A Transportation Plan for the Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood

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Current Vehicular Traffic Statistics Traffic Volume Counts The traffic count data shown on Map 6 is taken out of necessity from a number of different sources, including the official 2006 VDOT traffic count publication 7 (green figures), and individual VDOT field observations between 2000 and 2006, a 2004 Barracks/Rugby Neighborhood Traffic Calming study 8 and 2008 traffic counts by the City of Charlottesville within Greenleaf Terrace itself (blue figures). An examination of the traffic count map confirms the roles of the roads surrounding Greenleaf Terrace shown on the Road Classification Map. The combined-direction figures obtained from the 2006 VDOT publication reveal that the heaviest weekday volume of 47,000 vehicles is carried by the Route 250 Bypass. Second heaviest in volume is the small section of Rugby Road from Preston Avenue north to Barracks Roadthis section carries 22,000 vehicles per weekday on average. The third heaviest volume is found on Barracks Road, a major connection to Route 29 (McIntire Road). Other heavily traveled roads include Rugby Avenue from Rose Hill Drive east to the Route 250 Bypass ramps (about 7900 vehicles per day) and Rose Hill Drive south to Preston Avenue (6600 vehicles per day). All of the above roads are classified as either principal or minor arterial with the exception of the previously mentioned section of Rugby road, which is classified as a collector. The remaining roads that form the perimeter of Greenleaf Terrace are all designated as collector streets and all have weekday average volumes of between 2000 and 3000 vehicles per day. Average weekday volumes within the neighborhood vary greatly, from 100 vehicles per day to nearly 200 vehicles per day. Streets that provide the most direct routes through the neighborhood seem to exhibit the highest volumes of traffic; these include Rose Hill Drive, Gentry Lane, Oxford and Wellford Streets, Oakleaf and Greenleaf Lanes and Del Mar Drive. Both the individual VDOT volume counts and the counts done by the City of Charlottesville include a directional component which enables a more detailed analysis of traffic movement around and through the neighborhood. Combining both the directional and temporal components of the traffic data reveals a general pattern of northward traffic flow in the morning (7:00-8:00 am) and a southward flow in mid afternoon (2:30-4:00 pm) that may coincide with school pick up/drop off times. 7 2006 Virginia Department of Transportation Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Including Vehicle Classification Estimates, Special Locality Report 104, City of Charlottesville 8 2004-2007 City of Charlottesville CIP Projects Summary Sheet, Barracks/Rugby Neighborhood Traffic Calming
A close examination of directional counts shows significant differences in directional flow for several locations in the neighborhood, especially on and near Wellford Street. It would appear, from comparing the two measurement locations on Wellford Street that most of the vehicular traffic entering the neighborhood from Rugby Avenue onto Wellford Road traveling north utilizes the entire length of Wellford, while traffic traveling south may enter Wellford below Bruce Avenue, perhaps at Oxford Road. This situation may be the result of traffic turning off of Rugby Road at Oxford Road and proceeding east until turning south on Wellford Road in an attempt to avoid the traffic signals at Barracks and Rugby Roads and Rugby Road at Rugby Avenue. Gentry Lane carries almost double the flow northward in the morning that is does in the afternoon, perhaps indicating heavier use of Wellford Street and Rose Hill Drive for afternoon traffic exiting the Greenleaf Terrace, although southbound volumes on both of these streets does not show consistently heavier southbound flow. Oxford Road between Wellford Street and Rugby Road exhibits a little less than double the traffic flow from east to west that in the opposite direction at the measurement location closest to Wellford Street. At the measurement location closest to Rugby Avenue, however, the directional difference is negligible. According to the 2000 City of Charlottesville Traffic Calming Device Implementation Guidebook, streets internal to Greenleaf Terrace do not qualify for traffic calming devices based on two-way traffic volumes during peak hours. The highest combined peak-hour volume within the neighborhood was 184 vehicles on Rose Hill Drive, while the chart for determining “severity of through traffic problems 9 ” does not include overall peak volumes less than 250 vehicles per hour. 9 2000 City of Charlottesville Traffic Calming Device Implementation Guidebook
Page 1 and 2: A Transportation Plan for the Green
Page 3 and 4: Introduction The following document
Page 5 and 6: Existing Conditions General Neighbo
Page 7 and 8: The table indicates that, while all
Page 9 and 10: Existing Road Infrastructure Map 2,
Page 11 and 12: Map 3: Traffic Signals and Signs 25
Page 13 and 14: Map 4: Bicycle &Pedestrian Accommod
Page 15 and 16: Map 5: Public Transit Service HOLID
Page 17: Map 6: Average Daily Traffic Volume
Page 21 and 22: Traffic Speeds All roads within the
Page 23 and 24: Accident Statistics Traffic acciden
Page 25 and 26: Greenleaf Terrace in Existing Trans
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Page 29 and 30: Neighborhood Assets & Liabilities A
Page 31 and 32: Goal 3: Vehicles in Greenleaf Terra
Page 33 and 34: sidewalk installation. Installation
Page 35 and 36: The third and final high priority p
Page 37 and 38: Objective Implementation: The City
Page 39 and 40: Map 10: Proposed Bicycle Accommodat
Page 41 and 42: Objective 2.2: Extend bike lanes on
Page 43 and 44: Map 11: Proposed Traffic Calming Me
Page 45 and 46: Traffic Calming Device Implementati
Page 47 and 48: scale lighting should also be used
Page 49 and 50: Goal 4: Public transit is a conveni
Page 51 and 52: population, many Greenleaf Terrace
Page 53 and 54: Action Install traffic circle at De
Page 55 and 56: Appendix A Traffic Count Data Sheet
Page 57 and 58: Nu-Metrics Traffic Analyzer Study C
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Nu-Metrics Traffic Analyzer Study C
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Nu-Metrics Traffic Analyzer Study C
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Appendix B Traffic Calming Analysis
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Figure 2: Criteria for determining
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