Gibson County LRTP

LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN Gibson County, Indiana Prepared by the Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN Gibson County, Indiana ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GIBSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Bob Townsend, President Gerald Bledsoe, Vice-President Alan Douglas, Member CITY OF PRINCETON UMBRELLA COMMITTEE Bob Hurst, Mayor Kelly Dillon, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Tim Burris, Hansen Corporation Peg Michas, Pride in Princeton Alan Douglas, Gibson County Commissioner Jason Spindler Kathy Cowling, Princeton Councilwoman Jami Allen, Fifth Third Bank Lynn Roach, WRAY Radio Gary Blackburn, Princeton Publishing Chris Hayes, Princeton Retail Merchants Helen Hauke Todd Mosby, Gibson County Economic Development Corporation Karen Thompson, Gibson County Chamber of Commerce Bob Shaw EVANSVILLE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Mr. Bradley G. Mills, Executive Director Mr. Vishu Lingala, Transportation Planner Mr. Craig Luebke, Transportation Planner Ms. Erin Mattingly, Transportation Planner TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... 1 A. Study Background ........................................................................................................................................... 1 B. Gibson County Transportation Planning Area ............................................................................................... 1 C. Plan Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 D. Existing Transportation System Overview....................................................................................................... 2 E. Local Planning Documents .............................................................................................................................. 4 F. Transportation Planning Guiding Legislation ................................................................................................. 4 G. Public Involvement .......................................................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 2: SYSTEM PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS........................................................ 5 A. Functional Classification ................................................................................................................................. 5 B. Roadway Capacity and Level of Service ......................................................................................................... 11 C. Access Management ....................................................................................................................................... 11 D. Right-of-Way and Geometric Design Standards ............................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER 3: EXISTING SYSTEM EVALUATION.................................................................. 19 A. Volume and Level of Service Analysis ............................................................................................................ 19 B. Safety and Crash Analysis .............................................................................................................................. 26 C. Freight Transportation ..................................................................................................................................... 30 D. Commuting ....................................................................................................................................................... 36 E. Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities .................................................................................................................... 40 F. Transit….. .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 CHAPTER 4: FUTURE SYSTEM NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS....................................... 41 A. 2035 Level of Service Forecast and Capacity Needs ................................................................................... 41 B. Roadway Network Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 48 C. Freight Transportation Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 50 D. Preservation Needs ......................................................................................................................................... 53 E. Safety Needs .................................................................................................................................................... 54 F. Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Recommendations .......................................................................... 55 G. Transit Development ........................................................................................................................................ 59 H. Ridesharing ...................................................................................................................................................... 60 I. Land Use ........................................................................................................................................................... 61 table of contents i GIBSON COUNTY | LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN CHAPTER 5: PLAN FINANCING....................................................................................... 63 A. System Priorities and Funding ....................................................................................................................... 63 B. Operations and Maintenance Costs .............................................................................................................. 66 APPENDIX A: PROJECTS LIST......................................................................................... A-1 APPENDIX B: LEVEL OF SERVICE METHODOLOGY............................................................ B-1 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1: Gibson County Location Map ....................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2.1: Gibson County Roads - Current Functional Classification ........................................................... 9 Figure 2.2: Princeton Roads - Current Functional Classification ................................................................... 10 Figure 2.3: Example of LOS by Mode for Urban Roadways ............................................................................ 12 Figure 2.4: Access versus Mobility ................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 2.5: Relationship of Crash Rate to Access Density ............................................................................. 13 Figure 2.6: Gibson County Urban Roadway Design Standards ...................................................................... 16 Figure 2.7: Gibson County Rural Roadway Design Standards ...................................................................... 18 Figure 3.1: Annualized Average Daily Traffic volumes for Gibson County and Princeton ............................. 21 Figure 3.2: 2008-2010 Gibson County Crash Type Ratios............................................................................. 26 Figure 3.3: 2008-2010 Gibson County Accidents by Primary Collision Factor ............................................. 27 Figure 3.4: 2008-2010 Gibson County Fatality Crash Locations .................................................................. 29 Figure 3.5: 2010 Gibson County Injury and Property-Damage-Only Crash Locations ................................. 30 Figure 3.6: Regional Rail System Ownership .................................................................................................. 31 Figure 3.7: 2002, 2007 and 2035 National Value by Mode .......................................................................... 32 Figure 3.8: Truck Volumes on National Highway System, 2002 .................................................................... 33 Figure 3.9: Truck Volumes on National Highway System, 2035 .................................................................... 33 Figure 3.10: Regional Priority Truck Network ................................................................................................... 34 Figure 3.11: Regional Intermodal Facilities ...................................................................................................... 35 Figure 3.12: Commuters to Gibson County ...................................................................................................... 36 Figure 3.13: Commuters from Gibson County .................................................................................................. 36 Figure 3.14: Princeton Commuting Time ......................................................................................................... 37 Figure 3.15: Ft. Branch Commuting Time ........................................................................................................ 38 Figure 3.16: Oakland City Commuting Time ..................................................................................................... 39 Figure 4.1: 2015 Forecast Traffic Capacity

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