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Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 1 Purpose and Need ..................................................................................................................... 3 Study Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 3 Study Need ......................................................................................................................... 3 Related Studies ................................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 2 Environmental Justice and Health Planning .............................................................................. 7 EJ Analysis of Study Area ................................................................................................... 7 Health Planning ................................................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER 3 Environmental Resources and Management .......................................................................... 11 Water Resources .............................................................................................................. 11 Stormwater Management .................................................................................................. 14 Green Infrastructure .......................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER 4 Land Use ................................................................................................................................. 19 Access Management......................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 5 Transportation Network ........................................................................................................... 27 Roadway Network ............................................................................................................. 27 Transit Network ................................................................................................................. 36 Crash Analysis .................................................................................................................. 37 Origin–Destination Study .................................................................................................. 38 Site-Specific Short-Term Improvements ........................................................................... 42 Alternatives Analysis ......................................................................................................... 45 Preferred Alternatives ....................................................................................................... 54 Summary ........................................................................................................................... 58 CHAPTER 6 Implementation ........................................................................................................................ 61 Figures and Tables Figure 1: Water Resources ............................................................................................................ 13 Figure 2: Green Space Corridors ................................................................................................... 17 Figure 3: Landscape Project Priority Habitat ................................................................................. 18 Figure 4: Land Use ......................................................................................................................... 20 i Figure 5: Access Points and Shoulders ......................................................................................... 25 Figure 6: Annual Average Daily Traffic .......................................................................................... 29 Figure 7: Average Daily 85th Percentile Speeds ........................................................................... 31 Figure 8: Average Daily Percent Heavy Vehicles .......................................................................... 32 Figure 9: Routes 130 and 206 Median Breaks .............................................................................. 33 Figure 10: Guide Signage Locations .............................................................................................. 35 Figure 11: Routes 130 and 206 Northbound and Southbound Weaving ....................................... 39 Figure 12: Elizabeth Street and Ward Avenue Origins and Destinations ...................................... 41 Figure 13: Route Choices between I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike ...................................... 43 Figure 14: Heavy Vehicle Bypass Road Recommendation ........................................................... 44 Figure 15: Safety and Access Improvements near Mastoris Diner ............................................... 46 Figure 16: Alternatives Analysis Issue Areas ................................................................................ 49 Figure 17: Vehicular AM Peak-Hour Approach Delay ................................................................... 51 Figure 18: Vehicular PM Peak-Hour Approach Delay ................................................................... 52 Figure 19: Simulation of Road Diet Scenario at Crosswicks Street ............................................... 55 Figure 20: Simulation of Roundabout Scenario at Southern Merge .............................................. 56 Figure 21: Simulation of Traffic-Calming Recommendations along Elizabeth Street .................... 56 Figure 22: Simulation of Left-Turn Lanes Scenario at Ward Avenue and Elizabeth Street ........... 57 Table 1: Degrees of Disadvantage Exceeding the Regional Threshold .......................................... 7 Table 2: Scenario Highlights per Issue Area ................................................................................. 50 Table 3: Existing and Road Diet Performance Measures for AM and PM Peak Hours ................. 58 Table 4: Implementation Matrix ...................................................................................................... 62 Appendices Appendix A Renderings of Alternatives per Issue Area ......................................................................A-1 Appendix B Performance Measures per Alternative and Issue Area ..................................................B-1 ii TRAFFIC CALMING ALTERNATIVES FOR ROUTES 130 AND 206 IN BORDENTOWN NJ Executive Summary This study was prompted by local concern for pedestrian and motorist safety on Route 130 and Route 206, two major arterials that share a 0.8 mile section bounded by numerous commercial establishments, but with only a single controlled crossing location. Recent efforts, a Road Safety Audit and a Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, raised multiple potential solutions, but did not analyze the impacts upon vehicular mobility. This study built upon the recommendations of earlier efforts and has developed conceptual alternatives. All evaluated alternatives sought to reduce excessive speeding and improve pedestrian crossing opportunities. Many of these explored potential solutions to the large presence of heavy vehicles along Farnsworth Avenue and for economic redevelopment opportunities throughout the corridor. Preferred alternatives were identified only after receiving local stakeholder feedback, and they were based upon their feasibility for implementation and