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Home My WebLink AboutBEST WESTERN TRANSMISSION PUD LOT 1 FINAL - 15 93A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - TRAFFIC STUDYYj 3 TRIP DISTRIBUTION Figure 3 CD to -J& N u7 O I -I � 150/105 "' °' aO 5/20 — 220/275 70/155 STUART 5/5 10/20 —Y ) t r 145//5 5r 10/15 in Ln o 5/5 \\ 15/30 --,. to c 'n to W 0 W J J 0 U 5/10 SITE �I � ) mo 0 rl 1993 + SITE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC AM / PM Rounded up to nearest 5 vehicules. Figure 4 A& N NO SCALE I STUART STREET N ° } f Ff 3 SExist. E N Iervicel I Station L - UTUR� RETAIL Lu Q° W ° C7 I BEST WESTERN Lu TRANSMISSION .J ° SITE PLAN Figure 2 Table 1 1993 Peak Hour Operation Intersection College/Stuart (signal) Table 2 Trip Generation Level of Service AM PM B C a Daily A.M. Peak P.M. Peak Land Use. Trips Trips Trips Trips Trips in out in out Best Western Transmission Repair 50 10 3 3 10 Specialty Retail - 1.2 KSF 50 4 4 3 3 Total 100 14 7 6 13 Intersection Table 3 1993 Plus Development Peak Hour Operation Level of Service AM PM College/Stuart (signal) B C College/Access WB RT A A Stuart/Access NB LT/RT A A WB LT A A A& N W 0 W 0 0 Ln r O to �(o �--148/104 r') a' ^ 2/17 } [, �-- 63/150 7/1 s � r 6/12 rn o cp 14/29 —� o ^ , Ln LO LO r- 1993 PEAK ' HOUR TRAFFIC STUART AM / PM Figure 1 Since traffic appears to be stabilizing at/near this intersection, background traffic was not increased. The current traffic in this area of College Avenue is near the year 2010 projections shown in various city transportation planning documents. Figure 4 shows the traffic assignment with the background traffic. All turning movements were rounded up to the nearest five vehicles. Using the peak hour traffic shown in Figure 4, operational analyses were performed on the key intersections. The results of these analyses are shown in Table 3. All key intersections are expected to operate acceptably. Calculation forms are provided in Appendix C. The consolidated curb cuts will improve the operation and safety along College Avenue and Stuart Street. No auxiliary turn lanes are required at any of the future curb cuts. There may be times when the curb cut on Stuart Street is blocked by the westbound left turns waiting at the College/ Stuart signal. This occurs with the existing traffic. There is little that can be done to remedy this. It only affects the northbound left turns exiting these properties. These left turns have alternative routes via the right-in/right-out access on College Avenue and via Mathews Street to the east. Conclusions From a traffic perspective, the proposed uses have little impact in this area. The consolidated curb cuts on both College Avenue and Stuart Street will improve both operation and safety in this area. A: Stuart is occupied by a former service station building. This use is expected to change to a miscellaneous retail use. This use is also addressed in this traffic study. The land to the south of the proposed Best Western Transmissions is occupied by a retail optical business. The former service station property has two curb cuts on Stuart Street. The proposed Best Western Transmission property has two curb cuts on College Avenue. •There is a raised median in College Avenue which restricts all access to College,Avenue as right-in/right-out. Proposed Development The development proposal involves two properties as shown in Figure 2. Best Western Transmissions is proposed to be located on the south property. An unspecified retail use is proposed to locate in the former service station building. It is expected that this building will be remodelled to fit the future use. It is proposed that .the multiple curb cuts on College Avenue and Stuart Street will be reduced to one on each street. As shown in Figure 2, these curb cuts are as far away from the College/Stuart intersection as is possible. There will be access between the two properties. Trip Generation, 5th Edition, ITE was used to estimate the daily, and peak hour travel from/to the northern lot. Since no specific use is proposed, a miscellaneous retail use was used. This trip generation is shown in Table 2. The transmission repair use is not listed in Trip Generation, 5th Edition. Therefore, the owner/developer was contacted to supply repair order data from an existing shop in Fort Collins. Between January 1990 and October 1992, there were 3182 repair orders. This averages to 94 per month. The shop was open five days per week, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM. This averages about 5 repair orders per day. There are no peak days, or peak hours within a given day. There are four staff members. For trip generation purposes, a conservative high estimate was made using this historic data. It was assumed that three repairs would enter in the morning peak hour and that three repairs would leave during the afternoon peak hour. It was further assumed that each repair would be followed by a companion vehicle to pick- up/deliver the vehicle owner to another destination. It was also assumed that the repair staff would arrive during the morning peak hour and leave during the afternoon peak hour. This trip generation is reflected in Table 2. The trip distribution is expected to be primarily from/to College Avenue as reflected in Figure 3. Some patrons will access this site from the east leg of Stuart Street. The traffic from the west leg of Stuart Street is expected to be negligible. •o 0 r o. 10 �o 0 LJ a: x v J W O W x F- d 1 MEMORANDUM To: Russ Flowers, Best Western Transmission, Inc. Al Hauser, Architecture One Fort Collins Transportation Division Fort Collins Planning Department From: Matt Delich Date: February 24, 1993 Subject: Best Western Transmissions Traffic Study (File: 9308MEM1) This memorandum document& the traffic analyses related to the Best Western Transmissions and miscellaneous retail use on two properties in the southeast quadrant of the College/ Stuart intersection in Fort Collins. These two properties were addressed in the "College/Stuart Amoco Site Access Study," September 1988. This memorandum serves as an update of that site access study. Existing Conditions Since the previous site access study was prepared over four years ago, new peak hour traffic data was obtained at the College/Stuart intersection. This data is shown in Figure 1. Raw data is contained in Appendix A. Comparing the 1993 data with the 1988 data indicated the following: 1. On the Stuart Street east approach, traffic volumes have not changed significantly in the morning peak hour. 2. On the Stuart Street east approach, traffic volumes have decreased in the afternoon peak hour. 3. Traffic volumes on the west approach of Stuart Street are still low enough that they do not significantly impact the operation of the intersection. 4. In the morning peak hour, the traffic on northbound College Avenue has increased by 25 percent and the traffic on southbound College Avenue has increased by 45 percent. 5. In the afternoon peak hour, both the northbound and southbound traffic on College Avenue has not changed significantly. The College/Stuart intersection is signalized. During the peak hours, it operates acceptably as is shown in Table 1. Acceptable operation is defined as level of service D or better.. Calculation forms are provided in Appendix B. The site of the proposed Best Western Transmissions is currently vacant. The lot at the intersection of College and