Jackson Township Planning Board

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TABLE III DESIGN YEAR 2035 BUILD TRAFFIC VOLUMES WHITESVILLE ROAD AND SITE ACCESS

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 2024).

As previously indicated, separate driveways will be provided for the construction yard and the office space. The following represents our analysis:

Site Access to Whitesville Road

At the site access to Whitesville Road, findings were that exiting traffic to Whitesville Road will do so at level of service “D” during the AM peak street hour and level of service “D” during the PM peak street hour. The northbound left turn ingress movement is projected to operate at level of service “B” or better for the peak hours analyzed. Therefore, the driveway will operate within acceptable traffic engineering parameters.