TRAFFIC SEPARATION STUDY FOR THE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE August 2018 Prepared by HDR, Inc. Prepared for the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division Engineering Coordination and Safety Branch TRAFFIC SEPARATION STUDY for the TOWN OF MOORESVILLE August 2018 Documentation Prepared by HDR, Inc.: ___________________________________________________ Mark L. Reep, PE, Project Manager HDR, Inc. 2 For the North Carolina Department of Transportation: ___________________________________________________ Nancy M. Horne, PE, Project Manager Rail Division, North Carolina Department of Transportation 3 Table of Contents H.2 Three private roads (721 703T) (721 702L) (721 701E) ..............................................................................H-4 H.3 Langtree Road (721 700X) ...........................................................................................................................H-4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................ ES-1 H.4 Fairview Road (721 697S) ............................................................................................................................H-4 A. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... A-1 H.5 Crossrail Road (721 696K) ...........................................................................................................................H-4 A.1 Preliminary Phase ........................................................................................................................................ A-1 H.6 Waterlynn Road (721 695D) .........................................................................................................................H-5 A.2 Study Phase .................................................................................................................................................. A-1 H.7 Foursquare Road (721 692H) .......................................................................................................................H-5 A.3 Implementation Phase .................................................................................................................................. A-2 H.8 Timber Road (Private) (721 691B) ...............................................................................................................H-5 B. DATA COLLECTION ......................................................................................................................................... B-1 H.9 Norman Drive/Doster Avenue (721 687L) ...................................................................................................H-5 B.1 Existing Conditions ....................................................................................................................................... B-1 H.10 Brawley Avenue (721 685X) ........................................................................................................................H-5 B.1.1 Traffic Counts ....................................................................................................................................... B-1 H.11 Mills Avenue (721 683J) ..............................................................................................................................H-5 B.1.2 Redundant Crossings............................................................................................................................. B-1 H.12 Wilson Avenue (721 682C) ..........................................................................................................................H-6 B.1.3 Crash Data ............................................................................................................................................. B-1 H.13 Catawba Avenue (721 681V) .......................................................................................................................H-6 B.2 Train Operations ........................................................................................................................................... B-1 H.14 McLelland Avenue (721 680N) ....................................................................................................................H-6 B.2.1 Existing Train Service ........................................................................................................................... B-1 H.15 Center Avenue (721 679U) ...........................................................................................................................H-7 B.2.2 Future Train Service.............................................................................................................................. B-1 H.16 Moore Avenue (721 678M) ..........................................................................................................................H-7 B.3 Other Transportation and Pedestrian Projects ............................................................................................... B-2 H.17 Iredell Avenue (721 677F) ............................................................................................................................H-7 C. CROSSING ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... C-2 H.18 Oak Street (721 676Y) ..................................................................................................................................H-7 C.1 Economic Analysis ....................................................................................................................................... C-2 H.19 Walnut Street (721 675S) .............................................................................................................................H-7 H.20 Patterson Avenue (721 674K) .......................................................................................................................H-7 D. SAFETY AND MOBILILTY ISSUES ................................................................................................................ D-1 H.21 Statesville Avenue (736 195A) .....................................................................................................................H-7 D.1 Vehicles Queuing Across Railroad Tracks .................................................................................................. D-1 H.22 Williams Street (721 673D) ..........................................................................................................................H-8 D.2 Humped Crossings ....................................................................................................................................... D-1 H.23 Plaza Drive (721 671P) .................................................................................................................................H-8 D.3 Crossing Protection Device Upgrades ......................................................................................................... D-1 H.24 Whitman Circle (721 668G) .........................................................................................................................H-8 D.4 Grade Crossing Condition ............................................................................................................................ D-1 H.25 Mazeppa Road (721 665L) ...........................................................................................................................H-8 D.5 Vehicles Driving Around Automated Gates ................................................................................................ D-2 D.6 Crossing Consolidation/Elimination ............................................................................................................ D-2 D.7 Grade Separation .......................................................................................................................................... D-2 E. COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................................ E-1 TABLES E.1 Community Features ..................................................................................................................................... E-1 E.2 Community Planning .................................................................................................................................... E-1 ES.1 TSS Crossings .............................................................................................................. ES-1 E.3 Development Projects ................................................................................................................................... E-1 ES.2 Mooresville TSS Recommendations ............................................................................ ES-5 F. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT .................................................................................................................................. F-1 A.1 Evaluated Crossings ....................................................................................................... A-1 F.1 Stakeholder Group Meetings ........................................................................................................................ F-1 B.1 Data Sources .................................................................................................................