Southeast Area Transportation Plan

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Southeast Area Transportation Plan
DRAFT
Spring 2007 Baltimore City Department of
Transportation
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Presentation Outline

• Study Area and Time Horizons
• Purpose and Objectives
• Existing Conditions Analysis
• Future Conditions Analysis
• Findings and Summary
• Recommendations Timeline
• Questions and Discussion

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Southeast Study Area
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Purpose and Objectives

• Document existing transportation network
  including
• Existing traffic patterns and traffic operations
• Existing public off-street parking locations
• Existing public transportation, pedestrian and
  bicycle facilities
• Identify current and planned development activity
• Forecast new traffic volumes generated by current
  and planned developments
• Assess the impacts on the transportation network
  of future traffic associated with growth and
  development in the SE area.
• Evaluate all modes of travel vehicular, bus,
  rail, water taxi, bicycle and pedestrian
• Recommend proposed network improvements that
• Support economic development and vibrant urban
  design
• Mitigate potential development impact and
  encourage multi-modal travel

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Current and Planned Development(projects in
development pipeline as of January 1, 2007)
Source Baltimore City Planning Department
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Current and Planned Development
YELLOW ITEMS not fully included in analysis
because they entered pipeline after initial
mapping and modeling in January 2007
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Existing and Future Demographics

• Existing demographics based on 2000 Census and
  includes Butchers Hill, Fells Point, Greektown,
  Highlandtown, and Canton neighborhoods
• Projected demographics based on 1.5 persons per
  household

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Level of Service Descriptions
1000 - 1150 Vehicles
lt 1000 Vehicles
1150 - 1300 Vehicles
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Level of Service Descriptions
1300 - 1450 Vehicles
1450 - 1600 Vehicles
gt 1600 Vehicles
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Existing Conditions Level of Service
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Future Conditions Analysis
Travel Demand Forecasting Process

• Identify current and planned private development
  activity
• Identify current and planned capital improvement
  projects
• Estimate traffic generated by each development
• Distribute and assign new traffic to existing
  roadway network
• Analyze future roadway capacity and level of
  service
• Evaluate select roadway improvements to mitigate
  congestion

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Estimating Future Traffic

• Trip Generation is the most critical aspect of
  assessing traffic impact
• Several factors can reduce the number of new
  personal vehicular trips generated by a
  development
• Availability of alternative modes of
  transportation i.e. sidewalks, bicycle
  facilities, public transportation
• Pass-by traffic i.e. personal vehicles already
  on the roadway network making a new stop at a
  proposed development

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Projected Development Traffic(represents
projects in development pipeline as of January 1,
2007)
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Current and Planned Development

• Total Potential Buildout for Study Developments
  in SE
• 1,100,000 SF Retail 21 of total new traffic
• 5,500,000 SF Office/ Research and Development
  54 of total new traffic
• 4,000 Residential units 13 of total new
  traffic
• 1,000 Hotel Rooms 4 of total new traffic
• 2,700,000 SF Warehousing 8 of total new
  traffic
• 100 vehicle trips per peak hour
• 200 residential units
• 20,000 SF Office Building
• 10,000 SF Retail
• Source Institute of Transportation Engineers
  Trip Generation Handbook, 7th Edition

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Existing Conditions Level of Service
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Year 2012 Level of Service
NOTE Assumes 50 buildout of Canton Crossing,
Bayview and Harbor Point, with no improvements to
roads, transit, etc.
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Findings and Summary

• Existing roadways operate at acceptable levels of
  service only 3 of 34 critical intersections
  fail in the PM peak
• Lack of interconnected non-auto transportation
  options
• Over 6,500,000 SF of Office/ Retail and 4,000
  residential units under construction or planned
  by 2020
• Over 20,000 projected new private vehicular trips
  in the critical PM peak hour
• 24 of total projected new traffic is generated
  by Canton Crossing, 19 by Harbor Point, and 16
  by Hopkins Bayview
• Over 22 of 34 critical intersections projected to
  operate at failing level of service by 2012
  without any improvements

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Approach to Plan

• Take a multi-modal approach
• Improve select critical intersections/
  bottlenecks
• Maximize use of existing grid network
  alternative routes, one-way flow
• Implement new and more frequent local shuttle bus
  service
• Emphasize non-SOV modes (bike, walking, transit,
  water taxi, etc.) and seamless interactions among
  them.
• Support transportation master plan by developing
  high-density mixed-use land uses with multi-modal
  access
• Provide transportation infrastructure,
  development and policies which take advantage of
  and encourage use of viable alternative
  transportation modes
• Be open-minded

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What we dont include

• Because we are looking at what to do toward a
  2012 horizon, we dont include
• Red Line
• Boston Street expansion to 4 lanes
• New MARC Station _at_ Bayview
• Central Avenue total reconstruction

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Recommendations Canton/Dundalk-area roads

• Intersection improvements
• (additional through or turn lanes, revised
  lane assignments)
• ODonnell at Conkling
• ODonnell at ODonnell Cut-Off
• ODonnell at Interstate
• Boston at Clinton
• Boston at Ponca
• Ponca at ODonnell
• Keith at Broening Highway
• I-95 NB Ramp at Interstate Ave

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Recommendations Harbor East/Fells Point Roads

• Encourage use of Central Avenue
• Central Avenue Light remove angled parking,
  limit commercial vehicle parking, revise striping
  plan, improve street lighting and directional
  signage
• Extend W/B Fayette Street turn-lane to
  President/I-83
• Exclusive signal phasing N/B Central to W/B
  Fayette
• Reconfigure Broadway signals _at_ Aliceanna, Fleet,
  Eastern, Lombard, Pratt
• Reconfiguration of President Street for
  continuous progression (i.e. 3 through lanes N/S
  turns)

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Recommendations Traffic Management

• One-way Traffic Flow on Fleet Street and
  Aliceanna between Boston and President
• or
• Establish peak-hour parking restrictions on
  Eastern Avenue
• Improve wayfinding signage to suggest alternative
  crosstown routes (Fayette/Orleans) to I-95/I-83
• Increase Special Traffic Employment Officer
  deployment
• Grow traffic camera network for better management
  

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Recommendations - Transit

• Improve frequency of service on 13 line between
  Boston/Conkling and Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Implement 11 line changes as previously proposed
• Prioritize major bus stops for improvements
  (shelter, next bus, etc.)
• Move aggressively on water taxi infrastructure
  and commuter service improvements
• Establish Guaranteed Ride Home Program for
  transit users
• Establish a system of neighborhood shuttles

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A Vision for Neighborhood Shuttles and Connected
Water Taxi in Downtown and Waterfront Baltimore
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Vision for Downtown/Waterfront Transit

• Shuttle bus and water transit
• Operated by a single entity
• Branded as a special service
• Publicly-available, serving a variety of markets
• Fast and frequent
• Transfer locations and parking

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Recommendations - Other

• Construct southeast portions of Bike Master Plan
  next and examine existing/planned new garages for
  possible bike parking.
• Move forward w/ car-sharing program
• Review residential parking permit zones and
  increase enforcement
• Increase on-street parking supply w/ selected
  angled-parking conversions
• Establish/encourage fringe parking locations
• Establish a Transportation Management Association
  to educate and support TDM measures including
  carsharing, employee transit subsidies,
  smart-commute/live near work tax credits,
  brochures and kiosks, etc.

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Preliminary Cost Estimates
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Year 2012 Level of Service without improvements
NOTE Assumes 50 buildout of Canton Crossing,
Bayview and Harbor Point, and unimproved roadway
network
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Year 2012 Level of Service with proposed
improvements
NOTE Assumes 50 buildout of Canton Crossing,
Bayview and Harbor Point, and Eastern Ave Peak
Hour Restrictions
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Year 2012 Level of Service with proposed
improvements
NOTE Assumes 50 buildout of Canton Crossing,
Bayview and Harbor Point, and Fleet/Aliceanna
One-Way Pair
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Next Steps Summer 2007

• Build consensus on Southeast Transportation Plan
  recommendations
• Briefings w/ community associations, developers,
  etc.
• Briefings w/ elected officials (City Council
  46th District)
• Continue conversation w/ MTA and MdTA
• Strengthen work on ancillary issues (i.e.
  commercial vehicle enforcement, traffic calming)
• Identify funding sources
• Examine current CIP for fund sources
• Develop sustainable funding mechanism for
  operating costs (transit, TMA, water taxi, etc.)
• Identify developer contributions through TIS
  mitigation negotiations or area-wide assessment
• Establish flexible construction schedule and
  contracting mechanism responding to development
  needs
• Evaluate 2020 Network Options and Establish
  Long-Range Transportation Plan
• Red Line build-out prioritization
• MARC Bayview vs. MARC East Baltimore Station
• Boston Street boulevard vs. viaduct
• Central Avenue

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Questions and Comments

• Please submit questions and comments on the
  Southeast Transportation Plan to
• Ms. Tia Waddy
• Southeast Baltimore Transportation Liaison
• Baltimore City DOT
• 417 E. Fayette Street, 5th Floor
• Baltimore, MD 21202
• tia.waddy_at_baltimorecity.gov
• Comments are due by Friday, July 13th