West Cervantes Traffic Feasibility Study Jill Lavender Transportation

West Cervantes Traffic Feasibility Study Jill Lavender, Transportation Planner Cory Wilkinson, AICP CEP, Project Manager Mary Morgan, PE, Engineer

Purpose Determine feasibility of reducing number of lanes on West Cervantes from 4 to 2 Lanes between Dominques and A Streets Dec 2016 - Corridor Management Plan Recommendation: Option B (Road Diet) Option B: West Cervantes Street Road Diet – East of Pace Boulevard. Eliminate two travel lanes and add landscaped median and on-street parking

Study Area Project Limits • 2. 25 miles • As defined by December 2016 Corridor Management Plan

What does this study cover? In this Study ü Traffic Analysis & Results Not in this Study Final Recommendation Conceptual Designs Public Involvement Environmental Analysis FDOT Safety Improvements Any recommendation to proceed with lane elimination study is at discretion of FL-AL TPO.

Basis of Analysis Conservative Growth Rate • -0. 35% historical, 0. 5% used Traffic and Pedestrian Counts Crash Analysis Scenarios • • • Existing 2019 Conditions No-Build 2045 Alternative (4 lanes) Build 2045 Alternative (2 lanes) with 20% Diverted Traffic [Scenario A] Build 2045 Alternative (2 lanes) with 10% Diverted Traffic [Scenario B] Parallel Corridor Analysis

Travel Time (minutes) Average 6 min Average 5 min AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour 5. 37 No Build 4. 39 6. 49 Build 4. 76 5. 26 10. 67 5. 01 5 Eastbound 5. 61 5. 06 10% Diverted Traffic 4. 37 0 5. 46 20% Diverted Traffic 4. 41 10% Diverted Traffic 5. 04 Build 5. 51 20% Diverted Traffic 5. 25 No Build 10 Westbound 7. 33 0 5 Eastbound 10 Westbound 1

Average Speed (mph) Average 21 mph Average 26 mph PM Peak Hour AM Peak Hour 24 No Build 29 20 Build 27 29 20% Diverted Traffic 29 10% Diverted Traffic 24 10% Diverted Traffic 0 10 Eastbound 20 25 23 Build 23 20% Diverted Traffic 24 No Build 30 Westbound 40 12 25 23 25 17 5 15 25 Eastbound Westbound 3

PM Peak Hour No Build 20% Diverted Traffic 10% Diverted Traffic North Pace Blvd Queuing West Cervantes S treet

Adjacent Parallel Corridors Capacity West Navy Boulevard / West Garden Street: • East of North Pace Boulevard There is sufficient capacity if traffic is diverted with the lane elimination. • East of North W Street • West of North W Street West Jackson Street: • East of North Pace Boulevard • East of North W Street • West of North W Street 0% 20% 40% AADT 60% LOS D Capacity 80% 100% 120%

Summary • Additional queuing anticipated Build 2045 (2 lanes) • PM conditions worse than AM • Average speed could be as much as 13 mph lower • Travel time could be as much as 5. 6 minutes longer −with diversion to grid network • Improved delay and queuing with diversion to grid: 20% diversion: 10% diversion: 10. 7 minutes 5. 6 minutes 10. 7 minutes 7. 3 minutes • Sufficient capacity on parallel corridors −W. Navy Blvd. / W. Garden St. and W. Jackson St.

No Build Speeds However. . . Enhanced Safety 90% 10% 24 -29 mp h Build Speeds 12 -29 mp h with and without diversion Travel Time < If hit by a person driving at: Person survives the collision Results in Fatality 1 up to 6 min with and without diversion not accounting for bus stops