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Transportation Baseline Report Oak Street Refinement Plan Forest Grove, Oregon DRAFT August 2020 Draft Transportation Baseline Report Project Information Project: Oak Street Refinement Plan Prepared for: 3J Consulting 9600 SW Nimbus Avenue, Suite 100 Beaverton, Oregon 97008 Reviewing Agency Jurisdiction : Forest Grove 1924 Council Street Forest Grove, Oregon 97116 Project Representative Prepared by : SCJ Alliance 8730 Tallon Lane NE, Suite 200 Lacey, WA 98516 360.352.1465 scjalliance.com Contact : Anne Sylvester, PTE [email protected] (360) 352-1465 Project Reference: SCJ 1902 .01 Path: N:\Projects\1902 3J Consulting, Inc\1902.01 Forest Grove Oak Street Area Land Use Refinement\04-Dels\01-Baseline\Transp\2020-0808 Draft Oak Street Area Transp Baseline.docx Oak Street Refinement Plan Draft Transportation Baseline Report TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ........................................................................ 1-1 2. REVIEWED DOCUMENTS AND PLANS ....................................................................... 2-1 2.1 State Documents and Plans ................................................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Regional Documents and Plans .......................................................................................... 2-1 2.3 Forest Grove Documents and Plans ................................................................................... 2-2 2.4 Washington County Documents and Plans ........................................................................ 2-2 3. GOALS AND POLICIES ............................................................................................... 3-1 4. STREETS AND ROADS ............................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Functional Classification of Streets .................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Street Jurisdiction ............................................................................................................... 4-3 4.3 Roadway Design Characteristics ......................................................................................... 4-3 4.4 Existing Street Characteristics ............................................................................................ 4-6 4.5 Existing Traffic Volumes ..................................................................................................... 4-9 4.6 Existing Traffic Performance .............................................................................................. 4-9 4.7 Traffic Safety ..................................................................................................................... 4-11 5. BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ........................................... 5-1 5.1 Existing Bicycle Facilities ..................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Existing Trails/Bikeways ..................................................................................................... 5-2 5.3 Planning Context ................................................................................................................ 5-2 5.4 Bicycle System Improvements............................................................................................ 5-5 5.5 Existing Pedestrian Facilities .............................................................................................. 5-5 5.6 Planning Context ................................................................................................................ 5-9 5.7 Pedestrian System Improvements ..................................................................................... 5-9 6. TRANSIT SYSTEM ..................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 6-1 6.2 Fixed Route Bus Service ...................................................................................................... 6-1 6.3 Ride Connection ................................................................................................................. 6-2 SCJ Alliance Page i August 2020 Oak Street Refinement Plan Draft Transportation Baseline Report 6.4 Planning Context ................................................................................................................ 6-3 7. FUTURE STREET AND ROADWAY SYSTEM................................................................. 7-1 7.1 Future (2040) Traffic Volumes ............................................................................................ 7-1 7.2 Future Traffic Performance ................................................................................................ 7-1 7.3 Street and Roadway Plan ................................................................................................... 7-3 8. RAIL FACILITIES ........................................................................................................ 8-1 APPENDICES A – Traffic Count Data B – 2020 PM Peak Hour Intersection Operations C – Crash Data D – Traffic Forecasts E – 2040 PM Peak Hour Intersection Operations SCJ Alliance Page ii August 2020 Oak Street Refinement Plan Draft Transportation Baseline Report LIST OF TABLES Table 4 -1. Major Street Network Classifications ................................ ................................ ....................... 4-2 Table 4-2. Functional Classification Definitions ......................................................................................... 4-2 Table 4-3. Roadway Jurisdictional Ownership ........................................................................................... 4-3 Table 4-4. Design Parameters for Major Study Area Streets ..................................................................... 4-4 Table 4-5. Green Street Design Elements .................................................................................................. 4-5 Table 4-6. Summary of Key Features for Existing Streets .......................................................................... 4-6 Table 4-7. Existing 2020 PM Peak Hour Intersection Level of Service ..................................................... 4-11 Table 4-8. Intersection Crashes in Vicinity of Oak Street Plan Area, 2014-2018 ..................................... 4-11 Table 4-9. Intersection Crashes by Severity, 2014-2018 .......................................................................... 4-12 Table 4-10. Summary of Roadway Crashes by Type, 2014-2018 ............................................................. 4-12 Table 4-11. Summary of Roadway Crashes by Severity, 2014-2018 ........................................................ 4-13 Table 4-12. Summary of Roadway Crashes by Severity, 2014-2018 ........................................................ 4-13 Table 5-1. Bicycle System Projects and Programs ..................................................................................... 5-5 Table 5-2. Pedestrian System Projects and Programs ............................................................................... 5-9 Table 6-1. Fixed Route Bus Service in Forest Grove................................................................................... 6-1 Table 7-1. Existing 2040 PM Peak Hour Intersection Level of Service ....................................................... 7-3 Table 7-2. Planned Roadway Improvements ............................................................................................. 7-4 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 -1. Oak Street Refinement Plan Study Area and Vicinity ................................ .......................... 1-2 Figure 4-1. Relationship between Functional Classification, Mobility and Access ................................ 4-1 Figure 4-2. Existing Traffic Volumes ..................................................................................................... 4-10 Figure 5-1. Existing Bicycle Facilities ...................................................................................................... 5-1 Figure 5-2. Tualatin Valley Scenic Bikeway ............................................................................................ 5-3 Figure 5-3. Forest Grove Bicycle Plan .................................................................................................... 5-4 Figure 5-4. Council Creek Trail Plan ....................................................................................................... 5-6 Figure 5-5. Council Creek Trail Design Elements.................................................................................... 5-7 Figure 5-6. Existing Sidewalks/Highway Shoulders ................................................................................ 5-8 Figure 5-7. Forest Grove Pedestrian Plan ............................................................................................ 5-11 Figure 6-1. GroveLink Route Map .......................................................................................................... 6-2 Figure 6-2. WestLink Route Map............................................................................................................ 6-3 Figure 7-1. 2040 PM Peak Hour Baseline Traffic Volumes ..................................................................... 7-2 Figure 7-2. OR 47 at Martin Road – Proposed Roundabout