Figure shows these key intersections and local roads discussed in the next section.

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1 .6.6. Regional Network The subject site is ideally situated at the confluence of a number of major arterials and highways as indicated on Figure - (See Project escription). U.S. forms the southern boundary of the project site (Gateway Summit portion). U.S. parallels I-84 to the east of the project site, where it also intersects with NYS Route. NYS Route provides the closest interstate highway access. West of the site, U.S. turns southwest towards Peekskill in Westchester ounty. U.S. intersects NYS Route 5 at its northernmost point. NYS Route 5 continues toward the northwest, paralleling I-84 into utchess ounty, and also intersecting with Fair Street. U.S., NYS Route 5, and NYS Route are two lane roadways. The intersections of these roads noted below are all controlled by traffic signals: NYS Route 5/Fair Street (R 6) U.S. /NYS Route 5 U.S. /Stoneleigh venue (R 5) U.S. /John Simpson Road (R 57) U.S. /NYS Route Figure.6- shows these key intersections and local roads discussed in the next section..6. Local Roads and ccess Points Figure.6- depicts the local road network in the vicinity of the subject site. The Fairways development abuts the northern boundary of the Gateway Summit development. The Fairways has access through entennial Golf ourse to Fair Street (ounty Road 6) near Hill and ale Road (ounty Road 44). From Fair Street, traffic can go west toward NYS Route 5 or east toward John Simpson Road (ounty Road 57). John Simpson Road connects Fair Street to U.S.. Fair Street, John Simpson Road, and Hill and ale Road are two lane roads. Posted speeds and recommended speeds are shown in Figure.6-. Traffic controls, and road widths are shown on Figure.6-. Fair Street is a central point for school bus routes converging on armel High School east of the NYS Route 5 intersection and an elementary school in the Town of Southeast east of John Simpson Road. The state roads handle school buses as through traffic. The existing land use on NYS Route 5 and U.S. is primarily non-residential, making school bus stops less frequent than on some local streets. For the purpose of this report, references to the U.S. /hurch Street intersection refer to the eastern (unsignalized) intersection and not the western (signalized) intersection of these two roads, except as specifically noted. On-street parking is permitted along NYS Route 5, but not along U.S. or NYS Route. NYS Route 5 has one hour parking from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from U.S. past Fair Street. The east side of NYS Route 5 between NYS Route and Fair Street.6-

2 Route Fair St. Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 rea of Existing ccess Easement John Simpson Road (R 57) 85 8 The Fairways ale Road (R 44) 49 R 6 Gateway Summit hurch St. R Plaza Route R Site Entrance File 6 Fig.6- //4 KEY Intersections Studied Gateway Summit The Fairways File 6 // Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845) Figure.6-: Transportation Network Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: =

3 MPH SPEE LIMIT SPEE LIMIT SPEE LIMIT 4 XX MPH Legend Intersections Studied Warning Signs/Recommended Speed Plate Speed Limit Signs Signal Warning Signs Your Speed Is Variable Message File 6 Fig.6- //4 The Fairways Gateway Summit Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845) Figure.6-: Speed ontrols Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = SPEE LIMIT SPEE LIMIT 4 STOP HE SPEE LIMIT MPH SPEE LIMIT RIVEWY rea of Existing ccess Easement 5 MPH RIVEWY MPH MPH MPH 45 MPH HURH 4 SPEE LIMIT 45 MPH 45 MPH HURH SPEE LIMIT 45 EN SPEE LIMIT 4 SLOW Protect Our hildren SPEE LIMIT XX

4 STOP STOP Route 5 Fair St. R6 4 ft. (4 ft) 7 ft. ( ft) Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 ft. STOP rea of Existing ccess Easement 49 STOP John Simpson Road (R 57) ft. 4 ft. ft. 9 ft. (4 ft.) 4 ft. (6 ft.) The Fairways Gateway Summit 4 ft. (9 ft.) STOP 5 ft. 4 ft. ( ft.) ale Road (R 44) STOP 49 R 6 hurch St. 4 4 ft. 6 ft. 4 ft. (9 ft.) Route R 5 STOP 9 8 STOP Putnam Plaza 4 R 57 Site Entrance 55 8 KEY XX (XX) Intersections Studied Gateway Summit The Fairways Road Widths Shoulder Widths STOP Stop Signs Traffic Signal No Left Turn No Trucks Over 5 Tons Except Local eliveries Figure.6-: Traffic ontrols and Pavement Widths Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = File 6 Fig.6- //4 Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

5 has no standing regulations to provide for a northbound right turn lane. The ounty has a wintertime (November 5th to pril 5th) restriction on parking on county roads. Functionally, there are few places where vehicles can park on John Simpson Road or Fair Street without blocking traffic. Except for local deliveries, trucks over 5 tons are prohibited from using Fair Street between the High School and John Simpson Road. The recently signalized intersection of US /Old /Maple venue was not included as a study intersection..6. ollision ata ollision data was reviewed at key intersections. Table.6- shows the frequency of collisions at key intersections. For all intersections, additional background information is provided in Table.6-. The frequency of collisions relates to a combination of factors, but mostly to driver error. The largest factor at any one location is failure to yield right-of-way at Fair Street/John Simpson Road. Failure to yield right-of-way is the main problem at the Hill and ale Road/ Fair Street and NYS Route 5/ Fair Street intersections. Table.6- ollision Frequency and Severity Location * Number of ollisions in a Three Year Period Injury Property amage Only Not Reportable NYS Route 5/ Fair Street U.S. /NYS Route 5 6 U.S. /hurch *** U.S. / Stoneleigh (R 5)/ Putnam Plaza U.S. / John Simpson 5 4 U.S. /NYS Route 9 8 ale Road (R/44)/Fair Street (R 6) 7 John Simpson Road (R/57)/ Fair Street (R 6) 8 5 * See Table.6- for details. ** cover period to 4-- *** Estimated based on pro rating not reportable accidents between two hurch Street intersections with U.S.. No fatalities reported at any of the above intersections Source: New York State epartment of Transportation, ugust..6-

6 Summary Total Fixed Object Single Vehicle ccident Multi-Vehicle accident Pedestrian/bicyclist Wet Road ry Road Rear end Left turn Right angle Parked Sideswipe Overtaking Fell asleep/lcohol river inattention Unsafe speed Failure to yield ROW or disregard traffic control Slippery pavement View obstruction rakes efective Glare Improper turn Improper lane use Following too close acking unsafe Unsafe lane change Other Source: New York State epartment of Transportation, ugust. Reportable ollisions. Table.6- ollision Summary for Locations with More Than Five ollisions Rt. 5/ Fair St. (R 6) Rt. 6/ Rt. 5 Reportable ollisions with only one or more apparent factors. 5 Rt. 6/ hurch Street Frequency of Occurrence U.S. Route 6/ Stoneleigh venue (R 5) other 5 pparent Factors U.S. / John Simpson (R 57) U.S. NYS Route Hill and ale (R 44) /Fair St. (R 6) John Simpson (R 57)/ Fair St. (R 6)

7 .6.4 lternative Modes of Travel Pedestrian ctivity Pedestrian activity varies within the project area. Pedestrian counts were taken at Fair Street/Hill and ale Road and the U.S. /site access intersections to ascertain pedestrian activity in the vicinity of the future site access. Weekday p.m. peak hour pedestrian counts were collected on Thursday pril, between the hours of : p.m. and 6: p.m.; and Saturday pril 5, between : a.m. and : p.m.. No pedestrian activity was observed. Most pedestrian activity in the study area would be expected around key pedestrian attractions such as the public library (southeast corner of U.S. /NYS Route 5), armel High School (western Fair Street), armel Post Office (western Fair Street), Lake Gleneida, commercial and government buildings (NYS Route 5 area between Fair Street and U.S. ). In particular, the public library with no designated off-street parking attracts trips from on-street parking in the area. Figure.6-4 shows pedestrian facilities. Sidewalks are located along the east side of NYS Route 5 from U.S. extending beyond Fair Street. The westernmost portion of Fair Street at the Post Office and school has sidewalks. small portion of U.S. has sidewalks east of the intersection with NYS Route 5. There are pedestrian crossing signs on U.S. east of the Stoneleigh venue intersection and on Fair Street near the armel High School. The intersection of U.S. /NYS Route 5 has crosswalks and pedestrian signals. Public Transportation armel is served by both Westchester ounty ee-line buses and Putnam ounty PRT buses. PRT schedules can be found in ppendix G, at or by calling Putnam ounty Transportation (845) 878-RIE. Putnam Plaza is the central location for all PRT bus route start and end points. Figure.6-5 shows key points in the study area for PRT routes. The Westchester ounty ee Line runs the 77 Taconic Express out of the armel owl on Old. These four buses run down to White Plains via aldwin Place, Shrub Oaks, and Yorktown Heights in the morning and return with the afternoon commuter rush..6.5 Existing Traffic Volumes This traffic study reviews Existing onditions, based on recent traffic counts and historic data. The existing data forms the basis of the year 8 No uild ondition (the scenario without the proposed action) and the year 8 uild ondition (with the proposed action). The following intersections were evaluated in this traffic capacity review:. U.S. and NYS Route, Town of Southeast,. U.S. and John Simpson Road, Town of Southeast,. U.S. and NYS Route 5, Town of armel.6-4

8 85 Route 5 Fair St. R 6 Route 5 PE rea of Existing ccess Easement PE PE SHOOL The Fairways Gateway Summit Legend PE Study rea Sign Warning Signs rosswalk Pedestrian Signal Sidewalk Figure.6-4: Pedestrian Infrastructure Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = File 6 Fig.6-4 //4 Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

9 Rt. 5 To/From Town of Kent Rt. From Route rea of Existing ccess Easement The Fairways Rt. To Route Rt. To/From Mahopac, aldwin, Mahopac Falls, JV Mall Rt. 4 To/From Putnam Valley, Philipstown, utchess Putnam Plaza Gateway Summit Rt. To/From rewster Railroad Station File 6 Fig.6-5 //4 Putnam rea Rapid Transit (PRT) Routes Intersections Studied Route (Two-way) Route (One-way Loop) Route &4(Two-way) Route 5 (Two-way) Rt. To/From Putnam Hospital Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845) Figure.6-5: Existing PRT us Routes Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: =

10 4. U.S. and hurch Street (east), Town of armel 5. U.S. and Stoneleigh venue (R 5) and Putnam Plaza, Town of armel 6. NYS Route 5/Fair Street (R 6), Town of armel 7. Fair Street (R 6)/ Hill and ale Road (R 44), Town of armel 8. Fair Street (R 6)/ John Simpson Road (R 57), Town of armel 9. U.S. /Site access, Town of armel Figures.6-6, and.6-7 provide existing p.m. weekday and existing Saturday peak hour traffic volumes in the vicinity of the subject property. These turning movements were collected in pril of except as noted in ppendix O. Weekday P.M. peak hour traffic counts were collected on Thursday pril, between the hours of : p.m. and 6: p.m.; and Saturday pril 5, between : a.m. and : p.m.. The counts at NYS Route 5 and Fair Street were taken on Thursday, May, between the hours : p.m. and 6: p.m. and Saturday, May 7, between : a.m. and : p.m.. US / Stoneleigh venue counts are from Frederick P. lark, Inc., in May of 4. No counts were taken during a holiday period. The directional flow shifts in the PM peak hours along U.S.. The counts identify the peak afternoon weekday commutation travel and peak Saturday midday shopping periods. fternoon traffic typically peaks between :45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Fair Street at John Simpson and Fair Street at Hill and ale Road peaks were later at 5: to 6: p.m.. Saturday traffic peaks mostly occurred between : a.m. and : p.m.. U.S. intersections from Stoneleigh venue (R 5) to the Route intersection peak beginning after p.m.. The Fair Street/John Simpson Road intersection peak started at noon while other study intersections on Route 5 and Hill and ale Road/Fair Street peak after noon. US /Stoneleigh venue counts are from June 5, 4. Saturday volumes at study intersections east of Maple venue were balanced to reflect 4 counts taken for Putnam Plaza. This was not done for the p.m. peak hour as there is a shift in directional volumes during the p.m. peak hours..6.6 riteria The Highway apacity Manual and the Highway apacity Software procedures document the methodology used for modeling levels of service, delay, and volume to capacity ratios at both signalized and unsignalized intersections. service is a measure of the operational quality of an intersection; level of service is the highest, most efficient level, and level of service F is the lowest level. The operational quality of an intersection is based on the average amount of time that a vehicle is delayed. Levels of service are examined by lane group, or the set of lanes allowing the same movements on an approach. The definitions of delays consider all delays including startup, deceleration and acceleration delays. The New York State epartment of Transportation (NYS OT) prefers the use of the Highway apacity Manual methodologies over other traffic capacity methodologies. Table.6- presents the levels of service criteria for unsignalized intersections..6-5

11 Route Fair St. (R6) Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) 55 6 rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways Fair St. (R 6) hurch St. R Site Entrance Putnam Plaza 6 Gateway Summit Route R File 6 Fig.6-6 //4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop or Yield ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-6: Existing PM Peak Hour Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

12 Route 5 94 Fair St. (R6) Fair Street (R 6) 76 Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways 65 4 Fair St. (R 6) hurch St. R Site Entrance 9 5 Putnam Plaza 69 Gateway Summit Route R File 6 Fig.6-7 7//4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop or Yield ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-7: Existing Saturday Peak Hour Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

13 Table.6- Unsignalized Intersections riteria Stopped elay (Seconds Per Vehicle) < > and < 5 E >5 and < 5 >5 and < 5 >5 and < 5 F > 5 SOURE: Highway apacity Manual, National cademy of Sciences, Transportation Research oard, National Research ouncil, Washington,..,. Table.6-4 presents the levels of service criteria for signalized intersections. The New York State epartment of Transportation (NYS OT) generally seeks a minimum level of service (delay of 55 seconds or less for a signalized intersection) for all lane groups. The NYS OT Highway esign Manual notes, In some cases, it may be necessary to accept service E or F on individual lane groups due to unreasonable costs or impacts associated with improving the level of service. For all intersections, the volume to capacity ratio is an indication of the unused capacity or the ability of the intersection to process more traffic. It is possible to have a movement with an adequate level of service (level of service,, or ) and be at capacity for the movement. It is also possible to have a movement with an unacceptable level of service (level of service E or F) with additional capacity available on the movement. The NYS OT goal for volume to capacity (V/) ratios at signalized intersections for lane groups is generally below.95. The ability of an entire intersection to handle more traffic is a complex issue as traffic can be added to under-capacity movements without impacting over-capacity movements..6-6

14 Table.6-4 Signalized Intersections riteria * E Stopped elay (Seconds Per Vehicle) < > and < > and < 5 >5 and < 55 >55 and < 8 F > 8. SOURE: Highway apacity Manual, National cademy of Sciences, Transportation Research oard, National Research ouncil, Washington,..,. * For urban areas, the minimum level of service for design of lane-groups (one or more movements) assuming reasonable costs and impacts..6.7 Existing Levels of The results of the level of service analyses for the study intersections are summarized in Tables.6-5,.6-6 and.6-7. apacity analysis calculations are provided in ppendix F. Table.6-5 shows the level of service at unsignalized intersections. The left turn from John Simpson Road to Fair Street is operating at level of service F in the p.m. peak hour and the Saturday peak hour. nominal use of the site access has been assumed for this analysis, although no traffic was observed entering or exiting during the p.m. or Saturday peak hours. Left turns are currently prohibited from eastbound hurch Street onto U.S.. For the purposes of this analysis, this illegal traffic has been added to the legal right turn movement to establish level of service. Tables.6-6 and.6-7 show the level of service at the existing signalized intersections. Signalized intersections operated at level of service or better during peak hours at the study locations. The Highway apacity Software model results apply to peak hour periods only and do not represent every minute of traffic operations. uring off peak periods, which is the majority of the time, drivers typically will find operations adequate and much better than the modeled peak hour results. uring peak periods the experience of individual drivers can vary, because the model calculates average delay only. Since peak 5 minute flows typically do not all occur in the same 5 minute period in the peak hour, the traffic model does not always account for the ability of a traffic signal to compensate for shifting traffic volumes and thus may overestimate delay. For unsignalized intersections the model conservatively assumes that the peak volumes occur simultaneously..6-7

15 Intersections are typically treated by the model as isolated intersections when in fact traffic is influenced by other intersections. No adjustment has been made for signal coordination. ctual operation of the NYS Route 5 traffic signals may appear better than modeled because of signal coordination. Intersection Road Fair Street/Hill and ale Road Fair Street Hill and ale Road hurch Street/U.S. U.S. hurch Street (E) U.S. /Site ccess U.S. Site ccess Lane Group pproach irection- Movement E-L, T S-L S-R N-L, T E-R E-L, T S-L, R apacity (v/c) Table.6-5 Existing ondition Summary Unsignalized Intersections P.M. Weekday Peak Hour elay (seconds /vehicle) 8..8 Fair Street/John Simpson Road Fair Street W-L, T.9 9. John Simpson Road N-L. 56. F N-R.6 9. Level-of- (see Table.6- for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left). Volumes set at minimum one vehicle per movement. Unsignalized intersections are in italics apacity (v/c) Saturday Peak Hour elay (seconds /vehicle) F.6-8

16 Table.6-6 Existing ondition Summary Signalized Intersections in the Town of armel Lane Group P.M. Weekday Peak Hour Saturday Peak Hour Intersection pproach elay elay Road irection- Movement apacity (seconds/ vehicle) apacity (seconds /vehicle) Fair Street/NYS Route 5 Fair Street W-L W-R NYS Route 5 N-T N-R NYS Route 5 S-L, T Overall 4.6. U.S. / NYS Route 5 U.S. W-L W-R U.S. N-T N-R NYS Route 5 S-L S-T Overall Stoneleigh venue/u.s. Stoneleigh venue Putnam Plaza U.S. U.S. E-L, T W-L, T N-L N-T, R S-L S-T S-R Overall Level-of- (see Table.6-4 for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left)

17 Table.6-7 Existing ondition Summary Signalized Intersections in the Town of Southeast Lane Group P.M. Weekday Peak Hour Saturday Peak Hour Intersection pproach elay elay Road irection- Movement apacity (seconds /vehicle) apacity (seconds /vehicle) U.S. / John Simpson U.S. E-L E-T, R U.S. W-L W-T W-R John Simpson N-L,T, R John Simpson S-L S-T, R Overall U.S. /NYS Route U.S. U.S. NYS Route NYS Route E-L E-T, R W-L W-T W-R N-L, T, R S-L, T S-R Overall Level-of- (see Table.6-4 for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left) Future No-uild Traffic: Network and Volumes Typically, a project's traffic impact is determined by comparing future traffic conditions without the project's traffic (8 No-uild conditions) to traffic conditions with project-generated traffic (8 uild conditions). The No-uild traffic condition is an interim scenario that establishes a future baseline condition. No-uild traffic conditions are ascertained based on a number of factors: () improvements in the local road network that are planned or underway; () traffic from general population growth in the local area; and () traffic from identified development projects in the project site vicinity..6-

18 traffic signal has been installed at the intersection of Old and U.S. since the traffic counts were taken in the network. lthough this intersection was not studied, changes in traffic that occur should be localized and should not alter the overall traffic through nearby intersections. The New York State epartment of Transportation (NYS OT) has projects listed in the draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (October, to September, 6). The Route 5/Route rehabilitation is anticipated for 6 (PIN 86). The Stoneleigh venue (R 5) rewville Road (R 6) improvements (PIN ) and Stoneleigh venue reconstruction project from Putnam Hospital to U.S. are slated for 5. The first portion of the Fair Street improvements (PIN 87569, extending from NYS Route 5 to John Simpson Road) will be completed in 4 and will improve the Fair Street/John Simpson Road intersection. The Fair Street/John Simpson Road intersection improvements include signalization, adding a eastbound right turn lane and a westbound left turn lane. These improvements are included in the No uild and uild onditions. The armel Revitalization project on Route 5 should improve upon the streetscape from U.S. to Fair Street and further north. Storage for the left turn from Southbound NYS Route 5 onto U.S. is to be extended. Rehabilitation of the U.S. bridge between John Simpson Road and NYS Route (NYS OT esign Project number 5955) should be completed in ecember 4. The right turn lane from U.S. to John Simpson Road will be extended to allow for longer queues. The bridge width would be capable of supporting four lanes of traffic on U.S. Route 6 in the long term. Peak hour traffic volumes for the weekday p.m. and Saturday No-uild scenarios are provided in Figures.6-8 and.6-9. These figures reflect the existing traffic plus the background traffic growth of two percent annually over five years, plus other area projects. The two percent growth rate has been used and accepted for estimating growth in other area traffic studies. short-term traffic growth rate of two percent per year was used to establish background growth to the build year of 8. For the U.S. /Stoneleigh venue intersections background traffic was expanded for four years (4 to 8) reflecting more recent counts. Traffic from area development projects were added to the transportation network. ppendix H tables show trip rates and total vehicular trips from other area developments. Senior unit trip rates were based on maximum trip rates with the entering and exiting traffic evenly split on Saturday. There are no published Saturday trip rates for gas station and convenience stores, so the Saturday rates were based on fueling positions for a gas station and convenience store with car wash. Likewise, no published rates for Saturday peak hour automobile care centers are available so the rate was assumed to be ten percent of the daily rate, with evenly split entering and exiting traffic, as in the p.m. condition..6.9 lternative Transportation Improvements Pedestrian/icyclist Improvements Work is proceeding on pedestrian improvements in the Route 5 area, from U.S. slightly past Fair Street. These improvements would alter parking in the area and improve.6-

19 Route Fair St. R 6 Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways 67 Fair St. (R 6) 55 hurch St. 64 Gateway Summit Route R Putnam Plaza Site Entrance R File 6 //4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop or Yield ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-8: No uild PM Peak Hour Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: =, Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

20 Route Fair St. R 6 Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) 68 8 rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways 46 5 Fair St. (R 6) 8 47 hurch St. Gateway Summit Route R Plaza Site Entrance R File 6 //4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop or Yield ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-9: No uild Saturday Peak Hour Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

21 pedestrian amenities and flow. No changes are included for the intersection operation. ppendix I contains a further description of these improvements. Other areas of proposed bicycle and pedestrian improvements include a trail along an old railroad grade that runs adjacent to the site and under a U.S. bridge to the west of the Gateway Summit site access. The trail would connect to rewster and improvements along NYS Route 5 north to the ounty Line. These projects are outlined in the Mid-Hudson South Region icycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, dated June, as show in ppendix I. Public Transportation With the completion of the new traffic signal at the intersection of Old and U.S., the PRT Route bus route may be rerouted between U.S. /John Simpson Road and the Office of ging on Old. The PRT Route historically has used Hughson Road between these points to provide a signalized intersection for accessing U.S...6. No-uild Tables.6-8,.6-9 and.6- contain the level of service summaries for the 8 No-uild scenario for the unsignalized and signalized intersections. hanges in level of service from the Existing conditions for the study intersections are shown on these tables. Putnam ounty signalization and improvements anticipated in 4 for the Fair Street/John Simpson Road intersection should improve that intersection from a level of service F, as an existing unsignalized intersection, to level of service or better as a no-build condition signalized intersection. The renovation of Putnam Plaza with a supermarket is anticipated to include a northbound right turn lane on U.S. at Putnam Plaza opposite Stoneleigh venue. The northbound right turn lane improvement is included in the No uild and uild analysis..6-

22 Intersection Road Fair Street/Hill and ale Road Fair Street Hill and ale Road hurch Street/U.S. U.S. hurch Street (E) U.S. /Site ccess U.S. Site ccess Lane Group pproach irection- Movement E-L, T S-L S-R N-L, T E-R E-L, T S-L, R apacity Table.6-8 No uild ondition Summary Unsignalized Intersections P.M. Weekday Peak Hour elay (seconds /vehicle) Level-of- (see Table.6- for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound. L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left). Volumes set at one vehicle per movement. * Reduction in level of service from the Existing ondition. 9.7 * * apacity Saturday Peak Hour elay (seconds /vehicle) * *.6-

23 Table.6-9 No uild ondition Summary Signalized Intersections in the Town of armel Intersection Road Fair Street Lane Group pproach irection- Movement Fair Street/John Simpson Rd. E-T E-R P.M. Weekday Peak Hour apacity.58.9 elay (seconds/ vehicle).4.5 Saturday Peak Hour apacity..6 elay (seconds /vehicle) 6..9 Fair Street W-L W-T John Simpson Rd. N-L N-R Overall 7..5 Fair Street/NYS Route 5 Fair Street W-L * W-R NYS Route 5 N-T.8 5. *.68. * N-R NYS Route 5 S-L, T *.9.7 * Overall.9 * 9.4 U.S. / NYS Route 5 U.S. U.S. NYS Route 5 W-L W-R N-T N-R S-L S-T Overall Level-of- (see Table.6-4 for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound. L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left). * ecline in level of service from the Existing ondition. * * * *.6-4

24 Table.6- No uild ondition Summary Signalized Intersections in the Towns of armel and Southeast Intersection Road Stoneleigh/U.S. Lane Group pproach irection- Movement P.M. Weekday Peak Hour apacity elay (seconds /vehicle) Saturday Peak Hour apacity elay (seconds /vehicle) Stoneleigh venue E-L, T Putnam Plaza W-L, T U.S. N-L.5 9. *. 8.6 N-T.8 4. * ** N-R ** U.S. S-L ** S-T S-R.9.4 *.9.9 * Overall John Simpson/U.S. U.S. E-L * E-T, R U.S. W-L * W-T W-R John Simpson N-L, T, R John Simpson S-L S-T, R Overall * U.S. /NYS Route U.S. U.S. NYS Route NYS Route E-L E-T, R W-L W-T W-R N-L, T, R S-L, T S-R Overall Level-of- (see Table.6-4 for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left). * Reduction in level of service from the Existing ondition. ** Improvement in level of service from the Existing ondition. * * * *.6-5

25 .6. Future Site Improvements The applicant proposes to create three access points: one from Fair Street to The Fairways, and two from US to Gateway Summit. Two emergency access drives are also proposed, including one to Kelly Road and one between The Fairways and Gateway Summit. No on-street parking is proposed on the new roads. The northern access point is proposed as a three-lane (two lanes in and one lane out) stop sign controlled access drive to Fair Street. The northern access point would serve The Fairways senior housing. The northern access drive to Fair Street would include the crossing of a golf cart path on the entennial golf course. stop sign will be added in both directions on the golf cart path, with warning signs posted in each direction on the access drive to the senior housing. The golf cart path crossing will also be delineated with contrasting materials to further highlight this crossing for motorists and reduce the potential for collisions between golfers and future site residents. lear sight lines would be established for golf cart users. The need for traffic management, traffic control and traffic calming measures for both the golf cart path and the access drive will be reviewed during the final design phase of the project. The two southern access points are from U.S.. One is designed to serve the restaurant and auto dealership. The primary access is designed to serve all of the remaining non-residential uses as well as residents of Gateway Summit. The primary access point would have three lanes and would be signalized, with left turn lanes provided for entering and exiting vehicles (one lane in and two lanes out). The primary access point is on the eastern edge of the US frontage, providing feet of spacing between it and the secondary access. This also maximizes the distance to the Old /Maple venue/us traffic signal. To the extent possible, the Gateway Summit traffic light would be centered between the Maple venue/old /US and John Simpson Road/US traffic signals It should be noted that the instant action of subdividing this property and installing the internal roadway will not result in traffic impacts. The purpose of this traffic review is to take a broader look at existing and future traffic conditions to assist the lead agency and other agency officials (Putnam ounty and NYS OT) in evaluating potential future infrastructure requirements. Emergency ccess There are two means of emergency access proposed -- one through Kelly Road and the other between the Gateway Summit and The Fairways project sites. Emergency access between Gateway Summit and The Fairways would benefit both sites..6. Trip Generation and istribution Table.6- shows the potential mix of uses for Gateway Summit and The Fairways with associated trip generation rates based on ITE Trip Generation data. Table.6- shows the trips generated by each of the proposed project elements. Table.6- summarizes the trips generated by each of the proposed land use types..6-6

26 Internal circulation between the various proposed uses is assumed to amount to percent of the total trips generated, excluding trips from Lots, and, which are physically separated from the other lots. No separate internal reduction was taken for Lots, based on the uses. Table.6- shows the breakdown of internal trips and external trips. These internal trips represent trips between The Fairways (with most of the residential units) and Gateway Summit, which contains all the proposed non-residential development. s these two portions of the development are not internally connected, these trips are assigned to the network between The Fairways and Gateway Summit principal access points. Internal use is also shown for the Gateway Summit main access driveway for internal trips between Gateway Summit residential, convenience retail, hotel, office, and recreation uses. The number of internal trips is shown as ten percent of the residential and convenience retail trips. Internal trips between the secondary access point and the primary access drive are not considered in this report. It is assumed that a portion of existing pass-by traffic already on the roadway network would access either the commercial or public use on the project site, changing area travel patterns. Table.6-5 shows the trips already on the network that, upon passing by the site, would be expected to be attracted to uses on the site. Pass-by trips are assumed to be slightly under 5 percent of the total anticipated retail and recreation center traffic. These trips were assigned to the network to and from U.S. based on existing flows. Table.6-6 shows the total new external non-pass-by trips. To calculate trips generated by the proposed senior residential housing, the p.m. peak hour trip generation rate used for senior residential housing is based on the maximum rate and not the average rate. This rate is a more reasonable rate for the expected use. The worst case traffic conditions for a weekday period would be the p.m. peak hour with commuter traffic mixing with retail traffic. Saturday retail traffic is the dominant site generated traffic. Lot 9 is proposed to remain vacant and would therefore not generate any new traffic. No parking has been provided for the use of Lot 9. The senior housing/assisted living units proposed on Lot 6 are each assumed to be two bedroom units with approximately,5 square feet. This size is larger than the assisted living quarters discussed in Trip Generation as either a single room or a small apartment style unit with a kitchenette and living space. These units are treated herein as senior housing for trip generation purposes. The distribution of trips varies for different types of uses. ppendix J shows trip distribution based on residential use, hotel use and all other uses. The hotel use will have a broad attraction with the largest portion of trips from Interstate I-84 and US. The recreation center and convenience store would attract trips primarily from within the Town of armel. The residential trips would be a combination of work, shopping and recreational trips. Figures.6- and.6- summarize the total site generated traffic..6-7

27 Route 5 Fair St. R6 7 5 Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways 7 Fair St. (R 6) 5 6 hurch St. Northern Site Entrance 8 Gateway Summit Route 7 R 5 Plaza Secondary riveway Site Entrance R File 6 //4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-: PM Site Generated Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

28 Route Fair St. R6 5 Fair Street (R 6) 4 Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways 9 4 Fair St. (R 6) hurch St. Northern Site Entrance Gateway Summit Route 5 R 5 Plaza 6 Secondary riveway Site Entrance R File 6 //4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-: Saturday Site Generated Peak Hour Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

29 Lot # Lot Lot Lot Lot 4 Lot 5 Lot 6 Lot 7 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9 Fairways Lot Land Uses and Size {ITE ode} Potential Land Uses Hotel 5 rooms, onference enter, and anquet Facility {} Quality Restaurant 7, square feet {9} uto ealership 45, square feet {84} Office, square feet {7} Elderly Residences, 4 dwelling units {5} *** Elderly Residences, 48 dwelling units {5} *** orporate/professional Offices 7,6 square feet {7} onvenience Store 4 square feet {85} Recreational ommunity enter 68, square feet {495} onservation rea (Vacant) Elderly Residence, Retirement *** ommunity 5 dwelling units {5} * Equations rates not available, based on average rates. ** units are based on: dwelling units for residential rooms for hotel Park for athletic fields, square feet of gross floor area for retail, restaurant, and recreational community center. *** Maximum rate for a.m. and p.m. Table.6- Project Site Trip Generation Rate Summary.M. Peak Hour IN (Trips/ unit **) *.547* * OUT (Trips/ unit **).76.46*.5* * IN (Trips/ unit **).* 5.8*.97.5* * 6.79*.476* *...7* 5.68*.64*.. Trip Generation, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 7th edition, Washington..,. Trips Rates P.M. Peak Hour OUT (Trips/ unit **).77*.47* Saturday Peak Hour IN (Trips/ unit **) *.9.5*.5* *.67*..5* OUT (Trips/ unit **) *.6.5*.5* *.65*..5*.6-8

30 Lot # Lot Lot Lot Lot 4 Lot 5 Lot 6 Lot 7 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9 Fairways Lot Total Land Uses and Size (Potential Uses) Hotel 5 rooms, onference enter, and anquet Facility Quality Restaurant 7, square feet uto ealership 45, square feet Office, square feet Elderly Residences, 4 dwelling units Elderly Residences, 48 dwelling units orporate/professional Offices 7,6 square feet onvenience Store 4 square feet Recreational ommunity enter 68, square feet onservation rea (Vacant) * Elderly Residences, 5 dwelling units 8 sf = gross leasable square feet. Table.6- Project Site Trip Generation Summary IN M. Peak Hour OUT Total Trip Generation, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 7th edition, Washington.., IN Trips P.M. Peak Hour OUT Total Saturday Peak Hour IN OUT Total

31 Total Land Uses Hotel Office Residential Recreational Retail, and Restaurant IN M. Peak Hour OUT Total Trip Generation, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 7th edition, Washington.., Table.6- Project Site Trips y Use IN Trips P.M. Peak Hour OUT Total Saturday Peak Hour IN OUT Total Retail and community recreational trips Gateway Summit Residential Total Internal (%) onvenience Retail Total Internal (%) Fairways total * Internal (%) IN 8 Table.6-4 Retail Site Trips Internal and External.M. Peak Hour OUT 8 IN Trip Generation, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 7th edition, Washington..,. * Internal trips are trips between The Fairways and the main portion of Gateway Summit using the external road network Trips P.M. Peak Hour OUT 8 Saturday Peak Hour IN 8 5 OUT

32 Gateway Summit Retail and ommunity Recreational Primary ccess External Total From Tables.6- and.6-4 passby (5%) External non passby Restaurant and Retail Secondary ccess External Total From Tables.6- and.6-4 passby (5%) External non passby Total M. Peak Hour IN Table.6-5 Pass y Trips OUT Trip Generation, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 7th edition, Washington.., Total 6 4 Trips P.M. Peak Hour IN OUT Saturday Peak Hour Total IN OUT Pass-by trips are expected to be to and from the U.S. accesses. In the analysis provided herein, the potential uses identified would generate 54 p.m. peak hour trips and 546 Saturday peak hour trips. These do not account for internal trips within the project area that never enter the transportation network, or trips that are already on the network passing the site that would be drawn into it. Internal trips are shown in Table.6-4. ppendix J Figures show the anticipated traffic distribution. Site generated traffic associated with the proposed development is broken into three parts: the residential area, the hotel and remainder of the site. uild ondition Figures.6-, and.6- show the site generated trips (Figures.6- and.6-) added to the No-uild volumes (Figures.6-8 to.6-9). Most truck traffic to the site would consist of deliveries to the individual users providing supplies and miscellaneous goods. Generally these trucks will be traveling to and from I-84 using U.S. and NYS Route. However, in many cases the trucks will have other local stops at retail facilities along U.S.. Most trucks would use the primary access drive except those destined to the northern residential lots (Lot 4 and Fairways Lot ) or the secondary access (Lots, and 4). School bus trips are not anticipated on site roads. Neither the hotel nor senior housing is anticipated to have school busing needs. The emergency access from Kelly Road to/from the site would be school bus negotiable in an emergency. However, such use is for the benefit of off-site adjoining residential development..6-

33 Route 5 4 Fair St. R 6 Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways Fair St. (R 6) hurch St. R Putnam Plaza Gateway Summit Northern Site Entrance Route Secondary riveway Site Entrance R File 6 //4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop or Yield ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-: uild PM Peak Hour Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

34 Route 5 64 Fair St. R 6 Fair Street (R 6) Route 5 John Simpson Road (R 57) 75 7 rea of Existing ccess Easement ale Road (R 44) The Fairways Fair St. (R 6) hurch St. R Putnam Plaza Gateway Summit Northern Site Entrance Route 48 Secondary riveway Site Entrance R File 6 //4 KEY Gateway Summit The Fairways Intersections Studied Traffic Signal ontrolled Stop or Yield ontrolled hannel Illegal Left Turn Figure.6-: uild Saturday Peak Hour Traffic Gateway Summit / The Fairways Town of armel, Putnam ounty, New York ase Map: NYSOT Planimetric Map (Lake armel Quad) Scale: = Tim Miller ssociates, Inc., North Street, old Spring, New York 56 (845) Fax (845)

35 .6. uild s stated above, the instant action of subdividing the property and installing required infrastructure will not in themselves result in adverse traffic impacts. The discussion below is predicated upon the buildout of the potential uses that are identified in hapter. of this GEIS. Tables.6-6 through.6-8 provide level of service summaries for the 8 proposed uild condition (without any mitigation). If on-site land use and growth occurs as outlined herein, level of service would decline at certain intersections. Intersection Road Fair Street/Hill and ale Road Fair Street Hill and ale Road Fair Street Site ccess hurch Street/U.S. U.S. hurch Street (E) Lane Group pproach irection- Movement E-L, T S-L S-R Fair Street/Northern Site ccess W-L, T N-L, R N-L, T E-R apacity Table.6-6 uild ondition Summary Unsignalized Intersections P.M. Weekday Peak Hour elay (seconds /vehicle) U.S. /Secondary Site ccess U.S. E-L, T.9.7 * Site ccess Lot and S-L, R Level-of- (see Table.6- for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left). Volumes set at one vehicle per movement. Unsignlaized intersections are in italics. * Reduction in level of service from the No uild ondition. 8.5 F F apacity Saturday Peak Hour elay (seconds /vehicle) F *.6-

36 Table.6-7 uild ondition Summary Signalized Intersections in the Town of armel Intersection Road Fair Street Lane Group pproach irection- Movement Fair Street/ John Simpson Rd. E-L E-T P.M. Weekday Peak Hour apacity.59. elay (seconds/ vehicle).5.6 Saturday Peak Hour apacity..8 elay (seconds /vehicle) 6.. Fair Street W-T W-R John Simpson Rd. N-L N-R Overall Fair Street/ NYS Route 5 Fair Street W-L E W-R NYS Route 5 N-T N-R NYS Route 5 S-T *.9 7. Overall 5.6. * U.S. / NYS Route 5 U.S. W-L W-R U.S. N-T N-R NYS Route 5 S-L F S-T Overall U.S. Primary Site ccess U.S. E-L E-T U.S. W-TR Primary ccess S-L.4... S-R Level-of- (see Table.6-4 for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left). * Reduction in level of service from the No uild ondition..6-

37 Table.6-8 uild ondition Summary Signalized Intersections in the Towns of armel and Southeast Intersection Road Lane Group pproach irection- Movement Stoneleigh/U.S. P.M. Weekday Peak Hour apacity elay (seconds /vehicle) Saturday Peak Hour apacity elay (seconds /vehicle) Stoneleigh venue E-L, T F. 5. F Putnam Plaza W-L, T.5.9 F.6.5 F U.S. N-L * N-T N- R U.S. S-L E * S-T * S-R Overall E John Simpson/U.S. U.S. E-L.99.8 F.6 5. E-T, R * U.S. W-L W-T. 9. F W-R John Simpson N-L, T, R E E John Simpson S-L F E S-T, R Overall U.S. /NYS Route U.S. U.S. NYS Route NYS Route E-L E-T, R W-L W-T W-R N-L, T, R S-L, T S-R Overall Level-of- (see Table.6-4 for level-of-service criteria). N = Northbound, S = Southbound, E = Eastbound, W = Westbound L = left, R= right, TR = through and right, (e.g. W-L = Westbound left). * Reduction in level of service from the No uild ondition. F E F * E.6-4