DRAFT FOR REVIEW - SUMMER 2019 CAPE COD CANAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY Prepared by: DRAFT FOR REVIEW - SUMMER 2019 DRAFT FOR REVIEW - SUMMER 2019 CONTENTS 2.1 Existing Environmental Conditions ...........................2-1 2.1.1 Wetland, Floodplain, and Surface Waterbodies ...... 2-2 2.1.2 Aquifers and Public Water Supply Wells ���������������� 2-3 2.1.3 Fisheries and Shellfish Growing Areas ..................2-4 2.1.6 Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species ...........2-6 2.1.7 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ...............2-8 2.1.8 Oil and Hazardous Materials Sites ........................2-8 2.1.9 Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve .......................2-10 2.1.4 Cultural, Historical, and Archaeological Resources 2-12 2.1.5 Protected Open Space .........................................2-15 2.1.6 Utilities .............................................................2-16 2.1.7 Environmental Justice Populations ......................2-17 2.1.8 MEMA Evacuation Zones ...................................2-19 2.2 Land Use and Development..................................... 2-19 2.2.1 Land Uses within the Study Area .........................2-19 2.2.2 Joint Base Cape Cod �������������������������������������������2-21 2.2.3 Belmont Circle and Bourne Rotary ...................... 2-22 2.3 Socio-economic Conditions ....................................2-24 2.3.1 Population ...................................................... 2-24 2.3.2 Housing Units .................................................. 2-26 2.3.3 Median Household Income ............................... 2-27 2.3.4 Employment .................................................... 2-28 2.3.5 Journey to Work ............................................... 2-30 2.4 Public Health Conditions ........................................2-32 2.5 Transportation Conditions .....................................2-34 2.5.1 Major Highways in the Study Area ..................... 2-34 2.5.2 Local Roadways/Highways and Principal Intersections in the Study Area .............................................. 2-36 2.5.3 Traffic Counting Methods ...................................2-41 2.5.4 BlueTOAD™ Origin-Destination Study ............... 2-43 2.5.5 Transportation Analysis Methodology ............... 2-44 2.5.6 Existing Average Daily Traffic and Peak-Hour Traffic Volumes ........................................................... 2-47 2.5.7 Existing (2014) Turning Movements ....................2-51 2.5.8 Existing (2014) Peak-Hour Levels of Service ....... 2-55 2.5.9 Origin-Destination Analysis Findings ................ 2-62 2.5.10 Existing Traffic Conditions at Belmont Circle and Bourne Rotary .................................................. 2-62 2.5.11 Crashes ............................................................2-66 2.6 Multimodal Transportation ................................... 2-68 2.6.1 Pedestrian Facilities .......................................... 2-68 2.6.2 Bicycle Facilities ................................................2-71 2.6.3 Transit Services ................................................ 2-72 2.6.4 Bus Service ������������������������������������������������������� 2-74 2.6.5 Rail ................................................................. 2-80 Existing Conditions iii DRAFT FOR REVIEW - SUMMER 2019 2.6.6 Ferry Service �����������������������������������������������������2-81 2.6.7 Airline Service .................................................. 2-84 2.6.8 Intelligent Transportation Systems �������������������� 2-85 2.6.9 Park & Ride Lots ............................................... 2-85 2.6.10 Rest Areas ........................................................ 2-86 2.7 Summary of Existing Conditions ............................ 2-86 2.8 Issues, Constraints, and Opportunities ������������������� 2-90 EXHIBITS Exhibit 2-1 Wetlands and Surface Waterbodies ............... 2-2 Exhibit 2-2 FEMA Floodplains ....................................... 2-3 Exhibit 2-3 Aquifers and Public Water Supply Wells ........2-4 Exhibit 2-4 Fisheries and Shellfish Growing Areas .......... 2-5 Exhibit 2-5 Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species ��� 2-7 Exhibit 2-6 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ...... 2-7 Exhibit 2-7 Oil and Hazardous Materials Sites ...............2-9 Exhibit 2-8 Upper Cape Water Reserve .......................... 2-11 Exhibit 2-9 Historic Districts and Individual Historic Properties �������������������������������������������������2-12 Exhibit 2-10 Protected Open Space .................................2-15 Exhibit 2-11 Utilities ....................................................2-16 Exhibit 2-12 Environmental Justice Populations ..............2-17 Exhibit 2-13 MEMA Hurricane Evacuation Zones ............2-18 Exhibit 2-14 Land Uses in the Study Area ...................... 2-20 Exhibit 2-15 Existing Land Uses and Environmental Resources - Belmont Circle ....................... 2-22 Exhibit 2-16 Existing Land Uses and Environmental Resources - Bourne Rotary ........................ 2-23 Exhibit 2-17 Major Roadways in the Study Area ������������� 2-34 Exhibit 2-18 Location of Automatic Traffic Recorders and Turning Movement Counts .........................2-41 Exhibit 2-19 Seasonal Traffic Volumes Differences on Canal Bridges .................................................... 2-42 Exhibit 2-20 Location of BlueTOAD™ Units ������������������� 2-44 Exhibit 2-21 Existing Non-Summer Average Daily and Peak Hour Traffic Volumes (AM/PM/Saturday) ... 2-47 Exhibit 2-22 Existing Summer Average Daily and Peak Hour Traffic Volumes (AM/PM/Saturday)............ 2-48 Exhibit 2-23 Existing Non-Summer AM Turning Movements .............................................. 2-52 Exhibit 2-24 Existing Non-Summer Weekday PM Turning Movements .............................................. 2-52 Exhibit 2-26 Existing Non-Summer Saturday Turning Movements .............................................. 2-53 Exhibit 2-25 Existing Summer Weekday AM Turning Movements .............................................. 2-53 iv Cape Cod Canal Transportation Study DRAFT FOR REVIEW - SUMMER 2019 Exhibit 2-27 Existing Summer Weekday PM Turning Movements .............................................. 2-54 Exhibit 2-28 Existing Summer Saturday Turning Movements .............................................. 2-54 Exhibit 2-29 Existing Non-Summer Levels of Service - AM/ PM/Saturday Peak Hour (Freeway) ............. 2-58 Exhibit 2-30 Existing Summer Levels of Service - AM/PM/ Saturday Peak Hour (Freeway) ................... 2-58 Exhibit 2-32 Existing Non-Summer Weekday PM Levels of Service (Intersections) .............................. 2-59 Exhibit 2-31 Existing Non-Summer Weekday AM Levels of Service (Intersections) .............................. 2-59 Exhibit 2-34 Existing Non-Summer Saturday Levels of Service (Intersections) .............................. 2-60 Exhibit 2-33 Existing Summer Weekday AM Levels of Service (Intersections) ����������������������������������������� 2-60 Exhibit 2-35 Existing Summer Weekday PM Levels of Service (Intersections) ������������������������������������������2-61 Exhibit 2-36 Existing Summer Saturday Levels of Service (Intersections) ������������������������������������������2-61 Exhibit 2-37 Routing of Traffic Between Highway Corridors ................................................. 2-63 Exhibit 2-38 Belmont Circle and Bourne Rotary Queue Lengths ................................................... 2-65 Exhibit 2-39 Crashes in the Study Area..........................2-66 Exhibit 2-40 Pedestrian Facilities in the Focus Area .......2-69 Exhibit 2-41 Pedestrian/Bicycle Travel Desire Routes over the Canal Bridges ............................................2-71 Exhibit 2-42 Gaps in Pedestrian/Bicycle Connections to Canal Bike Path ������������������������������������������������� 2-72 Exhibit 2-43 Bicycle Facilities and Bus Routes in the Study Area �������������������������������������������������������� 2-73 Exhibit 2-44 Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) Annual Ridership ...................................... 2-77 Exhibit 2-45 Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) Fixed Route Ridership ............................... 2-78 Exhibit 2-46 Rest Area and Park & Ride Lots in Study Area �������������������������������������������������������� 2-85 TABLES Table 2-1 Historic Status of Resources Inventoried by the Massachusetts Historic Commission ..............2-14 Table 2-2 Historical Population Change in Barnstable County ........................................................ 2-24 Existing Conditions v DRAFT FOR REVIEW - SUMMER 2019 Table 2-3 Change in Age Cohorts 2000–2017, Barnstable County ........................................................ 2-25 Table 2-4 Housing Units (2005–2015), Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .............................................. 2-26 Table 2-5 Median Household Income, 2017 �������������������� 2-27 Table 2-6 Per Capita Income, 2017 ................................ 2-27 Table 2-7 Monthly 2017 Labor Force and Unemployment Data, Barnstable County ................................ 2-28 Table 2-8 Labor Force and Unemployment Data by Municipality, August 2017 Cape Cod and the Islands ........................................................ 2-29 Table 2-9 Mode of Commuter Transportation to Work in Barnstable County (2010-2017) ...................... 2-30 Table 2-10 Barnstable County Labor Force Commuting Off- Cape to Work (2010) ......................................2-31