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Mr. John Shardlow -3- May 13, 1986 - The queue for westbound vehicles on Minnesota Ave. typically was three to four vehicles and extended to the location of the McDonald's drive - through exit. • No problem was observed for vehicles from Woodbridge Street that turned left to proceed northbound on Rice Street. The traffic signal control on Rice Street at Minnesota' Ave. and at County Road B -2 provided adequate gaps in the traffic flow on Rice Street. TRAFFIC FORECASTS AND ANALYSIS In order to provide a sound basis for assessing the feasi- bility of a new driveway to Rice Street, we developed traffic forecasts for the potential development. for the purpose of this analysis, the following two land uses were assumed for the property on the east side of Rtce Street between Minnesota Ave. and the existing driveway located 470 feet to the north: Hardee's Restaurant with 4,300 sq. ft. and another quick service restaurant with 3,000 sq. ft. Development traffic volumes have been forecast for the p.m. peak hour (about 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.) for three scenarios: 1) no new drivewayy'2) driveway opposite Woodbridge St. with right turns in and out only, and 3) driveway opposite Woodbridge St. which would allow full movements. We used traffic counts that we have taken at other quick service restaurants as the basis for our trip generation projections for this development. The expected directional distribution of trips to and from the new development was established using data on the directional distribution for trips exiting from the McDonald's site. Based-on the McDonald's traffic observations, the development traffic Is expected to dis- tribute as follows: 47 percent to/from ;the south on Rice Street, 39 percent to /fromw'the:north on Rice Street, 6 percent to /from the east on Minnesota Avenue, and 8 percent to /from the west on Minnesota Avenue. Based on the expected trip generation and trip distribution characteristics, specific p.m. peak hour development traffic projections were developed for the site driveways on Rice Street and on Minnesota Ave. Malor implications on Rtce Street are es follows: • Under Scenario 1, development traffic volumes would be concentrated at Minnesota Ave. and at the existing driveway 470 feet to the north. • Under Scenario 2, with only right turns allowed at a new access point opposite Woodbridge Street, the expected p.m. peak hour driveway volumes would be 91 right turn movements into the site and 51 right turns out of the site. The volumes comprise eight percent and five percent, respectively, of the existing north- bound traffic on Rtce Street during the p.m. peak hour. 4 w