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Versailles Road) Lexington, Ky MULTIMODAL ALTERNATIVE EVALUATION US 60 (VERSAILLES ROAD) LEXINGTON, KY FINAL REPORT Prepared by Kentucky Transportation Center Prepared for: Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Date: May 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 Existing Conditions ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Capacity Analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Crash Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Travel Survey ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Alternative Analysis..................................................................................................................................... 12 Spot Improvements .................................................................................................................................... 15 Corridor-wide improvements ................................................................................................................. 15 Improvements by Section ........................................................................................................................... 20 Alexandria to Mason Headley Road. ....................................................................................................... 20 Mason Headley to Oxford Circle ............................................................................................................. 21 Oxford Circle to Red Mile Road/Forbes. ................................................................................................. 22 Forbes/Red Mile to Angliana Avenue ..................................................................................................... 24 Conclusions/Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 26 Versailles Road Multimodal Evaluation US 60, Lexington, KY i LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Study Area ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Figure 2: Cross Section Alexandria Drive to Mason Headley Road ............................................................... 2 Figure 3: Cross Section Red Mile Road to Angliana Avenue ......................................................................... 2 Figure 4: Historical Traffic Volumes (ADT) on Versailles Road ..................................................................... 3 Figure 5: Crash Distribution .......................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 6: Angle Crashes Locations ................................................................................................................ 5 Figure 7: Pedestrian Crash Locations ............................................................................................................ 6 Figure 8: Bicycle Crash Locations .................................................................................................................. 6 Figure 9: Versailles Road Corridor Transit Routes ........................................................................................ 7 Figure 10: Question 1 Survey Response........................................................................................................ 9 Figure 11: Question 2 Survey Response........................................................................................................ 9 Figure 12: Question 4 Survey Response...................................................................................................... 10 Figure 13: Question 5 Survey Response...................................................................................................... 10 Figure 14: Road Diet Cross Section Alternative .......................................................................................... 12 Figure 15. Proposed Refuge Island Ball-Quantrell Jones Recovery Center for Women ............................. 17 Figure 16. Proposed Refuge Island Delmont Drive to Halls Lane............................................................... 17 Figure 17: Potential Alternate Bike Route .................................................................................................. 19 Figure 18: Existing/Proposed Cross Section (Alexandria Drive to Mason Headley Road) .......................... 20 Figure 19: Existing Cross Section Versailles Road (Mason Headley to Oxford Circle) ................................ 21 Figure 20: Proposed Cross Section Versailles Road (Mason Headley to Oxford Circle) ............................. 21 Figure 21: Existing Cross Section Versailles Road (Oxford Circle to Red Mile Road) .................................. 22 Figure 22: Proposed Cross Section Versailles Road (Oxford Circle to Red Mile Road) ............................... 22 Figure 23: Existing Cross Section Versailles Road (Red Mile Road to Angliana Avenue) ............................ 24 Figure24: Evaluated Cross Section Versailles Road (Red Mile Road to Angliana Avenue) ......................... 24 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Existing Conditions Level of Service (LOS) (PM Peak) ..................................................................... 4 Table 2: Versailles Road at Mason Headley Road; Road Diet Alternative .................................................. 13 Table 3: Versailles Road at Red Mile Road; Road Diet Alternative ............................................................. 13 Versailles Road Multimodal Evaluation US 60, Lexington, KY ii LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A. Turn movement Counts Appendix B. Survey and Responses. Versailles Road Multimodal Evaluation US 60, Lexington, KY iii INTRODUCTION The Versailles Road corridor is a major arterial into the heart of Lexington, KY, connecting the Bluegrass Airport, Keeneland, and the Bluegrass Parkway with downtown. In addition, the corridor serves as the most heavily used transit route within the city. Heavy pedestrian and bicycle usage also exist on the corridor making it one of the most vibrant and diverse multimodal corridors in the city if not the state. However, few improvements have been made for either automobile or other modes of transportation in recent years leading to a poor condition of some facilities and the need for improved and expanded modal facilities on the corridor. A recent report by the Kentucky Transportation Center titled “Evaluation of Road Diets” identified some alternatives to balance auto and other mode uses on corridors such as Versailles Road, and this study was initiated in order to test the feasibility of road diet options. However, the traffic volumes on the roadway exceed the recommended range for those alternatives. Therefore, there is a distinct need to develop alternatives that can improve multimodal uses on high volume roadways, and the Versailles Road corridor is a prime candidate for the development and evaluation of such measures. The objective of this study is to identify alternative roadway configurations that are capable of balancing multimodal uses including vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle and transit modes. The limits of the study area are from Alexandria Drive to Oliver Lewis Way (Figure 1). Figure 1: Study Area Versailles Road Multimodal Evaluation US 60, Lexington, KY 1 EXISTING CONDITIONS Versailles Road through the study area is varied in terms of land use as well as transportation infrastructure. The western end of the project near Alexandria Drive is a commercial activity center with several highway related businesses such as fast food, other restaurants and gas stations. The middle of the corridor is a residential area with a mix of single family homes and townhomes/apartments. Closer to downtown, the land use is once again commercial but varying in type with more retail and service oriented businesses. Likewise cross section on the corridor varies widely as well. The western end of the corridor provides a wide 70 foot cross section complete with bike lanes and a center two-way left turn lane (TWLTL) and wide sidewalks (See Figure 2). This section is juxtaposed with the narrow 44 foot cross section on the eastern terminus which has narrow lanes, no TWLTL and narrow 4 foot sidewalks (Figure 3). Figure 2: Cross Section Alexandria Drive to Mason Headley Road Bike Bike Sidewalk Sidewalk 5 5 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 Figure 3: Cross Section Red Mile Road to Angliana Avenue Treelawn Treelawn 4' 4' Sidewalk 11 11 11 11 4' Sidewalk There are 12 signalized intersections within the study area (listed below). As many of these are minor intersections with low volumes, capacity analysis was only conducted on major intersections that had the potential to affect the operations of the corridor. 1. Alexandria Drive 7. Delmont Drive 2. Village Drive 8. Red Mile Road/Forbes Road 3. Mason Headley Road 9. Bennet Avenue 4. Oxford Circle 10. Angliana Avenue 5. Hamilton Park 11. Robertson Street 6. Terrace View Park 12. Oliver Lewis Way Analysis of traffic volumes on the corridor indicates that volumes have
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