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Update on Downtown Traffic Circulation Including Traffic Model Analysis
PURPOSE: This is the next in a series of updates provided to the Board of Aldermen on traffic in the downtown area since 2011. This update provides results from traffic analysis, using Synchro software, of downtown intersections and segments.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Jeff Brubaker - 918-7329
INFORMATION: The Board of Aldermen previously received information on downtown traffic at the following meetings:
* November 1, 2011
* March 13, 2012
* February 12, 2013
At each of these meetings, Board members received new information and offered comments.
At the February 12, 2013, meeting, staff presented some preliminary data on traffic volumes and level of service at various downtown intersections, using the traffic modeling program, Synchro. This update provides additional data.
Planning Department staff contracted with an engineering firm to review this traffic data, edit it where needed, and offer further Synchro analysis of both signalized and unsignalized intersections downtown.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: No fiscal or staff impacts accrue to receiving the update.
RECOMMENDATION:r Staff recommend that the Board of Aldermen adopt the resolution in Attachment A receiving the update.