plan Projects ..................................................................................... 12 Table 4 - Background Developments ........................................................................................................................... 13 Table 5 - Exemptions Review ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Table 6 - Land Uses and Trip Generation Rates .......................................................................................................... 16 Table 7 - Person Trips Generated by Land Use ........................................................................................................... 16 Table 8 - Trips Generated by Travel Mode – Without Baseline BRT............................................................................ 17 Table 9 - Trips Generated by Travel Mode – With Baseline BRT ................................................................................ 18 Table 10 - Traffic Distribution Assumptions 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