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Springfield Gardens/JFK Transportation Study FINAL REPORT December 2016 Springfield Gardens/JFK Transportation Study PTDT15D00.G02 The preparation of this report has been financed through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council in the interest of information exchange. The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration or the State of New York. This report does not constitute a standard, specification or regulation. This report (Springfield Gardens/JFK Transportation Study) was funded through the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council SFY (2015) Unified Planning Work Program project (Springfield Gardens/JFK Transportation StudyPTDT15D00.G02), which was funded through matching grants from the Federal Transit Administration and from the Federal Highway Administration. Prepared by: New York City Department of Transportation Polly Trottenberg, Commissioner Margaret Forgione, Chief Operations Officer Ryan Russo, Deputy Commissioner Charles Ukegbu, Assistant Commissioner Nicole Garcia, Queens Borough Commissioner Naim Rasheed, Senior Project Director Michael Griffith, Director of Traffic Study Milorad Ubiparip, Project Manager Carren Simpson, Highway Transportation Specialist Joe Li, Highway Transportation Specialist Harvey Lareau, City Planner TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. i 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Study Area .................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.2 Goals and Objectives .................................................................................................. 1-4 2.0 DEMOGRAPHICS ................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Population Trends ...................................................................................................... 2-2 2.3 Household Characteristics ......................................................................................... 2-3 2.4 Median Household Income ........................................................................................ 2-3 2.5 Vehicle Ownership ..................................................................................................... 2-4 2.6 Journey to Work by Mode ......................................................................................... 2-5 3.0 ZONING AND LAND USE .................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Zoning .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Land Use ...................................................................................................................... 3-3 4.0 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ...................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Street Network System .............................................................................................. 4-2 4.3 Traffic Data Collection................................................................................................ 4-4 4.4 Network Traffic Volumes ........................................................................................... 4-7 4.5 Street Capacity and Level of Service (LOS) Analysis ................................................ 4-10 4.6 Existing Traffic Conditions ........................................................................................ 4-12 4.7 Future Traffic Conditions ......................................................................................... 4-17 4.8 Existing Travel Speed ............................................................................................... 4-24 4.9 Future Travel Speed ................................................................................................. 4-28 4.10 Trucks and Goods Movement ................................................................................. 4-32 5.0 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2. Existing Pedestrian Volumes ...................................................................................... 5-1 5.3 Pedestrian LOS Analysis – Existing Conditions ........................................................... 5-2 5.4 Pedestrian LOS Analysis – Future Conditions ............................................................ 5-5 5.5 Bicycle Network ......................................................................................................... 5-7 6.0 CRASHES AND SAFETY ....................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6-1 6.2 Summary of Crashes (2011-2013) ............................................................................. 6-1 6.3 Vision Zero Action Plan ............................................................................................. 6-7 7.0 PARKING ............................................................................................................................ 7-1 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 7-1 7.2 On-Street Parking ....................................................................................................... 7-1 7.3 Off-Street Parking ...................................................................................................... 7-8 7.4 Future Parking Conditions ....................................................................................... 7-14 8.0 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................................ 8-1 8.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 8-1 8.2 Bus Network ............................................................................................................... 8-1 8.3 Bus Ridership (2013) .................................................................................................. 8-4 9.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................ 9-1 10. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ................................................................................................... 10-1 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 2-1 Population Trends .............................................................................................................. 2-3 2-2 Household Size ................................................................................................................... 2-3 2-3 Median Household Income ................................................................................................ 2-3 2-4 Vehicle Ownership/Households ........................................................................................ 2-4 2-5 Journey to Work by Mode ................................................................................................. 2-5 4-1 Level of Service (LOS) Criteria for Signalized Intersections ............................................. 4-11 4-2 Traffic Capacity (LOS) Analysis for Signalized Intersections (Existing Conditions) .......... 4-13 4-3 Traffic Capacity (LOS) Analysis for Signalized Intersections (Future Conditions) ............ 4-21 4-4 Existing Average Travel Speed (AM Peak) ....................................................................... 4-25 4-5 Existing Average Travel Speed (PM Peak) ........................................................................ 4-26 4-6 Future Average Travel Speed (AM Peak) ......................................................................... 4-29 4-7 Future Average Travel Speed (PM Peak) ......................................................................... 4-30 4-8 Traffic and Truck Volumes (AM & PM Peak Hours) ......................................................... 4-39 5-1 Existing Pedestrian LOS ...................................................................................................... 5-4 5-2 Future Pedestrian LOS ....................................................................................................... 5-6 6-1 Crash Summary (2011-2013) ............................................................................................. 6-2 6-2 Summary of Fatalities (2011-2013)