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Transportation Assessment and Management Study MEMO DATE: December 9, 2020 PROJECT NO: 04-20-0344 PROJECT: 495 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC SUBJECT: Transportation Assessment and Management Study TO: Asad Siddiqui, PCI Developments Eli Wolpin, Perkins & Will PREPARED BY: Ben Corbett; Simon Button, P.Eng., PMP REVIEWED BY: Peter Joyce, P.Eng. 1. INTRODUCTION PCI Development (PCI) is planning to develop a mixed-use commercial/residential building at 495 West 41st Avenue in Vancouver, BC. The development provides the first two floors for commercial space which are being designed for a financial service provider as the single tenant. The ground floor will be used for typical in-person financial transactions while the second floor will provide staff offices. 112 rental residential units will be provided above. As part of the rezoning application, the City of Vancouver (CoV) requested that a Transportation Assessment and Management Study (TAMS) and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan be prepared by a transportation consultant. Bunt & Associates’ TAMS report is provided herein with the TDM plan provided under separate cover as with the Loading Management Plan (LMP). Since the development is modestly sized and located in a walk/bike/transit-oriented environment, it is not anticipated to be a significant vehicle trip generator. As such, a mix of quantitative and qualitative assessments are used in this study that are appropriate for the scale of development. 2. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT The proposed 15-storey development includes 112 rental units. The development includes 1,830 m2 of commercial space on the first two levels as part of a commercial district along Cambie Street. Table 2.1 provides a breakdown of the proposed land uses and unit count. The development includes 3 underground parkade levels, which will be accessed from the laneway. One Class B loading space will be provided in the laneway. Figure 1 illustrates the proposed site plan. Table 2.1: Proposed Development Land Use LAND USE TYPE QUANTITY Ground floor retail 657 m2 Commercial 2nd floor office 1,173 m2 1 bedroom 60 Residential 2 bedroom 50 3 bedroom 2 Figure 1: Site Plan st 495 W 41 Avenue | Transportation Assessment and Management Study | December 9, 2020 2 S:\PROJECTS\SB\04-20-0344 C41\5.0 Deliverables\5.3 TAMS\20201208_04-20-0344_C41_TAMS_V1.docx 3. TRANSPORTATION NETWORK 3.1 Existing Conditions The site is located at the intersection of Cambie Street and West 41st Avenue, two major arterial roads in the City of Vancouver. Exhibit 3.1 shows the site location and nearby existing cycling and transit facilities. A variety of street upgrades are anticipated to align with the implementation of the Cambie Corridor Plan. 3.2 Land Use The redevelopment sits within the Cambie Corridor Plan area which calls for significant increases in density to maximize the benefits from the Canada Line. The site sits on what is currently a vacant lot and would have previously been light, auto-oriented commercial use. The neighbourhood is transforming from low density commercial and single-family homes to a high-density, mixed-use municipal town centre. 3.3 Walking Existing sidewalks on Cambie Street are large and comfortable for people walking. Oakridge Mall and the Oakridge - 41st Canada Line Station are located on the opposite corner of the intersection between Cambie Street and West 41st Avenue. This intersection is large and has high vehicle volumes but features sufficiently wide crosswalks and long crossing times. High numbers of pedestrians cross this intersection to transfer between the Canada Line and bus services on 41st Avenue. In addition to Oakridge Mall, many other retail and service businesses are accessible on Cambie Street, enabling residents of the redevelopment to meet their daily needs within a 5-minute walk. Currently, sidewalks on W 41st Avenue are narrow and immediately adjacent to high-speed vehicle traffic; however, it is expected that they will be widened and set back from traffic as the adjacent sites are redeveloped. 3.4 Cycling The proposed development is well-connected to the City of Vancouver’s cycling network. On-street cycling lanes are provided on Cambie Street. Cyclists travelling north or south can also use the Ontario Street and Heather Street bikeways located a few blocks to the east and west of the site, respectively. These bikeways feature traffic calming measures and pedestrian controlled signals at major intersections, making them safe and comfortable for most people cycling. Cycling times to the major employment centres of Central Broadway and False Creek are approximately 20 minutes, and Downtown is within an approximate 30 minute cycling distance from the site. Cyclists travelling east-west can use the 37th Avenue bikeway, located a few blocks to the north of the site, as well as new bike facilities planned along W41st Avenue as part of other new development projects in the area. st 495 W 41 Avenue | Transportation Assessment and Management Study | December 9, 2020 3 S:\PROJECTS\SB\04-20-0344 C41\5.0 Deliverables\5.3 TAMS\20201208_04-20-0344_C41_TAMS_V1.docx 3.5 Transit The site is well served by public transit. It is across the street from the Oakridge – 41st Canada Line Station. The Canada Line provides fast and convenient transit access from the site to Downtown, Central Broadway, Richmond, and Vancouver International Airport. With the opening of the Broadway Subway planned for 2025, people travelling to or from the site will be able to connect easily to the Millennium Line at Broadway - City Hall Station. This SkyTrain connection will allow residents to quickly access more destinations in Central Broadway, East Vancouver, Burnaby, and the Tri-Cities. The R4 41st Avenue RapidBus provides a fast and frequent east-west transit route with stops located less than 100 m from the site. Due to construction surrounding the Oakridge redevelopment, these stops are currently located east of Cambie Street; once the construction is completed, they will be relocated to the west of Cambie Street. Heading west, the R4 RapidBus provides fast transit access to Kerrisdale, Dunbar, and UBC. Heading east, the R4 connects to the Expo Line SkyTrain at Joyce - Collingwood SkyTrain Station, providing regional access to Metrotown, New Westminster, and Surrey. The R4 provides high frequency service (every 4 to every 15 minutes) from early in the morning until late at night. It also maintains low delay along most of its route because its stops are located approximately every 800m apart at arterial intersections, and because of bus priority lanes along much of 41st Avenue. Bus Routes 15 and 41 provide local service along Cambie Street and 41st Avenue, respectively. These services can shorten walking distances for people travelling to destinations between rapid transit stations, such as Cambie Village at West 16th Avenue. 3.6 Vehicle Volumes and Operations The site is located adjacent to the Cambie Street and W 41st Ave intersection. Bunt & Associates previously analysed the weekday afternoon peak hour operations at this intersection as part of our extensive analysis for the Oakridge Centre redevelopment project. Table 3.1 summarizes the results of this analysis. In addition to high vehicle volumes, the high pedestrian volumes can increase vehicle delay for permissive left and right-turn vehicle turning movements. While the intersection is approaching is vehicle capacity at this intersection, the site vehicle volumes for this development application are expected to be negligible in comparison to the existing vehicle volumes and have minimal impact on vehicle operations. In addition, the City of Vancouver has indicated that improvements to the intersection will follow the “complete streets” approach, which focuses on improvements for all road users. These road changes are expected to include bus priority measures for the R4 41st Ave RapidBus, along with improved walking and cycling facilities. st 495 W 41 Avenue | Transportation Assessment and Management Study | December 9, 2020 4 S:\PROJECTS\SB\04-20-0344 C41\5.0 Deliverables\5.3 TAMS\20201208_04-20-0344_C41_TAMS_V1.docx Table 3.1: Existing 2018 Afternoon Peak Vehicle Volumes and Operations INTERSECTION/ VEHICLE HCM 2000 OPERATIONS RESULTS MOVEMENT TRAFFIC CONTROL VOLUME LOS V/C OVERALL 5,566 E 1.18 EB L 221 D 0.83 EB T 983 E 1.02 EB R 241 D 0.37 WB L 301 F 1.12 WB TR 641 C 0.50 Cambie Street and st WB R 135 - - W 41 Avenue NB L 115 C 0.62 NB T 927 D 0.88 NB R 291 C 0.34 SB L 313 F 1.16 SB TR 1,283 D 0.83 SB R 115 - - A site visit and vehicle count at the junction of the north-south and east-west lanes behind the site was conducted on Thursday, November 5th, 2020. These laneways form a 3-way intersection; however, for the purposes of the vehicle count, the parkade entrance to the development immediately north of the site was considered to be the fourth (west) leg of the intersection. Exhibit 3.2 illustrates the modest vehicle volumes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak hour. The most active section of this rear lane system is the segment south of W40th Avenue, and even this was observed to be less than 15 vehicles per hour, on average less than one vehicle in either direction every four minutes. The other lane connections to the rear of the site have even lower volume traffic at present. 3.7 Cambie Corridor Plan The Cambie Corridor Plan is the City of Vancouver’s plan to guide new development in the Cambie Corridor, which roughly covers the area from 16th Street to the Fraser River, and from Oak Street to Ontario Street. It was designed to optimize the land use in the Corridor to benefit from the public investment in the Canada Line and advance the City’s goals for public well-being.
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