FBI Headquarters Consolidation Appendix B: Draft Transportation Impact Assessment: J. Edgar Hoover Parcel Appendix B Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Consolidation Draft Transportation Impact Assessment J Edgar Hoover Parcel Prepared by for October 2015 Table of Contents LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................ III LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................................. VII 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1-1 2.0 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 Proposed Action........................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Purpose and Need ........................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.3 NEPA Requirements .................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.4 Local Land Use Plans .................................................................................................................. 2-4 2.4.1 Existing Land Use ............................................................................................................ 2-4 2.4.2 Planning Context ............................................................................................................. 2-7 2.4.3 Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital ................................................................. 2-7 2.4.4 The Pennsylvania Avenue Initiative ................................................................................ 2-8 2.4.5 Monumental Core Framework Plan ................................................................................. 2-8 2.4.6 DC Retail Action Strategy: Downtown-East End ............................................................. 2-8 2.4.7 MoveDC: The District of Columbia’s Multi-modal Long-Range Transportation Plan ...... 2-9 2.4.8 Streetcar Land Use Study ............................................................................................... 2-9 2.4.9 2014 DC Circulator Transit Development Plan Update ................................................... 2-9 2.5 Transportation Assumption Agreement .................................................................................. 2-10 3.0 EXISTING CONDITION: FBI HQ STUDY AREA ...................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.1 Study Area Description .................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.2 Study Area Accessibility .................................................................................................. 3-2 3.1.3 Roadway Descriptions ..................................................................................................... 3-3 3.1.4 Data Collection ................................................................................................................ 3-5 3.2 Pedestrian Network .................................................................................................................... 3-13 3.2.1 Overall Sidewalk Observations ..................................................................................... 3-13 3.2.2 Accessibility Compliance ............................................................................................... 3-13 3.3 Bicycle Network ......................................................................................................................... 3-14 3.3.1 Capital Bikeshare .......................................................................................................... 3-16 3.3.2 Trip Purpose .................................................................................................................. 3-17 3.3.3 Ridership Patterns ......................................................................................................... 3-17 3.3.4 Station Use .................................................................................................................... 3-18 3.4 Public Transit .............................................................................................................................. 3-19 3.4.1 Metrorail ......................................................................................................................... 3-20 3.4.2 Bus: Local Metrobus ...................................................................................................... 3-40 3.4.3 Bus: Commuter .............................................................................................................. 3-60 3.4.4 Ridesharing/Slugging .................................................................................................... 3-63 3.4.5 Carsharing ..................................................................................................................... 3-63 3.4.6 Shuttles .......................................................................................................................... 3-64 3.5 Parking ........................................................................................................................................ 3-65 3.6 Truck Access .............................................................................................................................. 3-67 3.7 Traffic Analysis........................................................................................................................... 3-67 FBI Headquarters Consolidation U.S. General Services Administration i Transportation Impact Assessment J. Edgar Hoover Parcel 3.7.1 Analysis Tools ............................................................................................................... 3-67 3.7.2 Intersection Operations Analysis Method ...................................................................... 3-68 3.7.3 Intersection Queuing Analysis Method .......................................................................... 3-71 3.7.4 Existing Condition Intersection Operations Analysis ..................................................... 3-72 3.7.5 Existing Condition Intersection Queuing Analysis ......................................................... 3-87 3.8 Crash Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 3-96 4.0 ANALYSIS OF NO-ACTION ALTERNATIVE ........................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 No-action Improvements ............................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1.1 Planned Developments ................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 Planned Roadway Improvements ................................................................................... 4-2 4.2 Pedestrian Network ...................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.3 Bicycle Network ........................................................................................................................... 4-4 4.4 Public Transit ................................................................................................................................ 4-6 4.4.1 Projected Transit Growth ................................................................................................. 4-6 4.4.2 Metrorail Analysis ............................................................................................................ 4-7 4.4.3 Metrobus Analysis ......................................................................................................... 4-16 4.4.4 Level of Impact .............................................................................................................. 4-17 4.5 Parking ........................................................................................................................................ 4-18 4.6 Truck Access .............................................................................................................................. 4-19 4.7 Traffic Analysis........................................................................................................................... 4-19 4.7.1 Background Growth ....................................................................................................... 4-19 4.7.2 Trip Generation and Modal Split .................................................................................... 4-20 4.7.3 Trip Distribution ............................................................................................................. 4-23 4.7.4 Development of No-action Alternative ..........................................................................