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Davey and Macquarie Streets Options Review City of Hobart Davey and Macquarie Streets Options Review July 2018 This report: has been prepared by GHD for City of Hobart and may only be used and relied on by City of Hobart for the purpose agreed between GHD and the City of Hobart as set out in section 1.1 of this report. GHD otherwise disclaims responsibility to any person other than City of Hobart arising in connection with this report. GHD also excludes implied warranties and conditions, to the extent legally permissible. The services undertaken by GHD in connection with preparing this report were limited to those specifically detailed in the report and are subject to the scope limitations set out in the report. The opinions, conclusions and any recommendations in this report are based on conditions encountered and information reviewed at the date of preparation of the report. GHD has no responsibility or obligation to update this report to account for events or changes occurring subsequent to the date that the report was prepared. The opinions, conclusions and any recommendations in this report are based on assumptions made by GHD described in this report. GHD disclaims liability arising from any of the assumptions being incorrect. GHD has prepared this report on the basis of information provided by City of Hobart and others who provided information to GHD (including Government authorities), which GHD has not independently verified or checked beyond the agreed scope of work. GHD does not accept liability in connection with such unverified information, including errors and omissions in the report which were caused by errors or omissions in that information. GHD | Report for City of Hobart - Davey and Macquarie Streets, 3218777 | i Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of this report........................................................................................................... 1 2. Background and Strategic Context ................................................................................................ 2 3. Existing Conditions ......................................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Physical Description ............................................................................................................. 6 3.2 Land Use .............................................................................................................................. 9 3.3 Traffic Volumes .................................................................................................................. 11 3.4 Origin-Destination Patterns ................................................................................................ 14 3.5 Bus Activity ........................................................................................................................ 18 3.6 Pedestrian Volumes ........................................................................................................... 21 3.7 Bicycle Volumes ................................................................................................................. 23 3.8 Crash History ..................................................................................................................... 24 4. Strategic Objectives ..................................................................................................................... 31 5. Road User Hierarchy .................................................................................................................... 33 6. Opportunities and Constraints...................................................................................................... 38 6.1 Strategic Opportunities and Constraints ............................................................................ 38 6.2 Specific Opportunities and Constraints.............................................................................. 39 7. Conclusions .................................................................................................................................. 51 Pedestrian Priority ........................................................................................................................ 54 Bike Priority .................................................................................................................................. 54 Bus Priority ................................................................................................................................... 55 Traffic Priority ............................................................................................................................... 57 Other Treatments ......................................................................................................................... 59 Table index Table 3.1 General Lane Widths ........................................................................................................... 6 Table 3.2 Macquarie Street Peak Hour Volumes .............................................................................. 11 Table 3.3 Davey Street Peak Hour Volumes ..................................................................................... 11 Table 3.4 Macquarie Street Crash History 2013-2017 ...................................................................... 25 Table 3.5 Davey Street Crash History 2013-2017 ............................................................................. 27 Table 7.1 Typical Treatment Measures and Impacts on Other Modes .............................................. 59 GHD | Report for City of Hobart - Davey and Macquarie Streets, 3218777 | ii Figure index Figure 2.1 Urban Growth Areas (Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy ............................ 4 Figure 3.1 Typical Cross Section Elements – Mid-block ...................................................................... 7 Figure 3.2 Typical Cross Section Elements – Approaching Intersections ............................................ 7 Figure 3.3 Macquarie Street Reserve Width ......................................................................................... 8 Figure 3.4 Davey Street Reserve Width ............................................................................................... 8 Figure 3.5 Key Land Uses ................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 3.6 Daily Traffic Profile Southern Outlet Northbound .............................................................. 13 Figure 3.7 Daily Traffic Profile Southern Outlet Southbound .............................................................. 13 Figure 3.8 Macquarie Street AM Peak Origin-Destination Breakdown ............................................... 15 Figure 3.9 Macquarie Street PM Peak Origin-Destination Breakdown ............................................... 15 Figure 3.10 Davey Street AM Peak Origin-Destination Breakdown ..................................................... 17 Figure 3.11 Davey Street PM Peak Origin-Destination Breakdown ..................................................... 17 Figure 3.12 General Access Bus Volumes 7-9am weekdays ............................................................... 19 Figure 3.13 General Access Bus Volumes 4-6pm weekdays ............................................................... 19 Figure 3.14 Bus Stop Spacing Between Southern Outlet and Elizabeth Street ................................... 20 Figure 3.15 Pedestrian volumes (2010) 8am-6pm weekday ................................................................ 21 Figure 3.16 Pedestrian volumes (2010) 8am-6pm Saturday ................................................................ 22 Figure 3.17 Bicycle Volumes, 7-9am .................................................................................................... 23 Figure 3.18 Macquarie Street Crash Density ........................................................................................ 29 Figure 3.19 Davey Street Crash Density .............................................................................................. 30 Figure 5.1 Priority Routes – Peak ....................................................................................................... 34 Figure 5.2 Priority Routes – Inter Peak ............................................................................................... 35 Figure 5.3 Operational Focus Zones .................................................................................................. 36 Appendices Appendix A – Range of Potential Treatments GHD | Report for City of Hobart - Davey and Macquarie Streets, 3218777 | iii 1. Introduction GHD was engaged by the City of Hobart, in collaboration with the Department of State Growth, to review opportunities for providing bus priority and other improvements for the Macquarie Street and Davey Street corridor through the Hobart CBD. The project has involved a review of previous studies and investigations, as well as the strategic context in which this corridor sits. A workshop was held with officers from the City of Hobart and Department of State Growth to facilitate a shared understanding of: The existing conditions in the corridor; The physical and operational constraints that apply to any changes to the corridor; and To discuss a Road User Hierarchy, which was used to identify potential conflict
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