Traffic Impact Assessment - Planned Unit Development Application for 50 Florida Avenue, Eckington Area, Northeast Washington, D.C
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Technical Memorandum: TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR 50 FLORIDA AVENUE, ECKINGTON AREA, NORTHEAST WASHINGTON, D.C. (Case No. 12-02) Prepared for: BUSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, INC. 2000 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 100 Arlington, VA, 22201 Andrew Viola, Principal/Partner Land Use Counsel: HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP 800 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Kyrus L. Freeman, Esquire Prepared by: O. R. GEORGE & ASSOCIATES, INC. Transportation Planning & Engineering Consultants 10210 Greenbelt Road, Suite 310 Lanham, MD 20706-2218 Tel: (301) 794-7700 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia May 28, 2013 Case No. 12-02 26 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia CASE NO.12-02 EXHIBIT NO.26 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................1 1.1 Project Background...............................................................................................1 1.2 Report Organization and Summary ......................................................................4 2.0 EXISTING TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS........................5 2.1 Zoning and Land Use Context ..............................................................................5 2.2 Study Area Transportation Network.....................................................................5 2.3 Pedestrian, Transit, and Bicycle Facilities............................................................8 2.4 Existing Traffic Situation.....................................................................................10 2.5 Operations and Safety (Existing).........................................................................14 2.6 Existing Parking Situation ...................................................................................15 3.0 PROJECTED BACKGROUND TRAFFIC SITUATION (2016)............................17 4.0 PROJECTED TOTAL TRAFFIC SITUATION (2016) ...........................................20 4.1 Proposed Development Plan................................................................................20 4.2 Trip Generation....................................................................................................20 4.3 Trip Distribution and Traffic Assignment ...........................................................22 4.4 Traffic Analysis –Total Traffic Situation (2016).................................................24 5.0 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN.....................................27 6.0 OTHER PUD REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS..........................................................28 7.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION ..................................................30 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 12-02 i 26 EXHIBITS Page 1 - Site Location Map ...................................................................................................................2 2 – Site Layout and Access...........................................................................................................3 3 – Roadway Configuration and Traffic Control Devices............................................................7 4 – Existing Peak Hour Traffic Situation .....................................................................................9 5 – Pedestrian/Multimodal Provisions.........................................................................................11 6 – WMATA Bus Map ................................................................................................................12 7 – Parking Inventory and Restrictions .......................................................................................16 8 – Background Traffic Situation ................................................................................................18 9 – Trip Distribution and Assignment .........................................................................................23 10 – Total Traffic Situation ...........................................................................................................25 TABLES 1 – Summary of Capacity Analysis Results – Existing Traffic Situation.....................................8 2 – Estimated Walking and Bicycling Time To/From the PUD Site ..........................................13 3 – Summary of Crash Data.........................................................................................................14 4 – Parking Inventory and Usage Survey ....................................................................................15 5 – Summary of Capacity Analysis Results – Year 2016 Background Traffic Situation............19 6 – Parking and Loading Situation – 50 Florida Avenue PUD ...................................................20 7 – Vehicle Trip Generation – 50 Florida Avenue PUD .............................................................21 8 – Vehicle Trip Generation Survey Results Summary...............................................................22 9 – Summary of Capacity Analysis Results – Year 2016 Total Traffic Situation.......................24ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia 10 – Summary and Comparison of Capacity Analysis Results ...................................................26 Case No. 12-02 26 ii ATTACHMENTS A. DDOT Scoping and Correspondence B. Turning Movement Count Data C. Synchro Worksheets D. District of Columbia Bicycle Map E. DDOT Crash Data F. Background Development Information and Computations G. 2016 Background Traffic Synchro Worksheets H. Trip Generation Supporting Material I. 2016 Total Traffic Synchro Worksheets J. Auto-Turn Diagrams ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 12-02 26 iii O. R. GEORGE & ASSOCIATES, INC. Traffic Engineers – Transportation Planners 10210 Greenbelt Road, Suite 310 Lanham, MD 20706-2218 Tel: (301) 794-7700 Fax: (301) 794-4400 E-mail: [email protected] TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM DATE: May 28, 2013 TO: BUSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, INC Attn: Mr. Andrew Viola, Principal/Partner FROM: Osborne R. George, P. E., PTOE/Nerisa D. Holder, E.I.T. RE: Traffic Impact Assessment for 50 Florida Avenue, Northeast, Washington D.C. - Planned Unit Development Application (Case No. 12-02) 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Background The subject property is situated north of Florida Avenue and west of Eckington Place, within the Eckington neighborhood in northeast Washington D.C. The site lies within Square 3516, and consists of Lot 134 (zoned C-2-A - Community Business Center-Low Moderate Density) and Lot 819 (zoned C-M-2 - Medium Bulk Commercial and Light Manufacturing). The site is improved with industrial/warehouse type buildings, which are currently vacant. The Applicant proposes to re- develop the site with a 185 residential condominium building, supported by 7,858 GSF± of ground- floor retail space and 210 on-site parking spaces in an underground garage. The development will be in accordance with the City’s Planned Unit Development (PUD) process, and will include re-zoning of the entire property to C-3-B (Medium Bulk Major Business and Employment). The PUD process requires the Applicant to demonstrate that the local transportation system can accommodate the proposed development, and that the proposal complies with the City’s current policies regarding mobility and sustainability. The Consultant finds that the Applicant’s proposal will satisfy these planning criteria. This is principally based on the location of the property within a major Transit Oriented Development (TOD) District, the projected low level of vehicle trip generation, as well as the transportation facilities and related amenities within the local area, that support alternative modes of travel. The remainder of this memorandum presents details of the analysis, which support this conclusion. Vehicular access to the site will be via an alleyway off Florida Avenue, which serves the square and provides connections to Q Street to the north and Eckington Place to the east. The property location is shown in Exhibit 1, and the site layout and proposed access are shown in Exhibit 2 (page 3). In keeping with the City’s current guidelines for traffic studies, the Consultant held scoping discussions with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). Correspondence documenting the agreed scope and approach to the study, including DDOT’s Comprehensive Transportation Review (CTR) form, are presented in Attachment A. ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 12-02 26 Traffic Engineering Studies Transportation Planning Site Impact Studies Expert Witness Testimony Data Collection: Traffic and Parking Studies SITE 2 NoMA-Gallaudet U N NO SCALE ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Exhibit 1: Site Location Map Case No. 12-02 O. R. GEORGE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 50 Florida26 Avenue Northeast, Washington, D.C. Traffic Engineers - Transportation Planners Planned Unit Development Application (Case No. 12-02) 10’ x 20’ 12’ x 30’ Delivery Loading Space Berth Garage Access 3 N NO SCALE Source: WDG Architecture, PLLC. 2013 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Exhibit 2: Site Layout and Access Case No. 12-02 O. R. GEORGE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 50 Florida26 Avenue Northeast, Washington, D.C. Traffic Engineers - Transportation Planners Planned Unit Development Application (Case No. 12-02) Mr. Andrew Viola, Principal/Partner 50 Florida Avenue, NE - PUD Application Traffic Impact Assessment Report May 28, 2013 (Page 4 of 30) 1.2 Report Organization and Summary This report is organized into seven (7) sections. The current section presents