Steese Expressway/Johansen Expressway Interchange Program No. Z607320000 Federal Project No. 0002337 DRAFT Existing Conditions Report January 2018 Prepared By: Prepared For: Kinney Engineering, LLC Alaska Department of 3909 Arctic Blvd, Ste 400 Transportation and Anchorage, AK 99503 Public Facilities 907-346-2373 AECL1102 Jeanne M Bowie, PE, PhD, PTOE Steese Expressway/Johansen Expressway Interchange Z607320000/0002337 DRAFT Existing Conditions Report December 2017 Table of Contents Executive Summary .........................................................................................................................x 1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1 1.1 Project Setting ..........................................................................................................1 2 Background ..........................................................................................................................4 2.1 Planning Background ...............................................................................................4 3 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................10 3.1 Land Use and Intensity ..........................................................................................11 3.2 Functional Classification .......................................................................................14 3.3 Pedestrians and Bicycle Facilities ..........................................................................14 3.4 Project Area Roadway Characteristics...................................................................14 3.5 Existing Traffic Volumes .......................................................................................15 3.6 Alternative Modes of Transportation .....................................................................20 4 Safety .................................................................................................................................24 4.1 Prior Improvements ...............................................................................................24 4.2 Intersection and Segment Crash Rates ...................................................................25 4.3 Crash Types ...........................................................................................................26 4.4 Crash Severity ........................................................................................................27 4.5 Crash Summary ......................................................................................................28 5 Existing Operations ............................................................................................................29 5.1 Vehicle Speed Study ..............................................................................................29 5.2 Intersection Capacity and Level of Service ...........................................................30 5.3 Weaving Conflicts .................................................................................................33 5.4 Pedestrian Delay ....................................................................................................34 5.5 Freight ....................................................................................................................35 5.6 Transit ....................................................................................................................35 5.7 Operations Summary .............................................................................................35 6 Future No Build Conditions ...............................................................................................37 6.1 Traffic Volume Forecasts ......................................................................................37 6.2 Future Operations...................................................................................................43 7 Summary of Concerns and Mitigation Strategies ..............................................................48 7.1 Improved Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Capacity .........................................48 7.2 Proximity of Farmers Loop Road ..........................................................................49 7.3 Vehicular Delay .....................................................................................................50 i Steese Expressway/Johansen Expressway Interchange Z607320000/0002337 DRAFT Existing Conditions Report December 2017 References ......................................................................................................................................52 Appendix A Heavy Vehicle and Total Volumes on Freight Routes ..........................................54 Appendix B Vehicle Speed Study Results .................................................................................56 Appendix C Existing Intersection LOS ......................................................................................59 Appendix D 2045 No Build Intersection LOS ...........................................................................64 Appendix E TMVs .....................................................................................................................69 ii Steese Expressway/Johansen Expressway Interchange Z607320000/0002337 DRAFT Existing Conditions Report December 2017 Figures Figure 1: Project Vicinity Map ....................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2: Study Area ....................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 3: Existing Configuration .................................................................................................. 10 Figure 4: Map of the Greater Fairbanks Area ............................................................................... 12 Figure 5: Land Uses in Project Area Vicinity ............................................................................... 13 Figure 6: Existing AADT Volumes .............................................................................................. 16 Figure 7: Existing TMVs, AM Peak ............................................................................................. 18 Figure 8: Existing TMVs, PM Peak .............................................................................................. 19 Figure 9: Freight Local Connector Routes Fairbanks, Alaska ...................................................... 21 Figure 10: Observed Truck Volumes, Existing Peak Hours ......................................................... 22 Figure 11: MACS Grey Line Route .............................................................................................. 23 Figure 12: Crash Type Distribution at Intersection (2005 to 2014) .............................................. 27 Figure 13: Crash Severity at Intersection (2005-2014) ................................................................. 28 Figure 14: Existing Intersection Level of Service, AM and PM Peak .......................................... 32 Figure 15: Weaving Conflict on Steese Expressway .................................................................... 33 Figure 16: Existing and Forecasted 2045 AADT Volumes .......................................................... 39 Figure 17: 2045 No Build TMVs, AM Peak................................................................................. 41 Figure 18: 2045 No Build TMVs, PM Peak ................................................................................. 42 Figure 19: Estimated 10-year Intersection Delay, PM Peak ........................................................ 43 Figure 20: 2045 No Build Intersection Level of Service, AM and PM Peak ............................... 46 iii Steese Expressway/Johansen Expressway Interchange Z607320000/0002337 DRAFT Existing Conditions Report December 2017 Tables Table 1: Relevant Projects identified in the FMATS 2040 MTP ................................................... 6 Table 2: Roadway Characteristics ................................................................................................ 15 Table 3: Pedestrian and Bicycle Volumes (July 2017) ................................................................. 20 Table 4: Summary of Prior Improvements ................................................................................... 24 Table 5: Intersection Crash Rates (2010 to 2014) ........................................................................ 25 Table 6: Segment Crashes (2010 to 2014) .................................................................................... 26 Table 7: Vehicle Speed Study Results .......................................................................................... 30 Table 8: Existing LOS - Steese Expressway Intersection with Johansen Expressway ................. 31 Table 9: Existing Signalized Pedestrian Crossing Delay, AM and PM Peaks ............................. 34 Table 10: Existing Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing Delay, AM and PM Peaks ....................... 35 Table 11: Existing Freight Movement Delays, AM and PM Peaks .............................................. 35 Table 12: Existing Transit Movement Delays, AM and PM Peaks .............................................. 35 Table 13: 2045 No Build LOS - Steese Expressway