15585/15595 OLD COLUMBIA PIKE PROPERTY BURTONSVILLE, MARYLAND April 15, 2019 15585/15595 Old Columbia Pike Property Local Area Transportation Review April 15, 2019 Prepared for: Anthony K. Cheng Prepared by: Wells + Associates, Inc. Nancy Randall, AICP, PTP Barbara Mosier, P.E., PTOE 1110 Bonifant Street, Suite 210 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 448-1333 www.WellsAndAssociates.com TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION _________________________________________________ 1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 1 DESCRIPTION OF MULTI-MODAL ADEQUACY TESTS ............................................................... 1 SECTION 2: BACKGROUND DATA ____________________________________________ 6 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 6 TEST REDEVELOPMENT SCENARIO .......................................................................................... 6 VEHICULAR ACCESS ................................................................................................................... 6 PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK .......................................................................................................... 6 PROGRAMMED IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................................................. 7 NON-AUTO TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES ............................................................................... 8 STUDY AREA DEFINITION .......................................................................................................... 8 EXISTING TRAFFIC COUNTS ....................................................................................................... 9 SECTION 3: LOCAL AREA TRANSPORTATION REVIEW _____________________ 13 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 13 CONGESTION STANDARD ........................................................................................................ 13 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................ 13 BACKGROUND FUTURE CONDITIONS ..................................................................................... 16 PIPELINE DEVELOPMENTS....................................................................................................... 16 PIPELINE TRIP GENERATION ................................................................................................... 16 PIPELINE TRIP ASSIGNMENTS ................................................................................................. 16 BACKGROUND TRAFFIC FORECASTS ....................................................................................... 16 TOTAL FUTURE CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 23 SITE TRIP GENERATION ........................................................................................................... 23 SITE TRIP ASSIGNMENTS ......................................................................................................... 23 TOTAL FUTURE FORECASTS .................................................................................................... 23 SECTION 4: PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE STATEMENT ______________________ 28 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 28 TRANSIT FACILITIES ................................................................................................................. 28 PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ......................................................................................................... 29 BICYCLE FACILITIES .................................................................................................................. 29 STREET LIGHT INVENTORY ...................................................................................................... 30 SECTION 5: SUPPLEMENTAL ANALYSIS _________________________________ 31 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 31 PEAK HOUR SIGNAL WARRANT............................................................................................... 31 CRASH ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................... .33 MITIGATION ........................................................................................................................... .36 SECTION 6: CONCLUSIONS __________________________________________ 37 i LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE PAGE 1 SITE LOCATION ........................................................................................................ 4 2 EXISTING LANE USE AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS ...................................................... 11 3 EXISTING PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES ............................................................ 12 4 PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT LOCATIONS ................................................................... 19 5 COMBINED PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES ................ 20 6 BACKGROUND PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES ................................................... 21 7 SITE TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENTS ................................................................................. 25 8 TOTAL FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUMES ....................................................................... 26 9 ANALYZED INCIDENT DATA POINTS LOCATION .................................................... 34 LIST OF TABLES TABLE TITLE PAGE 1 SSP SITE TRIP GENERATION .................................................................................... 5 2 AUTO-DRIVER SITE TRIP GENERATION ................................................................. 10 3 EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICE ................................................................................. 15 4 PIPELINE PROJECTS TRIP GENERATION ................................................................. 18 5 BACKGROUND LEVEL OF SERVICE ......................................................................... 22 6 TOTAL FUTURE LEVEL OF SERVICE ........................................................................ 27 7 TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANTS SUMMARY .............................................................. 32 8 CRASH DATA SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 35 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX TITLE A Scoping Correspondence B MD 198 Short Term Improvements: MD SHA District Three’s Input C Vehicular Traffic Counts D Existing Conditions Synchro 10 Results & CLVs E Traffic Forecasting Worksheets F Background Conditions Synchro 10 Results & CLVs G Total Future Conditions Synchro 10 Results & CLVs H Bus Routes Information and Schedules I Signal Warrant Tables and Reports J Crash Data: Analyzed Dataset ii 15585/15595 Old Columbia Pike April 2019 15585/15595 Old Columbia Pike Property Section 1 INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW This report presents a Local Area Transportation Review (LATR) as part of the Local Map Amendment application to rezone the property located at 15585 and 15595 Old Columbia Pike. The subject property is located on the southwest corner of the Maryland Route 198 (MD 198 – Old Columbia Pike) and U.S. 29A (Business 29) in Burtonsville, Maryland within the Burtonsville Town Center Policy Area of Montgomery County as shown on Figure 1. The 15585 and 15595 Old Columbia Pike property is currently developed with an 8,100 square foot (SF) store that sells bedding and furniture and a convenience market with eight gasoline fueling positions. The Applicant, Anthony K. Cheng, proposes to rezone the site from CRN 1.5, C-1.0, R-0.5, H-45 to the CRT Floating Zone (“CRTF”) CRTF 1.5, C-1.0, R-0.5, and H-45. As a test scenario, this study considers the replacement of the furniture store with a general retail center and an increase in the number of fueling positions. This test redevelopment scenario represents a likely worst-case scenario in terms of traffic impact for the allowable uses under the zoning change. However, it is probable that the most likely future redevelopment plan for the site would be less intense than this test scenario and include additional fueling positions, but simply repurposing the existing 8,100 SF structure to a general retail use with a new tenant instead of rebuilding and expanding the structure. Also please note that future redevelopment plans under the proposed CRT zoning would require an updated LATR study, at which time the specific development plan impact would be assessed. The test scenario is subject to Local Area Transportation Review (LATR) as it would be expected to generate 50 or more peak hour person trips. This study was prepared to satisfy LATR requirements in accordance with the draft Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Local Area Transportation Review Guidelines, December 2017. The scope of this LATR traffic study was established in consultation with M-NCPPC and Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Staff. The scope of work agreement is included in Appendix A. DESCRIPTION OF MULTI-MODAL ADEQUACY TESTS Following is a description of the various multi-modal tests for determining transportation adequacy per the December 2017 LATR guidelines and