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"destination areas." This site is in a"Pedestrian District that is termed
"other." The minimum pedestrian level of service for this district is C
for all factors. The railroad tracks are between this site and both of
these "destination areas." The preferred route from the site to these
areas is via Hoffman Mill Road, Poudre River Drive, Lemay Avenue, and
Riverside Avenue. There are sidewalks along all of these streets except
for Hoffman Mill Road. Given the gaps in the sidewalk system, acceptable
level of service could not be demonstrated for the continuity factor. Given
the barrier that exists (the railroad tracks), it is doubtful that there
would be pedestrian interaction between this site and the two "destination
areas." Acceptable pedestrian level of service cannot be achieved.
There are no bicycle "priority destination areas" within 1320 feet
of the proposed Natural Area Maintenance. Facility. There are bike lanes
on Lemay Avenue, which is more than 1320 feet from this site. This site
will have a direct connection to the Poudre River Trail. Appendix A
contains the Bicycle LOS Worksheet for this site. Acceptable bicycle level
of service is achieved, since it connects directly to the Poudre River
Trail and to the bike lanes on Lemay Avenue via Hoffman Mill Road, a local
street.
The only existing bus route within 1320 feet of this site is Route
9. This route operates on Riverside Avenue. However, due to the railroad
tracks, the functional distance is well over 1320 feet. The future system
(2015 Transit System Map) will also provide service on Riverside Avenue.
However, this future system is also over 1320 feet away, due to the barrier
of the railroad tracks. Review of the Public Transit LOS - Standards and
Ratings indicates that two level of service standards can be met. These
are the frequency of service and the peak load factor. Therefore, the
transit level of service will be in the D category, which is acceptable.
It is doubtful that employees or visitors to the Natural Area Maintenance
Facility would utilize transit as a mode of transportation.
It is concluded that the trip generation for the Natural Area
Maintenance Facility will be low, approximately 100 trip ends per day. Due
to the low trip generation it is expected that the portion of Hoffman Mill
Road that is not paved can remain unpaved. Due to the existing railroad
tracks and other factors, acceptable pedestrian level of service cannot be
achieved.
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contacted to determine the expected trip generation for this
facility. Table 1 shows the average weekday and weekday peak hour
trip generation for the Natural Area Maintenance Facility. The low
trip generation supports the request of a limited scope
transportation study.
Vehicular access will be via Hoffman Mill Road. Hoffman Mill
Road connects to PoudreRiver Drive and then to Lemay Avenue just
north of Riverside Avenue. Recent peak hour traffic counts were
obtained at the Lemay/Poudre River intersection. From these counts,
the existing daily traffic was estimated using accepted daily versus
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of adjacent properties. Figure 3 shows the estimate of the current
daily traffic at various locations. Figure 4 shows the forecast of
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traffic volumes along Hoffman Mill Road and on Poudre River Drive.
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intersection. The volumes at the site of the proposed Natural Area
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Maintenance Facility are expected to be less than 200 vehicles per
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day. This would indicate that paving the access to this site is not
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required. It is likely that paving beyond that portion that is
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Figure 5 shows the location of the proposed Natural Area
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Maintenance Facility and a radius of 1320 feet from the outer
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boundary of the site. Per the "Multimodal Transportation Level of
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within this radius. These two areas are designated by: 1) the
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office/industrial area along Riverside Avenue, and 2) the residential
area to the southwest of Riverside Avenue. Appendix A contains the
Pedestrian LOS Worksheet for this site as it relates to these