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� <br />.� <br />� <br />February 13, 1998 <br />A�s. �im Ericson <br />3i35 VAbNAIS CEMER DRIVE 2'00 SEN CEN7Efl, ST, PAIJL, MN SS i 10 612 490-2000 800 325-2055 <br />ARCHITECTURE • ENGINEERlNG • EM/IRONMENTAL • TRANSPOATATION <br />RE: Mouz�ds View, Minnesoca <br />� VValgxeen's <br />TO�.D Developcneat <br />SEH No. A-MOUND98d5.00 <br />CommuniCy Developnoent De�artment <br />City of Mounds "Vie�w <br />2401 Highway 10 <br />Mounds view, MN 55112-1499 <br />Dear Mr. Ericson: <br />We have reviewed the site glan and the January 27, 1998 tr�c study by Benshoof �c Associates, <br />Inc. (Benshoo fl foz' the W'algreen's progosed at County Road I and E�stwood Drive. <br />Trip Generat�on <br />To deiermine ttae trips the Walgreen's would generate in the P.�I. Peak Hour, the r��r�s�oci report <br />cites a tri�p generation rate of 9.18. Our review show thxs to �be the zat� for the "P.M. Peak Hour of <br />Generato�". It is more appmpriate to use the rate for the "Peak Hour o;f AdjacenC Street Traffic One <br />Between 4 and 6 p.m" which is 14.�Q. (Trip generation rates are obtained from the 6th ed'atian of <br />',Crip Gene�ration published by the �nstitute of TransportaLion Engineers.) <br />The concein is that the p.m. peak hour of the generator may be at a different time o� the day than true <br />p.m. peak period (generally somewhere between 4 p,m. and 6 p.m.). An example would be a fast <br />�ood restaurant The peak hou�r for a fast food restaurant is generally over the lunch hour. Even <br />though a fast food restaurant can generate more traffic at noon than in the late afternaon, we usually <br />evaluate the impact to the surrounding roadway based on thc late afternoon oraffic. Thiis is because <br />u�c overall is )nigher on the surz�ounding road�vays in the late afternoon (rush hour) than it is a� <br />noon. . <br />Using the 10.40 rate, the trip generation for the Walgreen's is estimated at 145 trip ends in the g.zn. <br />peak hour. This is slightly highe�r ihan the 129 trip ends estamated in the Benshoof report. <br />Trip Distribution and Qssignrnent <br />With the proximity of the site to T.H. 10, it is expected that there 'will be some "pass by" traffic. <br />Pass by traffic is that tr�c whish is a�'eady usiz�g the roadway systezn and di'vert to use the <br />drugstore. '�'he 45 percent pass by rate used in tt�e Benshoof repc�rt is high and pass bry rate of <br />20 percent seems more reasonable fox this type of land use. A chan.ge in the pass by assumption <br />affccts the various turni.ng moveme�nts. The impact of these Changes are noted under the capacity <br />SHORT ELLlO7T <br />NENDRICKSON INC. MINNFJIPOLlS, MN ST CLOUO, MN GHIPPEWA FALLS, Wl MADISON, WI LAKF COUNTY, !N <br />EUUAL OPPORTUIVITY EM�'LOYER <br />