2015 SUMNER TRANSPORTATION PLAN Prepared for: City of Sumner June 2015 Prepared by: Eric Mendenhall, Senior Planner City of Sumner with The Transpo Group, Inc. Table of Contents Page 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 Growth Management Act ............................................................................................................... 1 Transportation Planning Area and Process.................................................................................. 2 2. GOALS AND POLICIES ......................................................................... 7 Overall Transportation Goal .......................................................................................................... 7 1. Public Involvement ................................................................................................................. 8 2. Agency Coordination .............................................................................................................. 9 3. Streets and Highways ............................................................................................................ 11 4. Pedestrians and Bicycles ....................................................................................................... 16 5. Rail, Transit, and Transportation Demand Management ............................................... 18 6. Land Use and Environmental Considerations ................................................................. 19 7. Program Financing and Implementation .......................................................................... 21 8. Manufacturing/Industrial Center Transportation Connections .................................... 23 3. INVENTORY OF EXISTING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ........................ 25 Freeways, Arterials, and Collectors ............................................................................................. 25 Traffic Volumes .............................................................................................................................. 34 Traffic Operations .......................................................................................................................... 42 Traffic Safety ................................................................................................................................... 51 Transit Service and Rail Service ................................................................................................... 53 Freight Train Traffic ...................................................................................................................... 55 Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities................................................................................................... 56 4. TRAVEL FORECASTS AND ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION ...................... 59 5. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .................................... 79 Pedestrian and Bicycle Element ................................................................................................. 104 Transit and Transportation Demand Management ................................................................ 107 Freight Rail Service ...................................................................................................................... 114 Air Transportation ....................................................................................................................... 115 6. FINANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM .................................... 117 Financing Program ....................................................................................................................... 117 Implementation Program ............................................................................................................ 128 7. CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER AGENCIES ............................................ 131 Washington State Department of Transportation .................................................................. 131 Pierce County ................................................................................................................................ 132 Sound Transit ................................................................................................................................ 133 City of Auburn .............................................................................................................................. 134 City of Pacific ................................................................................................................................ 134 City of Edgewood ........................................................................................................................ 134 City of Puyallup ............................................................................................................................ 134 Street Design Standards — General Considerations .................................................................. 3 Area Classifications .......................................................................................................................... 3 Street Classification .......................................................................................................................... 4 Street Standards ................................................................................................................................ 5 List of Appendices Appendix A Glossary of Acronyms Appendix B Conceptual Street Design Standards Appendix C Level of Service Definitions List of Figures Page Figure 1-1. Transportation Plan Study Area .............................................................................. 5 Figure 3-1. Existing Arterial and Collector Street Geometry and Traffic Signal Locations (as of January 2015) ............................................................................................................. 29 Figure 3-2. 2001 & 2013 Average Daily Traffic on State Routes Comparison.................. 37 Figure 3-3a. 2001 & 2014 Traffic Volume Comparison – Weekday PM Peak Hour ......... 39 Figure 3-3b. 2001 & 2014 Traffic Volume Comparison – Weekday PM Peak Hour (Downtown Inset) ............................................................................................................... 41 Figure 3-4. Existing Traffic Operations Deficiencies – PM Peak Hour ............................. 45 Figure 3-5. 2014 Existing Weekday PM Peak Hour Level of Service ................................. 47 Figure 3-6. Transit Routes and Railroads ................................................................................. 55 Figure 4-1. Alternatives Evaluation – Roadway Network ..................................................... 63 Figure 4-2. Travel Forecasting Subareas .................................................................................. 65 Figure 4-1a. 2035 PM Peak Hour Traffic Volumes ................................................................. 75 Figure 4-1b. 2035 PM Peak Hour Traffic Volumes (Downtown Inset) ............................... 77 Figure 5-1. Functional Classification ........................................................................................ 83 Figure 5-2. Transportation Improvement Projects ................................................................ 89 Figure 5-3. Truck Route Plan ..................................................................................................... 97 Figure 5-4. Potential Street Grid System ................................................................................ 101 Figure 5-5. Major Pedestrian System Plan ............................................................................. 106 Figure 5-6. Bicycle and Trail Systems Plan ............................................................................ 109 Figure 5-7. Transit Service and Facility Improvements ....................................................... 111 Figure 6-1. Transportation Funding Program Process ........................................................ 119 Figure 6-2. Traffic Impact Fee Projects ................................................................................. 125 List of Tables Page Table 3-1 Level of Service Summary for Existing (2014) Conditions – PM Peak Hour ....... 49 Table 3-2 Intersections with Crash Rates Exceeding the Critical Crash Rate ......................... 52 Table 3-3 2011-2013 Collision Types for Intersections Exceeding Critical Crash Rate ........ 53 Table 4-1 2035 Baseline Model Assumed Transportation Capacity Improvements................ 61 Table 5-1 Functional Classification Guidelines.............................................................................. 80 Table 5-2 Transportation Improvement Project List.................................................................... 91 Table 6-1 Project Cost Summary City of Sumner Project Responsibilities ............................. 118 Table 6-2 Existing Revenues ........................................................................................................... 122 Table 6-3 Calculation of Transportation Impact Fee Rate ........................................................ 127 Table 6-4 Funding Summary ........................................................................................................... 128 Table 7-1 State Highway Improvement Plans .............................................................................. 133 Table B-1 ...............................................................................................................................................