Transportation Master Plan for Route 28/Main Street Prepared for Town of Falmouth Prepared by McMahon Associates April 2016 Responsive Client Solutions since 1976 www.mcmahonassociates.com Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 STUDY AREA .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 EXISTING CONDITIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 9 ROADWAY FEATURES ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Study Area Intersections ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Parking and Curb Space Allocation ..................................................................................................................... 16 Pedestrian/Bicycle Amenities ............................................................................................................................. 17 Transit ................................................................................................................................................................. 19 TRAFFIC VOLUMES ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Traffic Count Data ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Seasonal Adjustment .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Traffic Count Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 22 CRASH ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 EXISTING TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 28 SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................................................... 29 PROJECTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND OPERATIONS............................................................................................... 30 CORRIDOR ISSUES/DEFICIENCIES ......................................................................................................................... 33 PEDESTRIANS/BICYCLES ................................................................................................................................................. 33 VEHICULAR INTERSECTIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 35 PARKING ISSUES ........................................................................................................................................................... 40 SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING ........................................................................................................................................... 43 ALTERNATIVES ..................................................................................................................................................... 45 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCOMMODATIONS .................................................................................................................. 45 VEHICULAR CORRIDOR-BASED IMPROVEMENTS .................................................................................................................. 48 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 50 BALL PARK COST ESTIMATES .......................................................................................................................................... 64 PARKING/CURB SPACE .................................................................................................................................................. 65 SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING ........................................................................................................................................... 68 DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE............................................................................................................................................ 70 SHAREHOLDER COORDINATION ........................................................................................................................... 71 NEXT STEPS .......................................................................................................................................................... 71 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................... 72 Transportation Master Plan DRAFT – Route 28 2 April 2016 Town of Falmouth, MA McMahon Associates List of Figures FIGURE 1: SITE LOCATION MAP ............................................................................................................................................. 8 FIGURE 2: ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION MAP ........................................................................................................................... 10 FIGURE 3: DOWNTOWN PUBLIC PARKING ............................................................................................................................. 17 FIGURE 4: PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES....................................................................................................................................... 18 FIGURE 5: BICYCLE AMENITIES ............................................................................................................................................ 19 FIGURE 6: TRANSIT ROUTES ................................................................................................................................................ 20 FIGURE 7: ATR SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. 22 FIGURE 8: 2014 ROUTE 28 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (EAST OF SPRING BARS ROAD) .................................................................... 23 FIGURE 9: 2014 WEEKDAY MORNING PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES ....................................................................................... 24 FIGURE 10: 2014 WEEKDAY AFTERNOON PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES .................................................................................. 24 FIGURE 11: 2014 WEEKDAY MORNING PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES ................................................................................................ 25 FIGURE 12: 2014 WEEKDAY AFTERNOON PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES ............................................................................................. 25 FIGURE 13: 2014 WEEKDAY MORNING BICYCLE VOLUMES ...................................................................................................... 26 FIGURE 14: 2014 WEEKDAY AFTERNOON BICYCLE VOLUMES ................................................................................................... 26 FIGURE 15: EXISTING TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 29 FIGURE 16: 2024 PROJECTED FUTURE WEEKDAY MORNING PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES ......................................................... 31 FIGURE 17: 2024 PROJECTED FUTURE WEEKDAY AFTERNOON PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES....................................................... 31 FIGURE 18: 2024 FUTURE PROJECTED TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ................................................................................................... 32 FIGURE 19: PARKING REGULATION ...................................................................................................................................... 41 FIGURE 20: DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR CONSTRAINTS ................................................................................................................ 45 FIGURE 21: DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................ 47 FIGURE 22: TEATICKET HIGHWAY BICYCLE LANE CONCEPT ....................................................................................................... 47 FIGURE 23: TEATICKET HIGHWAY MULTI-USE PATH CONCEPT .................................................................................................. 48 FIGURE 24: TEATICKET HIGHWAY CONCEPT ........................................................................................................................... 49 FIGURE 25: CORRIDOR WIDE IMPROVEMENT OVERVIEW 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