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Travel time for local industrial trips with a destination east of Bailey Hill Road <br /> increased about one minute, 32 seconds per vehicle. Based on the pre-closure <br /> <br /> Ali traffic counts and the Origin and Destination Study, it is estimated that,there were <br /> 100 local industrial trips with a destination east of Bailey Hill Road, resulting in <br /> 2.56 additional vehicle-hours of travel time for local industrial trips per weekday. <br /> To summarize, the closure affects about 320 motorists per day, adding some 4.5 <br /> hours of travel time to their trips, or about 50 seconds per trip. Based on the <br /> small amount of added travel time, and the lack of negative feedback, this <br /> increase in travel time has not been a problem for motorists who used to use <br /> Stewart Road and is thus not a significant factor in the closure. <br /> ? Intersection capacity: The closure will have minor effects on the capacity of four <br /> <br /> ~ intersections: Stewart Road & Bertelsen Road, Stewart Road & Bailey Hill Road, <br /> <br /> ' 11`t' Avenue & Bertelsen Road and 11~' Avenue & Bailey Hill Road. <br /> Based on an April 14, 1998 traffic study, an estimated 540 vehicles used Stewart <br /> Road as a through street on a typical weekday. Most of the diverted through <br /> traffic will use W 11 Avenue. <br /> The additional traffic, about about 270 vehicles in each direction, has little effect <br /> on the Level of Service (LOS) of either 11`'' Avenue intersection. LOS and peak <br /> hour delay per vehicle was estimated for both intersections using a computer <br /> program that models traffic flow at signalized intersections. <br /> The LOS remained the same at both intersections. At 11`'' & Bailey Hill, delay <br /> per vehicle increased by 0.5 seconds per vehicle, while there was a 3.4 second <br /> increase in delay per vehicle at 11~' & Bertelsen. <br /> Thus, the additional 270 vehicles will have a slight negative impact on the <br /> intersections of 11~' & Bailey Hill and 11`'' & Bertelsen. However, each <br /> intersection will still operate with an acceptable Level of Service. In summary, <br /> the affected intersections have sufficient capacity to handle the vehicles diverted <br /> by the closure of Stewart Road. <br /> Capacity at the Stewart Road intersections at Bailey Hill Road and Bertelsen <br /> Road was not a problem before the closure. The closure will result in only local <br /> traffic using those intersections and will slow the deterioration of Stewart Road. <br /> ? Safety: (Note: this discussion of safety relates to the direct safety aspects of <br /> installing the barricade. For discussion of the broader public safety and welfare <br /> concerns, see criterion (k) below.) <br /> All potential safety impacts, both positive and negative, are minor. <br /> Administrative Order 58-99-05, Findings <br /> <br />