A Transportation Plan for the Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood

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Neighborhood Demographic Data According to the US Census, the 2000 2 population for the study area was 1001 individuals. The median age in Greenleaf Terrace was 38.1, as compared to 35.7 for Virginia as a whole. Table 1 shows the percentages of individuals in selected age groups in 2000: Table 1: Greenleaf Age Distribution Age Under 5 years 71 7.1% 5 to 17 years 143 14.3% 18 to 24 years 38 3.8% 25 to 39 years 300 30.0% 40 to 64 years 326 32.6% 65 to 84 years 109 10.9% 85 years and over 14 1.4% 1001 100.0% Source: 2000 Census Summary File 1 As is evidenced by Table 1, about 14% of the neighborhood population was school age (5-17 years of age), a factor that raises significant traffic safety issues. 34% of the population was in the typically more physically active age range of 18 to 39 years, while 11% of the population was between 65 and 84 years of age and likely more dependant upon transportation alternatives to the automobile. To aid in the preparation of this plan, an informal survey was conducted of neighborhood residents. The following three questions were asked of the residents: 1) Do you have access to an automobile? 2) Do you cycle regularly? 3) Do you walk regularly? 4) Do you ride the bus regularly? Table 2 shows the results of the survey below: Table 2: Greenleaf Resident Survey Results Yes Question Response Access to Automobile 100% Regularly Cycle 34% Regularly Walk 91% Regularly Ride Bus 16% Source: 2008 Greenleaf Neighborhood Survey 2 2000 US Census Bureau, Summary File 1
The table indicates that, while all respondents in the survey have access to an auto, and most walk with some frequency, bicycle ridership is significantly lower and bus ridership is lower yet. 2000 Census data for the neighborhood seems to confirm the high level of automobile access, indicating that less that 3% of neighborhood residents do not have such access. The following chart, based on 2000 Census 3 data, indicates how individuals make their way to work in the Greenleaf Terrace neighborhood: Chart 1: Transportation to Work 100.0% 90.0% 86.8% 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Car, truck or van 0.0% Public transportation 3.7% 4.1% 5.4% Bicycle Walked Worked at home Source: 2000 Census, Summary File 3 Although some individuals choose to bike or walk to work, the vast majority choose the automobile as their preferred mode of transportation to work. It is also interesting to note that the use of public transportation seems completely absent. After speaking with citizens, the number is certainly greater than zero, although still rather small. It should be noted that the figures above were derived from US Census 2000 Summary File III data, and as such are not 100 percent data, resulting in more error especially in small geographic areas. A further investigation of 2000 Census data reveals that nearly 83% of workers in the neighborhood that do not work at home have a commute time of less than 20 minutes, indicating that the lack of alternative transportation modes is not due to a lengthy commute time. 3 2000 US Census Bureau, Summary File 3
Page 1 and 2: A Transportation Plan for the Green
Page 3 and 4: Introduction The following document
Page 5: Existing Conditions General Neighbo
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 and 18: Map 6: Average Daily Traffic Volume
Page 19 and 20: A close examination of directional
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
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Page 45 and 46: Traffic Calming Device Implementati
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Page 49 and 50: Goal 4: Public transit is a conveni
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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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