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Existing Conditions Report EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW REVERSIBLE LANE OPERATIONS AND SAFETY STUDY JUNE 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................................. 1 STUDY HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................ 1 STUDY PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................... 2 STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................................................. 2 MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE STUDY AREA ....................................................................................................... 5 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW ROADWAY GEOMETRY .................................................................................. 7 TYPICAL SECTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 7 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND REVERSIBLE LANES ........................................... 8 TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 11 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES ...................................................................................................... 11 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW PEAK HOUR SEGMENT VOLUMES ........................................................... 13 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW LANE UTILIZATION ................................................................................... 13 TURNING MOVEMENT COUNTS ................................................................................................................. 15 VEHICLE OPERATIONS AND METRICS ........................................................................................................ 20 ORIGIN-DESTINATION PATTERNS .............................................................................................................. 27 TRAVEL TIME AND TRAVEL SPEEDS ........................................................................................................... 28 TRANSIT SERVICE / TRANSIT FACILITIES .................................................................................................... 32 DC CIRCULATOR ...................................................................................................................................... 32 WMATA METRORAIL .............................................................................................................................. 33 WMATA METROBUS ............................................................................................................................... 34 PEDESTRIANS .............................................................................................................................................. 38 SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS ............................................................................................................. 38 PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES .......................................................................................................................... 38 BICYCLES ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 FREIGHT AND TRUCKS ................................................................................................................................ 46 PARKING AND CURBSIDE USE .................................................................................................................... 48 SAFETY ........................................................................................................................................................ 53 DATA COLLECTION .................................................................................................................................. 53 COMPARISON OF CONNECTICUT AVE NW CRASH DATA TO DISTRICTWIDE PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS .. 64 OBSERVED COMPLIANCE ....................................................................................................................... 67 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Primary and Secondary Study Area .................................................................................... PAGE 3 Figure 2: Study Area in Regional Context .......................................................................................... PAGE 4 Figure 3: Typical Section (Chevy Chase Circle NW to Legation Street NW; Woodley Road NW to Calvert Street NW) ........................................................................................................ PAGE 7 Figure 4: Typical Section (Legation Street NW to Ordway Street NW; Devonshire Place NW to Woodley Road NW) ........................................................................................................... PAGE 7 Figure 5: Typical Section (Ordway Street NW to Macomb Street NW) ............................................. PAGE 7 Figure 6: Typical Section (Macomb Street NW to Devonshire Place NW) ......................................... PAGE 8 Figure 7: Typical Section (South of Calvert Street NW (Howard Taft Bridge)) .................................. PAGE 8 Figure 8: Traffic Control, Operational Signage, Parking, and Lane Geometry from Military Road NW to Ellicott Street NW ................................................................................................... PAGE 9 Figure 9: Traffic Control, Operational Signage, Parking, and Lane Geometry from Devonport Street NW to Veazey Terrace NW ................................................................................................ PAGE 9 Figure 10: Traffic Control, Operational Signage, Parking, and Lane Geometry from Devonshire Place NW to Calvert Street NW ................................................................................................... PAGE 10 Figure 11: Traffic Control, Operational Signage, Parking, and Lane Geometry from Van Ness Street NW to Macomb Street NW ................................................................................................ PAGE 10 Figure 12: Average Daily Traffic Volumes .......................................................................................... PAGE 12 Figure 13: Primary Study Area Turning Movement Counts ............................................................... PAGE 16 Figure 14: Primary Study Area Turning Movement Counts ............................................................... PAGE 16 Figure 15: Primary Study Area Turning Movement Counts ............................................................... PAGE 17 Figure 16: Primary Study Area Turning Movement Counts ............................................................... PAGE 17 Figure 17: Secondary Study Area Turning Movement Counts ........................................................... PAGE 18 Figure 18: Secondary Study Area Turning Movement Counts ........................................................... PAGE 19 Figure 19: DC Circulator Shuttle Route .............................................................................................. PAGE 32 Figure 20: WMATA Metrorail Stations ............................................................................................... PAGE 33 Figure 21: WMATA Metrobus Routes ................................................................................................ PAGE 35 Figure 22: Primary Study Area Pedestrian Counts ............................................................................. PAGE 39 Figure 23: Primary Study Area Pedestrian Counts ............................................................................. PAGE 39 Figure 24: Primary Study Area Pedestrian Counts ............................................................................. PAGE 40 Figure 25: Primary Study Area Pedestrian Counts ............................................................................. PAGE 40 Figure 26: Primary Study Area Bicycle Counts ................................................................................... PAGE 43 Figure 27: Primary Study Area Bicycle Counts ................................................................................... PAGE 43 Figure 28: Primary Study Area Bicycle Counts ................................................................................... PAGE 44 Figure 29: Primary Study Area Bicycle Counts ................................................................................... PAGE 44 Figure 30: Freight and Truck Features ............................................................................................... PAGE 47 Figure 31: Parking Supply and Curbside Regulations ......................................................................... PAGE 51 Figure 32: Parking Supply and Curbside Regulations ......................................................................... PAGE 51 Figure 33: Parking Supply and Curbside Regulations ......................................................................... PAGE 52 Figure 34: Parking Supply and Curbside Regulations ......................................................................... PAGE 52 Figure 35: Percent of Time Reversible Lanes (RL) are in effect vs. Percent of Crashes during RL Operations ........................................................................................................................
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