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From: "Wind, Sarah" <swind@HRGreen.com> <br />To: <djones@ci.falcon-heights.mn.us> <br />Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2003 11:27 AM <br />Subject: MEM Robinson Trash 103003.doc <br />Memo <br />To: Deb Jones <br />Zoning and Planning Coordinator <br />City of Falcon Heights <br />From: Steve Manhart, P.E., P.T.O.E. <br />Subject: Impacts of Multiple vs. Single Trash Haulers on City Streets <br />Date: October 30, 2003 <br />Here is the information you requested regarding the impacts of multiple trash haulers versus a <br />single trash hauler on a city's street system. In any such comparison, however, it is important to <br />remember that the amount of trash to be hauled from a neighborhood remains constant. Multiple <br />trash haulers may serve a few homes along a residential street. As a result, several different trash <br />trucks are recorded traveling the same street throughout the week. Conversely, a single trash <br />hauler may serve a street once a week, but must provide service to every house on that street. <br />Therefore, the single hauler's truck will fill faster than the multiple hauler, and must make <br />several trips throughout the neighborhood on pickup day. Consequently, any comparison of <br />traffic from trash haulers must consider that there will be a consistent demand of trash to be <br />picked up within a neighborhood, no matter how many trash haulers there are. <br />There are several issues to consider in comparing the use of a single trash hauler versus multiple <br />trash haulers serving a residential area. Traffic volume, noise, air pollution, damage to <br />pavement, choice of vendor and aesthetics are among the various issues raised when discussing <br />single versus multiple trash haulers. <br />From a traffic perspective, research indicated no specific studies related to trash hauler traffic. <br />Typically, traffic engineers tend to consider trash haulers in the overall mix of residential traffic, <br />along with school buses and delivery vehicles. Single-family residential areas average ten trips <br />per day per housing unit. For example, a 100-unit single-family residential subdivision would <br />generate approximately 1000 trips per day. (Note that this figure defines a trip as a one-way <br />vehicular movement; such as from home to work.) That rate includes all types of traffic in the <br />neighborhood, including trash haulers and other service vehicles. <br />39 <br />