Waterford Lakes Small Area Study

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1 Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Existing Traffic Conditions PREPARED FOR: ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION ORLANDO, FLORIDA PREPARED WITH: INWOOD CONSULTING ENGINEERS 3000 DOVERA DRIVE, SUITE 200 ORLANDO, FL PREPARED BY: GMB ENGINEERS & PLANNERS, INC E. LIVINGSTON STREET ORLANDO, FL SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

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3 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction Project Information Existing Conditions Traffic Count Information Existing Intersection and Roadway Inventory Existing Transit Service Existing LOS Analyses Existing Intersection Multimodal LOS Analyses Existing Roadway LOS Analyses... 19

4 List of Tables Table 1: Existing Year 2012 Traffic Volumes... 5 Table 2: Alafaya Trail and Lake Underhill Road Table 3: Alafaya Trail and Waterford Lakes Parkway Table 4: Avalon Park Boulevard and Waterford Chase Parkway Table 5: Lake Underhill Road & Mark Twain Boulevard Table 6: Avalon Park Boulevard and Castle Creek Elementary Table 7: Woodbury Road & Golfway Boulevard (1-way Stop Controlled Intersection) Table 8: Lake Underhill Road & Woodbury Road Table 9: Woodbury Road & Waterford Lakes Parkway Table 10: Lake Underhill Road & Waterford Chase Parkway Table 11: Existing Intersection Multimodal LOS AM Peak Hour Table 12: Existing Intersection Multimodal LOS PM Peak Hour Table 13: Existing Generalized Roadway LOS Summary Table 14: Existing Multimodal Roadway LOS Summary List of Figures Figure 1: Study Area... 2 Figure 2: Traffic Count Locations By Type... 6 Figure 3: Existing Year 2012 Turning Movement Volumes... 7 Figure 4: Existing Year 2012 Intersection Geometry... 9

5 1.0 Introduction Over the last several years, the Waterford Lakes area has experienced increased congestion due to a substantial increase in residential and commercial development. The current Existing Conditions document is part of the Study initiated by Orange County to evaluate the overall safety and performance of the multimodal transportation network within the Waterford Lakes Study Area. The study area is illustrated in Figure 1. The current document is revised based on the comments received on the Draft Existing Conditions document from Orange County on July 26, 2012, September 24, 2012 and September 25, The intersection and roadway multi-modal analyses have been revised using Synchro 8 and ArtPlan 2009 software after discussions with Orange County Staff. The document containing the responses to Orange County comments is provided in Appendix A of this memorandum. This document presents the results of the existing (Year 2012) traffic and multimodal operational conditions for intersections and roadway segments within the study area. The main objective of this document is to identify intersections and roadway segments that currently operate below acceptable level of service (LOS) conditions. The following sections explain the overall process in detail. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 1

6 Curry Ford Rd. 50 Colonial Dr N 408 Woodbury Rd. Alafaya Tr. 408 Lake Underhill Rd. Waterford Chase Pkwy. Avalon Park Blvd. STOP Golfway Blvd. Alafaya Tr. LEGEND - Study Area - Signalized Intersection STOP - Stop Controlled Intersection DATE CREATED: 7/11/12 GMB ENGINEERS & PLANNERS, INC East Livingston Street Orlando, Florida Waterford Lakes Small Area Study PROJECT NUMBER: FIGURE 1 Study Area

7 2.0 Project Information The Waterford Lakes Study area is located in Orange County, Florida. The study area is generally bound by Colonial Drive (SR 50) to the north, Avalon Park Boulevard to the east and Alafaya Trail to the west and south. The study area includes the following eight roadways: 1. Woodbury Road from Colonial Drive (SR 50) to Golfway Boulevard 2. Alafaya Trail from SR 50 to Mark Twain Boulevard 3. Lake Underhill Road from Alafaya Trail to Waterford Chase Parkway 4. Avalon Park Boulevard from SR 50 to Waterford Chase Parkway 5. SR 50 from Alafaya Trail to Avalon Park Boulevard 6. Waterford Lakes Parkway from Alafaya Trail to Woodbury Road 7. Mark Twain Boulevard from Lake Underhill Road to Alafaya Trail 8. Waterford Chase Parkway from Avalon Park Boulevard to Lake Underhill Road The study area includes the following 12 intersections: 1. Waterford Lakes Parkway at Alafaya Trail (signalized) 2. Waterford Lakes Parkway at Woodbury Road (signalized) 3. Woodbury Road at SR 50 (signalized) 4. Woodbury Road at Lake Underhill Road (signalized) 5. Woodbury Road at Golfway Boulevard (unsignalized) 6. Lake Underhill Road at Alafaya Trail (signalized) 7. Lake Underhill Road at Mark Twain Boulevard (signalized) 8. Lake Underhill Road at Waterford Chase Parkway (signalized) 9. Waterford Chase Parkway at Avalon Park Boulevard (signalized) 10. Avalon Park Boulevard at SR 50 (signalized) 11. Avalon Park Boulevard at Castle Creek Elementary School (signalized) 12. Alafaya Trail at SR 50 (signalized) Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 3

8 3.0 Existing Conditions This section describes the analysis of existing conditions at major intersections and roadway segments along the project corridor as mentioned in Section 2. In analyzing the Year 2012 operating conditions (auto and multimodal) of the intersections and roadway segments, traffic counts collected in the field during May and June of 2012 were used along with the existing roadway and intersection geometry. The intersection LOS analyses wereperformed using the actual signal timing data provided by Orange County. The existing conditions intersection and roadway LOS analyses were performed using the latest Synchro version 8 and ArtPlan 2009 software. 3.1 Traffic Count Information The following list provides the type of traffic count data collected for the study. The data collected included: 72-hour bi-directional volume counts (14 locations) 72-hour classification counts (6 locations) AM and PM peak hours turning movement counts for (12 intersections) The weekday turning movement counts were collected for the intersections between the peak hours of 7:00-9:00 AM and 4:00-6:00 PM that do not have school crossings. The weekday turning movement counts were collected for the intersections between the peak hours of 7:00-9:45 AM and 2:45-6:00 PM that have school crossings. The traffic count data (72-hour volume and classification) collected is summarized and provided in Table 1. Figure 2 illustrates the traffic count locations and count type conducted on the study corridors. Figure 3 illustrates the existing year 2012 turning movement count information at the study intersections. It should be noted that based on the County s recommendation, Year 2010 turning movement counts (provided by Orange County) were used at the intersections of 1) Alafaya Trail and Lake Underhill Road and 2) Alafaya Trail and Waterford Lakes Parkway, instead of the existing Year 2012 counts. The existing Year 2012 counts on Alafaya Trail were generally lower than the 2010 counts, since UCF summer session only was active during the month of June Copies of all the traffic count data and signal timing sheets are provided in Appendix B of this memorandum. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 4

9 Table 1: Existing Year 2012 Traffic Volumes Date of Type of Measured Characteristics Roadway / Segment Count Count ADT Peak Hr. NB/EB SB/WB Axle Factor Seasonal Factor AADT Alafaya Trail South of Curry Ford Rd 5/22/ Hour Volume 27,944 2, , ,500 South of Lake Underhill Rd 5/22/ Hour Volume 35,332 2, , ,500 South of Waterford Lakes Pkwy 5/22/ Hour Volume 44,702 3, , ,000 South of SR 50 5/29/ Hour Classification 52,050 3, , ,000 Avalon Park Blvd North of Waterford Chase Pkwy 5/22/ Hour Volume 21,717 1, ,500 South of SR 50 5/22/ Hour Classification 21,263 1, ,500 Lake Underhill Rd East of Alafaya Trail 5/22/ Hour Classification 26,604 1,876 1, ,500 East of Woodbury Rd 5/22/ Hour Volume 13,047 2, ,000 Woodbury Rd South of Lake Underhill Rd 5/22/ Hour Volume 18,114 1, ,000 North of Lake Underhill Rd 5/22/ Hour Volume 12,316 1, ,000 South of SR 50 5/29/ Hour Classification 17,544 1, ,500 Mark Twain Blvd South of Lake Underhill Rd 5/22/ Hour Volume 8, ,000 Waterford Lakes Pkwy East of Alafaya Trail 5/22/ Hour Classification 11,761 1, ,000 Waterford Chase Pkwy East of Lake Underhill Rd 6/12/ Hour Classification 18,305 1,712 1, ,500 Notes: 1. Most Recent Seasonal Adjustment factors were obtained from FDOT 2011 Traffic Count Information 2. Most Recent Axle Adjustment factors were obtained from FDOT 2011 Traffic Count Information 3. Measured ADT * Axle Adjustment * Seasonal Adjustment =AADT 4. The Volumes are rounded per the guidelines listed in FDOT Project Traffic Forecasting Handbook

10 50 N Colonial Dr Woodbury Rd. Alafaya Tr. Avalon Park Blvd. 408 Lake Underhill Rd. Lake Underhill Rd. Waterford Chase Pkwy. Avalon Park Blvd. Mark Twain Blvd. LEGEND Golfway Blvd Hour Volume Count - 72-Hour Vehicle Classification Count DATE CREATED: 7/26/12 GMB ENGINEERS & PLANNERS, INC East Livingston Street Orlando, Florida Waterford Lakes Small Area Study PROJECT NUMBER: FIGURE 2 Traffic Count Locations By Type

11 50 1 N 185 (391) 491 (1,442) 208 (390) (256) 433 (800) 489 (423) (89) 927 (1,694) 28 (179) Shopping Plaza (99) 58 (66) 5 (161) Alafaya Tr. Alafaya Tr. Lake Underhill Rd. 262 (168) 796 (582) 221 (286) Colonial Dr. (235) 126 (729) 1,057 (256) (251) 5 (113) 55 (257) Waterford Lakes Pkwy. (186) 49 (1,329) 1,650 (211) 96 4 Alafaya Tr (52) 23 (256) 19 (392) (67) 77 (1,236) 688 (255) 75 Woodbury Rd. 358 (76) 1,309 (1,018) 192 (221) Colonial Dr. (186) 183 (89) 277 (363) 225 Woodbury Rd. Colonial Dr Woodbury Rd. Waterford Lakes Pkwy. 166 (160) 70 (347) 55 (482) (293) 202 (1,338) 270 (297) (223) 171 (412) (311) 100 (462) 77 Woodbury Rd. 285 (229) 801 (623) 91 (111) Lake Underhill Rd. (284) 276 (204) 295 (73) 56 (319) 329 (290) (860) 308 (19) Avalon Park Blvd. Castle Creek Elementry (835) 781 (21) (25) 80 (11) (6) 22 (28) 13 (38) (38) 22 (1,403) 630 (532) 423 Pilgram St. Avalon Park Blvd. 45 (39) 722 (726) 174 (193) Colonial Dr. (449) 737 (34) 34 (136) (156) 329 (521) 25 (34) (341) 77 (100) 38 (543) 170 Avalon Park Blvd. 41 (23) 90 (46) 30 (33) Waterford Chase Pkwy. (260) 519 (427) 517 (21) (358) 495 (1,364) 210 (929) (407) 303 (523) 208 (133) 61 Alafaya Tr. 664 (469) 670 (357) 135 (161) Lake Underhill Rd. (341) 439 (1,310) 1,454 (138) (16) 1 (3) 16 (8) (38) 13 (1,417) 416 (124) 43 Maribou Cir. Mark Twain Blvd. 6 9 (11) 1,176 (669) 191 (165) Lake Underhill Rd. (68) 100 (13) 1 (325) (153) 107 (271) Golfway Blvd. (107) 94 (202) 95 Woodbury Rd. 310 (164) 237 (130) 86 (64) 37 (25) Lake Underhill Rd. Waterford Chase Pkwy. (85) 15 (1,235) (28) 1,245 (671) Waterford Chase Pkwy. Avalon Park Blvd. 9 Golfway Blvd. LEGEND XX - AM Turning Movement Volume (XX) - PM Turning Movement Volume DATE CREATED: 7/10/12 GMB ENGINEERS & PLANNERS, INC East Livingston Street Orlando, Florida Waterford Lakes Small Area Study PROJECT NUMBER: FIGURE 3 Existing Year 2012 Turning Movement Volumes

12 3.2 Existing Intersection and Roadway Inventory Required intersection and roadway inventory for use in the intersection and roadway analyses (both auto and multimodal) were collected during field visits and using Google s aerial imagery. Figure 4 illustrates the existing Year 2012 intersection geometry for all of the study intersections evaluated in this study. It should be noted that the roadway and intersection geometry on SR 50 within the study limits reflect the proposed geometry (six lanes on SR 50) anticipated to be in place by FY 2013/14 based on the latest FDOT s five-year work program. Copies of the pavement marking plans and FDOT five year work program details for SR 50 improvements are included in Appendix C. The existing geometry and other intersection and roadway information (presence of sidewalks and bike lanes, signal phases, turn lane lengths, transit stops etc.) play a vital role in assessing the intersection LOS. LOS is a qualitative measure of how efficient a roadway or intersection operates. In addition, GMB conducted Qualitative Assessment (QA) at each study intersection (with the exception of the intersections located along SR 50) during the AM peak hour (coinciding with school traffic, if applicable) and PM peak hour. However, the QA was conducted at Avalon Park Blvd and Castle Creek Elementary during the AM peak hour, PM peak hour and also during school release time period (2:30-3:30 PM). The following Tables 2 through 10 provide the QA summary for each study intersection. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 8

13 50 1 N Alafaya Tr. Woodbury Rd. Colonial Dr Pilgram St. 50 Colonial Dr. Colonial Dr. 408 Colonial Dr. Alafaya Tr. 4 Alafaya Tr. Woodbury Rd. 10 Woodbury Rd. Waterford Lakes Pkwy. Avalon Park Blvd. Avalon Park Blvd. Avalon Park Blvd. Castle Creek Elementry Waterford Chase Pkwy. Shopping Plaza Waterford Lakes Pkwy. 12 Woodbury Rd. 408 Lake Underhill Rd Lake Underhill Rd. 5 Alafaya Tr. Lake Underhill Rd. Maribou Cir. 6 7 Woodbury Rd. Lake Underhill Rd. Waterford Chase Pkwy. Waterford Chase Pkwy. Avalon Park Blvd. Lake Underhill Rd. Golfway Blvd. Mark Twain Blvd. 9 Golfway Blvd. LEGEND - Existing Laneage - Programmed Improvement DATE CREATED: 7/10/12 GMB ENGINEERS & PLANNERS, INC East Livingston Street Orlando, Florida Waterford Lakes Small Area Study PROJECT NUMBER: FIGURE 4 Existing Year 2012 Intersection Geometry

14 Table 2: Alafaya Trail and Lake Underhill Road Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Lake Underhill Rd - EB Low to Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared in a single cycle. Heavy traffic flow in the through and left lanes. Left turn vehicles spill onto the through lane. Cycle failures Lake Underhill Rd - WB Alafaya Trail - NB Alafaya Trail - SB Heavy traffic flow, especially, right turn movement. Right turn lane storage length is not adequate. Generally traffic clears up in a single cycle, although residual queues were observed in some instances. Heavy traffic flow, especially in the through lanes. No cycle failures were observed. Moderate traffic flow. No cycle failures. observed in two cycles. Moderate traffic flow. No cycle failures. Moderate traffic flow. No cycle failures. Heavy traffic flow. Queue backups were observed all the way till the SR 408 ramps. Cycle failures were frequently observed. Table 3: Alafaya Trail and Waterford Lakes Parkway Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Waterford Lakes Pkwy - EB Low traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. Moderate traffic flow in the through and left lanes. Queue backups were observed, but traffic generally cleared up in Waterford Lakes Pkwy - WB Alafaya Trail - NB Alafaya Trail - SB Moderate traffic flow. Cycle failures in one instance. Spillover from left turn lane onto the through lane was observed in some instances. Heavy traffic flow, especially in the through lanes. No cycle failures were observed. U-turns were observed frequently. Heavy traffic flow. No cycle failures. SB left turn storage was observed to be inadequate in some cycles. a single cycle. Moderate traffic flow. No cycle failures were observed. Spillover from left turn lane onto the through lane was observed in some instances. Heavy traffic flow. No cycle failures were observed. Heavy traffic flow. Queue backups were observed all the way till the SR 408 ramps. Cycle failures were frequently observed. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 10

15 Table 4: Avalon Park Boulevard and Waterford Chase Parkway Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Waterford Chase Pkwy - EB Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. Heavy traffic flow, especially in the left and right turn lanes. Queue backups were observed in one instance till the roundabout (that is located west of this intersection). EB left turn storage length was observed to be inadequate to accommodate the queues in Waterford Chase Pkwy - WB Low to moderate traffic flow. Traffic generally cleared up in a single cycle. School access to Camelot Elementary School is located on the east leg. Avalon Park Blvd - NB Heavy traffic flow, especially in the left turn lane. NB left turn storage length was generally observed be inadequate to accommodate the queues. Cycle failures were observed in some instances. Avalon Park Blvd - SB Moderate traffic flow. No cycle failures. School buses were observed in the left turn lane. Pedestrian Traffic Low pedestrian traffic. Crossing guards were present. some instances. Low traffic flow. No cycle failures were observed. Moderate to heavy traffic flow. No cycle failures were observed. Moderate traffic flow. No cycle failures were observed. Low pedestrian traffic Table 5: Lake Underhill Road & Mark Twain Boulevard Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Lake Underhill Rd - EB Moderate traffic flow. Heavy traffic flow, especially Generally cleared up in a in the through lanes. Queues at single cycle. the downstream intersection were observed to block this intersection very frequently, causing continuous cycle Lake Underhill Rd - WB Mark Twain Blvd - NB Mark Twain Blvd - SB Heavy traffic flow. Traffic generally cleared up in a single cycle. Moderate traffic flow. Traffic generally cleared up in a single cycle. Low traffic flow. No cycle failures. failures. Moderate to heavy traffic flow. Some cycle failures were observed. Heavy right turn movement. Continuous blocking of the intersection in the EB direction was observed to cause queue backups on this approach. Low traffic flow. No cycle failures. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 11

16 Table 6: Avalon Park Boulevard and Castle Creek Elementary Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour (2:30-3:30 PM) Castle Creek Elementary - WB Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. Avalon Park Blvd - NB Avalon Park Blvd - SB Pedestrian Traffic Moderate traffic flow. Traffic generally cleared up in a single cycle. Moderate traffic flow in the through lanes. Heavy left turn movement. Both permitted and protected phases are provided for the left turn movement. Safety issues were observed with the SB left turn and NB through movement during the left turn permitted phase. One probable reason could be the high speed limit on Avalon Park Blvd. Left turn storage was observed to be sufficient. No cycle failures were observed. Moderate pedestrian traffic. Two crossing guards were present. 2:30-3:30 PM: Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. 5:00-6:00 PM: Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. 2:30-3:30 PM: Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. 5:00-6:00 PM: Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. 2:30-3:30 PM: Moderate traffic flow in the through lanes. Moderate left turn movement. Left turn storage was observed to be sufficient. No cycle failures were observed. 5:00-6:00 PM: Moderate traffic flow in the through lanes. No cycle failures were observed. Moderate pedestrian traffic. Two crossing guards were present. Table 7: Woodbury Road & Golfway Boulevard (1-way Stop Controlled Intersection) Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Golfway Blvd- EB Low traffic flow. Queues were Moderate traffic flow. Queues observed on this approach were observed on this because of the left turning approach because of the left vehicles. School flashing lights turning vehicles. are present east and west of this intersection on Golfway Blvd. Golfway Blvd - WB Moderate traffic flow. No Moderate traffic flow. No Woodbury Road - SB Pedestrian Traffic queues were observed. Stop control is provided for this approach. Moderate traffic flow. No major traffic flow issues were observed. Low pedestrian traffic. Two crossing guards were present. queues were observed. Moderate traffic flow. No major traffic flow issues were observed. Low pedestrian traffic. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 12

17 Table 8: Lake Underhill Road & Woodbury Road Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Lake Underhill Rd - EB Moderate traffic flow. Heavy traffic flow. Almost in Generally cleared up in a every cycle, queues that single cycle. Storage length for formed at this intersection the Two left turn lanes seemed were observed to backup till to be adequate. the upstream intersection, causing continuous cycle failures. Storage length for the Two left turn lanes seemed to Lake Underhill Rd - WB Through and right turning movements were heavy. Some phase failures were observed for the through traffic. Left turn storage was observed to be sufficient. Woodbury Rd - NB Moderate to heavy traffic flow. NB left turn movement was observed to experience phase failures occasionally. Existing storage is not sufficient for the left turn movement and was observed to spill onto the 2-way left turn lane. NB through queues generally cleared up in a single cycle. Woodbury Rd - SB Since this approach has a shared through-right lane, even moderate traffic flow was observed to cause occasional phase failures. No cycle failures were observed for left turn movement and storage length was sufficient. Pedestrian Traffic Heavy pedestrian traffic. Four crossing guards were present. All-red/exclusive pedestrian phase of 35 seconds was in effect between 8:00 and 9:45 AM (schools open time period) be adequate. Moderate to heavy traffic flow. Generally through traffic cleared up in a single cycle. Left turn queues spilled over onto the through lane in some instances. Moderate to heavy traffic flow. NB left turn movement was observed to experience phase failures occasionally. Existing storage is not sufficient for the left turn movement and was observed to spill onto the 2-way left turn lane. NB through queues generally cleared up in a single cycle. Heavy through and left turn movement. Turn lane storage length was not sufficient to accommodate the heavy left turn demand. Through queues were sometimes observed to back up till the upstream intersection. Continuous cycle failures were observed. Low pedestrian traffic. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 13

18 Table 9: Woodbury Road & Waterford Lakes Parkway Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Waterford Lakes Pkwy - EB Low to moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. Right turn storage was observed to be sufficient. Heavy traffic flow in the left and right turn lanes. Queue backups were observed, but traffic generally cleared up in a single cycle. Left turning vehicles were observed to obstruct the right turn Woodbury Rd - NB Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. Left turn storage was observed to be sufficient. Woodbury Rd - SB Moderate traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. movement in some instances. Moderate traffic flow. Through traffic generally cleared up in a single cycle. Left turn storage was observed to be inadequate, probably because of lower effective green time compared to AM. Moderate to heavy traffic flow. Queues originating at the downstream intersection and a single shared through-right lane resulted in queue backups, causing frequent cycle failures. Table 10: Lake Underhill Road & Waterford Chase Parkway Movement AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Waterford Chase Pkwy - WB Very heavy left turn Heavy left turn movement. WB movement. WB left turn left turn storage was not storage was not sufficient and sufficient and frequently frequently spilled onto the gore area. Left turn movement spilled onto the gore area. WB left turn and NB right turn being the only heavy movements are overlapped. movement at this intersection, it generally cleared up within a Because of the high amount of effective green time, WB left single cycle. turn movement generally cleared up within a single Lake Underhill Rd - NB Moderate traffic flow, especially in the right turn lane. Right turning vehicles were observed to continuously enter the intersection. Right turn storage length was observed to be adequate. Lake Underhill Rd - SB Low traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. Left turn storage length was observed to be sufficient. cycle. Very heavy right turn movement. Right turn traffic generally cleared up, because of the almost continuous free flow movement for this movement. Right turn storage length was observed to be adequate. Low traffic flow. Generally cleared up in a single cycle. Left turn storage length was observed to be sufficient. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 14

19 3.3 Existing Transit Service The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) provides public transportation services for Orange County. In addition to the daily fixed route local bus service with more than 85,000 passenger trips each weekday spanning an area of approximately 2,500 square miles, LYNX also provides other services including LYMMO, a free downtown Orlando circulator; a commuter assistance Vanpool program; ACCESS LYNX paratransit Service; nine PickUpLine community circulators; Xpress service from Lake and Volusia counties; and the Road Rangers sponsored by State Farm roadside assistance program on Interstate 4. LYNX currently does not provide any regular bus routes for the study corridors within the Waterford Lakes Area. The only exception is the special route "KnightLYNX Blue", that offers UCF students transportation around campus and the areas immediately surrounding it on Alafaya Trail on Fridays and Saturdays between 8:00 PM and 3:00 AM. Within the study limits, this route covers the portions on 1) SR 50 between Alafaya Trail and Woodbury Road, 2) Alafaya Trail between SR 50 and Waterford Lakes Parkway and 3) Woodbury Road between Waterford Lakes Parkway and SR 50. In conclusion, because of the lack of regular bus routes within the study area during the AM and PM peak hours, this study did not analyze the transit mode under the existing conditions. 3.4 Existing LOS Analyses Levels of service for the study corridors were determined using ArtPlan 2009 software and the study intersections were analyzed using Synchro version 8 software. The ArtPlan 2009 and Synchro 8 provides LOS results for all modes of travel, including auto, pedestrian, bike and transit. The LOS results are indicated using letters A through F for each mode, with A representing the best conditions and F representing the worst conditions. The County adopted LOS Standard for all of the study intersections and roadways is LOS "E". For the purposes of this study, LOS "E" or below is assumed as failing condition for the roadway segments and intersections. For the purposes of this study, an acceptable LOS standard of "D" was assumed for the pedestrian and bicycle modes. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 15

20 3.4.1 Existing Intersection Multimodal LOS Analyses Signalized (Synchro based for auto and HCS 2010 based for pedestrian and bicycle modes) and unsignalized (HCS 2010 based) intersection reports from Synchro 8 were used to determine theoperating conditions of the study intersections for the purpose of this study. The auto, pedestrian and bike modes LOS information are summarized in Tables 11 and 12, respectively for the AM and PM peak hours. As shown in Tables 11 and 12, the following study intersections were found to operate at or below the adopted LOS standard "E". Alafaya Trail and Lake Underhill Road (AM and PM peak) Lake Underhill Road and Woodbury Road (AM and PM peak) SR 50 and Woodbury Road (PM peak) Woodbury Road and Golfway Boulevard (PM peak) Synchro 8 analysis reported LOS B for the intersection of Lake Underhill Road and Mark Twain Boulevard during PM peak hour. However, this intersection was observed (during the PM peak hour field observations) to operate adversely, especially in the eastbound direction. As previously mentioned in Table 8 eastbound queues that formed at the intersection of Lake Underhill Road and Woodbury Road extended all the way till the upstream intersection (Lake Underhill Road and Mark Twain Boulevard), affecting the eastbound through and northbound right turn movements at the intersection of Lake Underhill Road and Mark Twain Boulevard. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 16

21 Table 11: Existing Intersection Multimodal LOS - AM Peak Hour LOS Automobile Delay Pedestrian Mode LOS Bicycle Mode LOS Intersection Standard (sec/veh) LOS EB WB NB SB EB WB NB SB Alafaya Trail and Waterford Lakes Parkway E 12.7 B B B C C C C C C Alafaya Trail and Lake Underhill Road E 74.2 E C C C C B E D D Lake Underhill Road and Mark Twain Boulevard E 10.5 B C C B A B C C B Lake Underhill Road and Woodbury Road E 86.8 F C B B B C C D C Lake Underhill Road and Waterford Chase Parkway E 32.4 C NA B B A NA E B B Woodbury Road and Golfway Boulevard* E 18.9 C NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Woodbury Road and Waterford Lakes Parkway E 10.5 B B NA B B B NA C B SR 50 and Avalon Park Boulevard E 35.1 D C C C B B A D C SR 50 and Woodbury Road E 27.6 C C C C B A B D C SR 50 and Alafaya Trail E 46.1 D C C C C B C D B Avalon Park Blouveard and Waterford Chase Parkway E 30.7 C B C B B C C C C Avalon Park Boluveard and Castle Creek Elementary E 23.5 C NA B C C NA C A C Note: NA- Not Available *worst case LOS result for Unsignalized intersection

22 Table 12: Existing Intersection Multimodal LOS - PM Peak Hour LOS Automobile Pedestrian Mode LOS Bicycle Mode LOS Delay Intersection Standard (sec/veh) LOS EB WB NB SB EB WB NB SB Alafaya Trail and Waterford Lakes Parkway E 45.7 D B B C C D D C D Alafaya Trail and Lake Underhill Road E 80.2 F C C C D B D D F Lake Underhill Road and Mark Twain Boulevard E 18.7 B C C B A D B C B Lake Underhill Road and Woodbury Road E 86.7 F C C B B D C D E Lake Underhill Road and Waterford Chase Parkway E 15.6 B NA B B B NA C E B Woodbury Road and Golfway Boulevard* E 41.1 E NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Woodbury Road and Waterford Lakes Parkway E 40.4 D B NA B B C NA C C SR 50 and Avalon Park Boulevard E 43.1 D C C C B C A C C SR 50 and Woodbury Road E 57.2 E C C C B B B D E SR 50 and Alafaya Trail E 53.8 D C C D D C B D C Avalon Park Blouveard and Waterford Chase Parkway E 28.2 C C C B B C B D B Avalon Park Boluveard and Castle Creek Elementary E 6.5 A NA B C C NA B A C Note: NA- Not Available *worst case LOS result for Unsignalized intersection

23 Bicycle LOS is defined in terms of bicycle rider s perception of comfort and safety relative to automotive traffic in the roadway corridor. Bicycle mode LOS is determined based on Bicycle LOS Score which is a function of facility width, automobile traffic volume, traffic speed, heavy vehicle percentage (Trucks), presence of bike lanes and pavement conditions. Bicycle LOS A describes wide, smooth, bicycle facilities on the roadway adjacent to travel lanes with low automobile speeds and traffic volumes. LOS F indicates undesirable bicycle facility conditions consisting of narrow, shared facilities with poor pavement condition, high traffic speeds and volumes. As shown in Tables 11 and 12, one or more of the movements of following four intersections are operating at LOS E or F. Lake Underhill Road and Waterford Chase Parkway (AM and PM peak) Alafaya Trail and Lake Underhill Road (AM and PM peak) Lake Underhill Road and Woodbury Road (PM peak) SR 50 and Woodbury Road (PM peak) The existing bicycle LOS for the above listed intersections are currently operating at LOS E, because of lack of designated bicycle lane combined with heavy traffic on this movement. Pedestrian LOS is defined in terms of the bicycle rider s perception of comfort and safety relative to automotive traffic in the roadway corridor. Pedestrian mode LOS is determined based on Pedestrian LOS Score which is a function of the presence of side walk, lateral separation of from automobile traffic, traffic volume and speed. Pedestrian LOS A describes pedestrian facilities that are wide with adequate separation from the roadway in area with slow traffic speeds and low traffic volumes. LOS F describes pedestrian facilities of poor quality, sidewalks that have gaps or are nor present, and insufficient separation from high speed and high volume traffic. As shown in Tables 11 and 12, all of the 12 study intersection are operating at an acceptable pedestrian LOS D or better during the AM and PM peak periods. LOS reports obtained from Synchro 8 for the study intersections are provided in Appendix D of this memorandum Existing Roadway LOS Analyses As a part of this study a total of eight corridors were analyzed, of which multimodal roadway LOS analysis is conducted for four corridors and generalized roadway LOS analysis is conducted for four corridors. Following are the study corridors by type of LOS analysis. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 19

24 Generalized Roadway LOS Analysis Alafaya Trail SR 50 to Waterford Lakes Parkway Waterford Lakes Parkway to Lake Underhill Road SR 50 Alafaya Trail to Woodbury Road Woodbury Road to Avalon Park Boulevard Mark Twain Boulevard Lake Underhill Road to Alafaya Trail Waterford Chase Parkway Lake Underhill Road to Avalon Park Boulevard Multimodal Roadway LOS Analysis Lake Underhill Road Alafaya Trail to Mark Twain Boulevard Mark Twain Boulevard to Woodbury Road Woodbury Road to Waterford Chase Parkway Woodbury Road Lake Underhill Road to Waterford Lakes Parkway Waterford Lakes Parkway to SR 50 Avalon Park Boulevard Waterford Chase Parkway to Castle Creek Elementary Castle Creek Elementary to SR 50 Waterford Lakes Parkway Alafaya Trail to Woodbury Road Generalized roadway LOS was conducted for the above mentioned four roadways because of the following reasons. Due to all signalized intersection along SR 50 and Alafaya Trail not being included in the analysis. Mark Twain Boulevard has only one signalized intersection within its study limits. Waterford Chase Parkway within the study limits has numerous access points along the corridor and a roundabout. For the purpose of generalized roadway LOS analysis, the roadway maximum service volumes were obtained from Florida Department of Transportations (FDOT) generalized tables, a copy of Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 20

25 which is available in Appendix B. The peak hour peak direction volume information used for generalized roadway LOS analysis was obtained on the TMC data available in Appendix B. Table 13 below shows the generalized roadway LOS for the two study corridors. Table 13: Existing Generalized Roadway LOS Summary Roadway #. Alafaya Trail Of Lanes County LOS Standard Maximum Service Volume Existing Pk. Hr. Pk. Dir. Volume Existing LOS SR 50 to Waterford Lakes Parkway 6 E 2,970 1,744 C Waterford Lake Parkway to Lake Underhill Road Lake Underhill Road to Curry Ford Road 6 E 2,970 2,421 D 4 E 2,060 1,970 C Curry Ford Road to Golfway Boulevard 4 E 2,060 1,555 B SR 50 Alafaya Trail to Woodbury Road 6 E 2,970 1,507 C Woodbury Road to Avalon Park Boulevard Waterford Chase Parkway Lake Underhill Road to Avalon Park Boulevard Mark Twain Boulevard 6 E 2,970 1,468 C 2 E 790 1,260 F Lake Underhill Road to Alafaya Trail 2 E B As shown in Table 13, the roadway segment Waterford Chase Parkway from Lake Underhill Road to Avalon Park Boulevard is currently operating at LOS F. Urban Street LOS (using ArtPlan) is estimated as a function of arterial travel speed and arterial volume-to-capacity ratio. Multimodal pedestrian and bicycle Segment LOS are estimated as function of exclusive bike and pedestrian facilities, presence of on-street parking, traffic flow speed, percentage of heavy vehicles and pavement conditions. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 21

26 Table 14: Existing Multimodal Roadway LOS Summary A.M. Peak Hour LOS P.M. Peak Hour LOS Facility Automobile Pedestrian Bicycle Automobile Pedestrian Bicycle Lake Underhill Road Alafaya Trail to Mark Twain Boulevard F D E D D E Mark Twain Boulevard to Woodbury Road D D E F D E Woodbury Road to Waterford Chase Parkway B C E B D E Woodbury Road Lake Underhill Road to Waterford Lakes Parkway A E D B D C Waterford Lakes Parkway to SR 50 C C B F D C Waterford Lakes Parkway Alafaya Trail to Woodbury Road C B N/A C C D Avalon Park Boulevard Waterford Chase Parkway to Castle Creek Elementary C C C C C C Castle Creek Elementary to SR 50 B C C A C C N/A - Not applicable

27 The roadway, pedestrian and bicycle segment LOS results for the above mentioned three study corridors are summarized in Table 14. As shown in Table 14, following are the roadway segments that are operating below the acceptable LOS standard. Roadway LOS adversities Lake Underhill Road Alafaya Trail to Mark Twain Boulevard (AM Peak) Mark Twain Boulevard to Woodbury Road (PM Peak) Woodbury Road SR 50 to Waterford Lakes Parkway (PM peak) It should be noted that even though Woodbury Road was observed (in the field) to experience queue backups and extended delays in the southbound direction between SR 50 and Lake Underhill Road during PM peak hour, ArtPlan 2009 was found not to reflect these conditions. Pedestrian Segment LOS adversities Woodbury Road Lake Underhill Road to Waterford Lakes Parkway (AM Peak) Bicycle Segment LOS adversities Lake Underhill Road Alafaya Trail to Mark Twain Boulevard (AM and PM peak) Mark Twain Boulevard to Woodbury Road (AM and PM peak) Woodbury Road to Waterford Chase Parkway (AM and PM peak) ArtPlan 2009 outputs for the study roadways are provided in Appendix E of this memorandum. Waterford Lakes Small Area Study Page 23