467 Main Street Reading, Massachusetts Traffic Impact & Access Study Prepared For: Boghos Properties Prepared by: Design Consultants, Inc. November 2017 467 MAIN STREET REDEVELOPMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 4 Study Area ..................................................................................................................... 4 Safety Analysis ............................................................................................................... 4 Capacity Analysis ........................................................................................................... 5 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 6 A. EXISTING CONDITIONS ...................................................................................................... 7 A1. STUDY AREA ....................................................................................................... 7 A2. STUDY ROADWAYS ............................................................................................ 7 A3. STUDY INTERSECTIONS .................................................................................... 8 A4. MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 9 B. TRAFFIC VOLUME .............................................................................................................12 B1. EXISTING TRAFFIC COUNTS ............................................................................12 B2. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT .................................................................................12 B3. NO-BUILD CONDITIONS ........................................................................................17 Background Developments ..........................................................................................17 Regional Growth Rate .................................................................................................17 B4. SITE-GENERATED TRIPS ....................................................................................20 Preliminary Trip Generation .....................................................................................20 Census Tract Data.........................................................................................................21 Trip Generation Summary .............................................................................................22 B5. TRIP DISTRIBUTION AND TRIP ASSIGNMENT ...................................................23 B6. BUILD CONDITIONS .............................................................................................23 C. SAFETY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................30 C1. CRASH DATA AND ANALYSIS ...........................................................................30 C2. SIGHT DISTANCE ANALYSIS .............................................................................31 D. INTERSECTION CAPACITY ANALYSIS ............................................................................32 D1. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS CRITERIA ..........................................................................32 D2. EXISTING CONDITIONS INTERSECTION ANALYSIS .......................................34 D3. NO-BUILD CONDITIONS INTERSECTION ANALYSIS .......................................34 D4. BUILD CONDITIONS INTERSECTION ANALYSIS ..............................................35 CONCLUSION ..........................................................................................................................36 LIST OF FIGURES Figure A1: Locus Map ................................................................................................................................ 10 Figure A2: Study Intersections ................................................................................................................... 11 Figure B1: Existing Pedestrian Volumes .................................................................................................... 13 Figure B2: Existing Bicycle Volumes ......................................................................................................... 14 Figure B3: Existing Traffic Volumes - AM ................................................................................................. 15 Figure B4: Existing Traffic Volumes - PM ................................................................................................. 16 Figure B5: No-Build Traffic Volumes - AM ................................................................................................ 18 Figure B6: No-Build Traffic Volumes - PM ................................................................................................ 19 Figure B7: Trip Distribution - AM ............................................................................................................. 24 2 467 Main Street Redevelopment 467 MAIN STREET REDEVELOPMENT Figure B8: Trip Distribution - PM ............................................................................................................. 25 Figure B9: Site-Generated Trips – AM....................................................................................................... 26 Figure B10: Site-Generated Trips - PM ..................................................................................................... 27 Figure B11: Build Traffic Volumes - AM .................................................................................................... 28 Figure B12: Build Traffic Volumes - PM .................................................................................................... 29 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Sight Distance Summary ................................................................................................................. 5 Table 2: Level-of-Service Summary .............................................................................................................. 6 Table B1: ATR Volume Summary ............................................................................................................... 12 Table B2: Trip Generation Calculations - Proposed Dwelling Units ........................................................ 20 Table B3: Trip Generation Calculations – Proposed Retail Space ............................................................ 20 Table B3: Trip Generation Calculations - Summary .................................................................................. 21 Table B4: Mode Share Data Comparison ................................................................................................... 21 Table B5: Adjusted Trip Generation Summary ........................................................................................... 22 Table B6: Existing Vehicle-Trips ................................................................................................................ 23 Table B7: Net New Vehicle-Trips ............................................................................................................... 23 Table C1: MassDOT Intersection Crash Summary .................................................................................... 30 Table C4: AASHTO Minimum Recommended Stopping Sight Distances and Intersection Sight Distances .................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Table C5: Measured Sight Distances at Proposed Green Street Driveway ............................................... 32 Table D1: Intersection LOS Thresholds ..................................................................................................... 33 Table D2: 2017 Existing Conditions LOS ................................................................................................... 34 Table D3: 2024 No-Build Conditions LOS ................................................................................................. 35 Table D4: 2024 Build Conditions LOS ....................................................................................................... 36 APPENDICES APPENDIX A – TRAFFIC COUNTS .......................................................................................................... 38 APPENDIX B – MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................. 39 APPENDIX C – SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT ............................................................................................. 40 APPENDIX D – BACKGROUND TRIPS ................................................................................................... 41 APPENDIX E – TRIP GENERATION ........................................................................................................ 42 APPENDIX F – SAFETY ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................... 43 APPENDIX G – INTERSECTION CAPACITY ANALYSIS ......................................................................... 44 3 467 Main Street Redevelopment 467 MAIN STREET REDEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Design Consultants, Inc. (DCI) has prepared this Traffic Impact and Access Study (TIAS) to analyze the impact of the proposed mixed-use development at 467 Main Street (“Project”) on surrounding traffic operations