HINE JR. HIGH SCHOOL SITE DEVELOPMENT Washington, DC TRANSPORTATION IMPACT STUDY April 30, 2012 72715th Street . NW Suffe 1000 Washington, DC 20005 ZONING COMMISSION Phone 202 370 6000 District of Columbia Fax 202 370 6001 ZONING COMMISSION mail www.symmetradesign.com Case No. 11-24 District of Columbia symmetraCASE NO.11-24 design 115D2 EXHIBIT NO.115D2 Hine Jr. High School Site Development Traffic Impact Study Washington, D.C. April 30, 2012 INTRODUCTION PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................ vi INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Purpose of Study .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Study Melhodology ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Agency Seeping ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Community Scoping .......................................................................................................................................... 3 TIS Overview ....................................................................................................................................................4 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Neighborhood Context ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Hine School Site ............................................................................................................................................... 5 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK .......................................................................................................................... 8 Existing Road Nelwork ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Transit Services ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Pedestrian Condilions .................................................................................................................................... 13 Bicycle Facilities Inventory ............................................................................................................................. 14 Hine Existing Parking ..................................................................................................................................... 16 On-Street Parking ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Off-Street Parking ........................................................................................................................................... 20 ALLEY NETWORK AND OBSERVATIONS ........................................................................................................ 21 Access and circulation .................................................................................................................................... 22 Observations and data collection ................................................................................................................... 24 EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................... 26 Roadway Study Area ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Data Collection and Field Observations ......................................................................................................... 28 Existing Intersection Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 31 Existing Corridor Analysis .............................................................................................................................. 33 FLEA MARKET OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 36 FUTURE BACKGROUND CONDITONS ............................................................................................................ 37 Future Background Traffic Projections ........................................................................................................... 37 Multi-modal Transportation Projects .............................................................................................................. 37 Regional Growth Projections .......................................................................................................................... 38 Planned Development Projects ...................................................................................................................... 38 Future Background Intersection Analysis ...................................................................................................... 41 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia II Case No. 11-24 115D2 Hine Jr. High School Site Development Traffic Impact Study Washington, D.C. April30,2012 Future Background Corridor Analysis ............................................................................................................ 42 HINE SCHOOL SITE DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 45 Development Program .................................................................................................................................... 45 Parking Supply ................................................................................................................................................45 Site Access and Circulation ........................................................................................................................... 46 HINE SCHOOL SITE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ............................................................................................. 50 Site Impacts on Circulation ............................................................................................................................ 50 Impacts due to Reopening C Street ............................................................................................................... 50 Curb-side parking along Site boundary .......................................................................................................... 51 Spill-over Parking Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 54 Future Conditions Traffic Projections ............................................................................................................. 56 Site Trip Generation ....................................................................................................................................... 56 Future Conditions Intersection Analysis ........................................................................................................ 64 Future Conditions Corridor Analysis .............................................................................................................. 68 LOADING MANAGEMENT PLAN ....................................................................................................................... 72 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 77 Transportation Improvements ........................................................................................................................ 79 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 81 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ll1 Case No. 11-24 ~ 115D2 -- Hine Jr. High School Site Development Traffic Impact Study Washington, D.C. April 30, 2012 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Site Location ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2: Aerial Photograph of Hine Site ............................................................................................................. 6 Figure 3: Transit Services Map .......................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 4: Bus Stops ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Figure 5: Bicycle Facilities .................................................................................................................................. 15 Figure 6: Existing Parking Survey Area ............................................................................................................. 17 Figure 7: