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Completing of the picture of future traffic on Northeast area roads requires the addition <br /> of normally increasing traffic from other sources: City growth; regional impacts on the <br /> State Highway system. To accomplish this, traffic on City streets peripheral to the <br /> industrial area was increased at a 4.5% (compounded) rate to the year 2000 AD (this is <br /> considered as the earliest time that the industrial area could possibly be built out). <br /> Highway 12 traffic was increased by its historic rate from 1979 and Highway 99 traffic <br /> was expanded also. Derivation of traffic figures from these concepts are included in the <br /> appendix. <br /> Figure T-7 reflects a composite of the traffic estimates discussed above. <br /> Inspecting this figure and comparing it to the level of service capacities shows that all <br /> of the industrial areais reets will operate at level of service "C", or better, because <br /> ADT's on them fall below the 10,000 - 24,000 for two- and four-lane facilities. <br /> Intersections in the Northeast area, however, don't fare quite so well. This is illustrated <br /> by using future industrial area turning movements generated in the QRS program and <br /> combining them where appropriate with turning movements from the recent counts <br /> expanded by 4.5% (compounded) to the year 2000 AD. Figure T-8 exhibits estimated <br /> future turning movements at key intersections in the Northeast industrial area. Also <br /> shown are LOS comments for various movements at each intersection. These were <br /> calculated by using the Highway Capacity Manual published by the Institute of <br /> Transportation Engineers. <br /> It should be noted that nearly all left turn movements will be operating at LOS "F" when <br /> the industrial area is built out. Correcting this situation will involve signalization and <br /> additional traffic lanes including dual left turn lanes at some locations. <br /> Impacts <br /> Additional traffic produced by expanding the transfer station is estimated, globally, by <br /> comparing the 400 tons handled on an average day at present with the proposed 2,000 <br /> tons per day at full development. <br /> In summary, the transfer station is expected to generate the following traffic. <br /> Autos, pickups 500/day <br /> Medium trucks (20 - 30 tons) 1250/day <br /> Heavy trucks (40 tons) 325/day <br /> Total 2075/day <br /> Average Daily Activity: 4150 "trip ends"/day <br /> 43 <br />