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6 <br /> <br />The ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition was used to estimate the projected number of <br />trips generated by this development. The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) analyzes <br />trip data created by different land uses such as daycares, retail development, housing etc. and is <br />the standard manual used for calculating trip generation. <br /> <br />Level of Service (LOS) <br /> <br />Level of Service is a term to measure how traffic operates in intersections. An “A” level of <br />service represents best conditions and an “F” represents the worse. <br /> <br />Traffic data collection for the study area intersections was performed on January 24 and 25, <br />2018. Turn count observations were made from 7:00am-8:45am and 4:00pm-5:45pm. Current <br />Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) volumes were retrieved from the MnDOT Planning <br />Office website. <br /> <br />Intersection Current 2018 LOS Full Build 2019 LOS <br />AM PM AM PM <br />Hodgson Rd & <br />Birch St B B B B <br />Birch St & <br />Lakota Trail B B B C <br />Hodgson Rd & <br />Lakota Trail A A A A <br /> <br />Per Section 1007.020(4)(d), traffic generated by a proposed development is within the capacity <br />of the City if the existing level of service is A or B and the traffic generated by the new <br />development will not degrade the level of service more than one grade. The level of service is <br />not degraded by more than one grade; therefore the development is within the capacity of the <br />city. <br /> <br />Local Roads <br /> <br />Analysis of local road impacts was also included in the traffic study based on existing <br />intersection counts and ITE traffic projections for the existing townhome development and <br />proposed daycare facility. <br /> <br />Road Current <br />ADT <br />Daycare <br />ADT <br />Total <br />ADT <br />Lakota Trail – North of Ojibway Path 170 285 455 <br />Lakota Trail – Ojibway Path to Arrowhead Drive 420 269 689 <br />Ojibway Path 180 108 288 <br />Arrowhead Drive 280 107 387 <br />ADT=Average Daily Traffic <br /> <br />The City’s Traffic Engineer reviewed the data and notes the traffic volumes are all within <br />acceptable “local” city street traffic volume levels, typically 1,000 ADT or less.