PROVO CITY Transportation Master Plan 2020 Provo City Transportation Master Plan 2020 Acknowledgements Provo City Mayor and Deputy Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, Mayor Isaac Paxman, Deputy Mayor Provo City Council Shannon Ellsworth, Council Member Bill Fillmore, Council Member George Handley, Council Member Dave Harding, Council Member Travis Hoban, Council Member Dave Sewell, Council Member David Shipley, Council Member Provo City Planning Commission Dave Anderson Andrew Howard Deborah Jensen Lisa Jensen Robert Knudsen Russ Phillips Laureen Urquiaga Maria Winden Provo City Transportation Mobility and Advisory Committee David Arnold Clancy Black James Hamula Deborah Jensen Stephen Mongie Joy McMurray Mitsuru Saito Provo City Administration Wayne Parker, Chief Administrative Officer Nicole Martin, Community Relations/Public Information Officer 1 Provo City Transportation Master Plan 2020 Provo City Public Works Dave Decker, Public Works Director David Graves, Deputy Public Works Director/City Engineer David Day, Engineer Jared Penrod, Engineer Jonathan Knight, Engineer Casey Serr, Engineer Shane Winters, Engineer Parametrix Charles Allen, Engineer Michael Baker, Planner George Benford, Principal Elizabeth Diamond, Engineer Vern Keeslar, Project Manager Ian Kilpatrick, Planner Heather McLaughlin-Kolb, Graphic Designer Tim Peterson, Planner Rhianna Riggs, Marketing Jennifer Rose, Administration Kyle Stahley, Engineer Kai Tohinaka, Planner Claire Woodman, Planner Township + Range Tim Sullivan About Parametrix Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm dedicated to providing high quality, client- oriented planning, engineering, and environmental consulting services. Founded in Washington in 1969, Parametrix has 14 offices located in the Western U.S. with a staff of 500 professionals providing multidisciplinary services in transportation, environmental planning and compliance, water resources, and community building. The Utah office of Parametrix serves the transportation planning and traffic engineering markets in Utah and the Intermountain West. Parametrix offers clients the best of both worlds: a local office with demonstrated success that understands client needs supplemented by a national firm with resources and expertise in a wide range of transportation-related skills. 2 Provo City Transportation Master Plan 2020 Table of Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction .............................................................................................................. 12 1.1 Purpose of Transportation Master Plan .............................................................................. 12 1.2 Values, Goals, and Objectives ............................................................................................. 12 1.3 Policy Statements ................................................................................................................ 13 1.3.1 Physical Roadway Capacity and Livable Street Standards ........................................... 13 1.3.2 Trip Generation Rate .................................................................................................... 15 1.3.3 Funding ......................................................................................................................... 16 1.3.4 Access Management ..................................................................................................... 16 1.3.5 Traffic Calming .............................................................................................................. 17 1.3.6 Transcontinental Truck Traffic on University Avenue (U.S. 189) ................................. 17 1.3.7 Transportation Demand Management Strategies ....................................................... 18 Chapter 2 – Roadway Network Conditions ................................................................................... 20 2.1 Travel Demand Model Calibration ...................................................................................... 20 2.1.1 Socioeconomic Inputs ................................................................................................... 20 2.1.2 Road Network Inputs .................................................................................................... 21 2.1.3 Base Year Model Correction Factors ............................................................................ 27 2.2 Level of Service .................................................................................................................... 29 2.3 Existing Roadway Level of Service ....................................................................................... 29 2.4 2024 Roadway Modeled Network ...................................................................................... 31 2.5 2040 Roadway Modeled Network ...................................................................................... 35 2.6 2040 Regional Travel Patterns ............................................................................................ 39 Chapter 3 – Safety ......................................................................................................................... 41 3.1 City-wide Crashes ................................................................................................................ 41 3.1.1 Fatal and Serious Injury Crashes ................................................................................... 43 3.2 Bicycle-Involved Crashes ..................................................................................................... 45 3.3 Pedestrian-Involved Crashes ............................................................................................... 47 3.4 Non-State Route Crashes .................................................................................................... 50 3.4.1 Freedom Boulevard and Cougar Boulevard ................................................................. 52 3.4.2 Freedom Boulevard and 100 North .............................................................................. 52 3.4.3 Freedom Boulevard and Center Street ........................................................................ 53 3.4.4 Canyon Road and 2230 North ...................................................................................... 54 3 Provo City Transportation Master Plan 2020 3.4.5 900 East and Birch Lane ................................................................................................ 55 3.4.6 900 East and 820 North ................................................................................................ 56 3.5 Conclusions and Considerations ......................................................................................... 57 3.5.1 Bicycle Considerations .................................................................................................. 57 3.5.2 Pedestrian Considerations ............................................................................................ 58 3.5.3 Hotspot Intersections ................................................................................................... 58 Chapter 4 – Roadway Network ..................................................................................................... 59 4.1 Functional Classification ...................................................................................................... 59 4.1.1 Local Roads ................................................................................................................... 61 4.1.2 Collector Roads ............................................................................................................. 61 4.1.3 Arterial Roads ............................................................................................................... 62 4.1.4 Expressways, Freeways, and Interstates ...................................................................... 62 4.2 Roadway Cross-Sections ...................................................................................................... 62 4.2.1 Local Cross-Sections ..................................................................................................... 64 4.2.2 Collector Cross-Section ................................................................................................. 67 4.2.3 Arterial Cross-Sections .................................................................................................. 67 4.3 Bicycle Facilities ................................................................................................................... 68 4.4 Median Types ...................................................................................................................... 70 4.5 Access Versus Mobility ........................................................................................................ 70 4.6 Hazardous Materials Routes ............................................................................................... 71 4.6.1 Primary Hazardous Materials Routes ........................................................................... 71 4.6.2 Secondary Hazardous Materials Routes ....................................................................... 71 Chapter 5 – Active Transportation ................................................................................................ 73 5.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 73 5.2 Background .........................................................................................................................