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16-TIS-820140020.Pdf Table of Contents SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 SECTION 2 - EXISTING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................... 5 Public Road Network ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Site Access Concept ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Study Area Definition ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Transit Facilities and Services ........................................................................................................................ 7 Existing Traffic Counts .................................................................................................................................... 8 Pedestrian and Bicyclist Statement ............................................................................................................... 9 Congestion Standard ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Existing Intersection Critical Lane Volumes ............................................................................................ 11 SECTION 3 - FUTURE CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE PROJECT ............................................... 19 Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Pipeline Developments ................................................................................................................................. 19 Pipeline Development Peak Hour Traffic ................................................................................................. 19 Future Traffic Forecasts without the Project .......................................................................................... 19 Future Intersection Critical Lane Volumes without the Project ........................................................ 20 SECTION 4 - FUTURE CONDITIONS WITH THE PROJECT ......................................................... 25 Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Site Access Concept ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Site Trip Generation ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Trip Distribution and Assignment .............................................................................................................. 25 Future Traffic Forecasts with the Project ................................................................................................ 27 Future Intersection Critical Lane Volumes with the Project ............................................................... 27 Transportation Policy Area Review........................................................................................................... 27 SECTION 5 - CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................. 32 List of Figures Figure 1-1 Site Location ............................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 2-1 Existing Lane Use and Traffic Control ............................................................................. 12 Figure 2-2 Bus Routes ............................................................................................................................. 13 Figure 2-3 Existing Peak Hour Traffic Counts ................................................................................... 14 Figure 2-4 Existing Peak Hour Pedestrian Counts ............................................................................ 15 Figure 2-5 Existing Pedestrian Infrastructure ..................................................................................... 16 Figure 3-1 Location of Pipeline Developments .................................................................................. 21 Figure 3-2 Pipeline Trip Assignments ................................................................................................... 23 Figure 3-3 Background Future Peak Hour Traffic Forecasts .......................................................... 24 Figure 4-1 Site Plan ................................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 4-2 Site Trip Assignments .......................................................................................................... 29 Figure 4-3 Total Future Peak Hour Traffic Forecasts ....................................................................... 30 Figure 4-4 Future Lane Use and Traffic Control ............................................................................... 31 List of Tables Table 2-1 Existing Pedestrian Phasing ................................................................................................. 17 Table 2-2 Intersection Capacity Analyses (CLV Method) .............................................................. 18 Table 3-1 Pipeline Project Trip Generation ...................................................................................... 22 Table 4-1 Site-Generated Trip Analysis ............................................................................................. 26 List of Appendicies Appendix A Scoping Documents Appendix B Vehicle and Pedestrian Counts Appendix C Signal Timing Plans Appendix D Existing Critical Lane Volume Worksheets Appendix E Pipeline Project Trip Assignments Appendix F Background Critical Lane Volume Worksheets Appendix G Site Assignments by Land Use Appendix H Total Future Critical Lane Volume Worksheets 8001 Newell Street Local Area Transportation Review and Transportation Policy Area Review Montgomery County, Maryland SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION This report presents the results of a Local Area Transportation Review (LATR) and Transportation Policy Area Review (TPAR) for Comstock Newell, LC (the “Applicant”) planned development, 8001 Newell Street, within the Silver Spring Central Business District (CBD) Policy Area. 8001 Newell Street (the “Property”) is located southeast of Newell Street and northeast of Eastern Avenue within the Silver Spring CBD Policy Area of Montgomery County, Maryland, as shown on Figure 1-1. The site presently is developed with self-storage units with a total of approximately 40,000 S.F. of warehouse space. Comstock Newell, LC proposes to redevelop the site with a mix of retail and residential uses (the “Project”). For purposes of this LATR and TPAR study, the following development program was assumed. It is understood that the size of the uses may vary. To provide flexibility, the development program analyzed was assumed to generate a maximum number of site vehicle trips and therefore provides a conservative analysis. Land Use Size High Rise: 187 D.U. Retail: 3,100 S.F. This LATR and TPAR study was conducted in accordance with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s (M-NCPPC) LATR and TPAR Guidelines. The scope of this LATR and TPAR study was established in consultation with M-NCPPC staff. A copy of the M- NCPPC letter describing the study’s scope is included as Appendix A. Tasks undertaken in this study included the following: 1. Review Comstock Newell, LC’s proposed development plans, previous traffic studies conducted in the area, and other background data. 2. A field reconnaissance of existing roadway and intersection geometrics, traffic controls, traffic signal phasings/timings, and speed limits. 3. Conduct existing vehicular and pedestrian counts at six (6) off-site intersections. 4. Analysis of existing critical lane volumes (CLVs) at each of the six (6) off-site intersections. 5. Future traffic volumes without the Project were forecasted based on existing traffic counts and traffic generated by six (6) other pipeline developments within the study area. 1 8001 Newell Street Local Area Transportation Review and Transportation Policy Area Review Montgomery County, Maryland 6. Future CLVs without the Project were calculated at each of the six (6) off-site intersections. The existing traffic controls and existing intersection geometrics, including recommended improvements, were part of these future CLV calculations. 7. The number of weekday AM and PM peak hour trips that will be generated by the Project were estimated based on LATR and TPAR Guidelines rates. 8. The directional distributions of the site generated trips were determined based on M- NCPPC procedures. 9. Total future traffic forecasts were calculated based on background (pipeline) traffic forecasts plus all site-generated trips assigned to the area roadway network. 10. Total future CLVs with the Project were calculated at each of the six (6) off-site intersections. 11. A pedestrian and bicyclist statement was prepared in accordance with the LATR and TPAR Guidelines. 12. Transportation Policy
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