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A design year of 2036 was assumed in accordance with Ocean County Planning Board protocol. The New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) Background Traffic Growth Rate data for the area was consulted and as a result, existing peak hour traffic flows were expanded by 10 percent in order to reflect background traffic growth to the 2036 design year. The existing traffic volumes to/from William Street were reassigned to the site access under the 2036 no-build traffic volumes. Site generated and distributed traffic volumes were then surcharged onto no-build volumes to develop the 2036 build traffic volumes and are shown on Table III.
TABLE III 2036 BUILD TRAFFIC VOLUMES EAST COMMODORE BOULEVARD & SITE ACCESS
| ROADWAY | APPROACH | MOVEMENT | AM PSH | PM PSH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Commodore Boulevard | Eastbound | Left | 6 | 3 |
| Thru | 200 | 268 | ||
| Westbound | Thru | 264 | 295 | |
| Right | 13 | 13 | ||
| Site Access | Southbound | Left | 3 | 16 |
| Right | 1 | 10 |
Traffic engineers calculate levels of service of unsignalized intersections which relate to the quality of traffic flow. Level of service is a measure of average control delay. Average control delay is the time lost due to deceleration and the amount of time from when a vehicle is stopped for a traffic control device (or at the end of the queue) to when the vehicle departs the intersection. Delay is a relative quantity of driver discomfort, frustration, fuel consumption, and loss in travel time.
Levels of service range from “A” to “F” with “A” being the highest or best attainable level of service. Level of service “E” with average control delays of not more than 50 seconds per vehicle at an unsignalized intersection indicates near to or at capacity conditions and is generally considered the limit of acceptable level of service and delay.
Full definitions of levels of service for unsignalized intersections as well as level of service summaries are included in the Appendix. The intersections studied by this report were analyzed according to the procedures set forth in the Highway Capacity Manual 2022, using the McTrans Highway Capacity Software (HCS 2025).