TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REPORT GUIDELINES (DRAFT) August 2007 ring & Transport Planning Agency Road, Lahore 2826 Fayt 9429212822Table of Contents Contents Page No, Tac impact Analy 1 Repart Contnt a A. Projet Deseraton 2 1 Exstng ane roses Ste Uses a 2 Evitng ond Proposed Rostvays and iterectens = © Analy and nga ‘ 1. Th Goreaton Analysis a 2 Tp dateuton 4 3. Relates Prajets ust +s 4 Leva Seren Anas ‘ 5) Saiean inact Teshote 5 © Anaya Decision 7 Tate Models and Model bose Ak 5 © Tate Signals a F tigation Measures ° © Congesion tsagamant cueines 10 Tre impact Anais Report Check Lis. Siba ” ei eee ee a,L. Introduetion Trae Engineering and Transport Plansing Agency (TEPA) of Lahore Development ‘Authory (LDA) has esiabised the fllawing guceines forthe preparation of Talc Impact Analysis (TIA) reports, The purpose of these Guidelines is to estabish Procedures to ensure consistency of analysie and the adequacy of information resented and timely review by TEPA staf, iis strongly recommended thatthe applicants wafic engineer consult vith TEPA staff before beginning the study to establish the scope and basic assumptions of the study and any deviations ftom these guidelines to avoid unnecessary delays or ‘visions I. Requirements General, the TEPA staff's concerned with adverse impacts on traffic i 1 Tratfe generated by a project considered alone or cumulatively wth other Felated projects, when added to existing trafic volumes, exceeds certain capacity thresholds of an intersection of roadway, contributes to an Uunacceplable level of service (LOS), or exacerbates an existing congested ‘onston, 2 Project generated traffe interferes withthe existing traffic lw (e.g. due tothe location of access raads, driveways, and parking faites) 3. Proposed access locations do not provide for adequate safety (e.g. due to lite visibitty on curving roadways) 4 Nonresidential uses generate signifcanty mnoreases on a residential street and alters its residential character 5. Project generated trafic significantly increases on a residential street and alesis residential character {A trafic report must be prepared by a regstered Civil of Trtfic Engineer. A tafe repor is generally needed ia projec generates over 500 trips per day oF where other possible adverse impacts 8s discussed inthe Analysis and Impact Section (ic) ofthese Guidelines are identifed. Model Buiding and Zoning Regulaton foc Development Authoites in Punjab July 2007. require every developer to conduct a Trafic Impact Analysis Study for consiruction projects ithe project fals within any ofthe flowing conditions| Non-esidential buildings having pot area of 4 kanals (1673 sam) oF above li Non-residential building having $ storeys and above Betore a full review is conducted, the TEFA staf wil check the completeness Of the TIA report using the attached check list (ExnbIMA). Ifthe report i missing any ofthe check ist tems, wil be returned for revision, ML TIA Report Contents ‘A. Project Description The following information is requiet 1. A description of the project. including these factors which quantity trafic generators, eg. dueling units, square mater of office space, persons to be ‘employed, restaurant seats, acres of ray land, etc For residential developments, the description should indicate the type of residence, (= g, on level or townhouse condominiums, and is use is for familes, chien ‘adults oF retrees), 2 Apilot plan showing proposed criveways, ‘new parking facilities onthe projec site es, intemal croulation, and any 3. A vicinity map showing the site locaton and the stuay area relative to other ad network oF transportation systems, 4. A brief history of the projects that are patt of the phased Master Plan or a Parent tractparcelpart planicadastral mapitatas (otoperly mapihasra planfmusavis) 8. Transportation Circulation Setting ‘The following information is requied 1, Existing and Proposed Site Uses ‘A description of the permitted andlor proposed uses ofthe project ste in terms of ne vatious zoning and land use categories of the etyregion. and the status and the usage of any facities currently existing on the site2 Existing and Proposed Roadways and Intersections ‘A descrition of existing streets and roadways, bath within the project site (fen) {and in the surrounding area Include infermation on the roadway classifications (per the Highway Plan), established Rightof:Ways (ROW), road layouts; the number of lanes and roadway widths. signaized intersectons, separate turn lanes. and the signal phases for tuming movements Existing dally drectonal and peak-nour trough and tuming trafic volumes, he ‘aadways surrounding andior logically associated with the project sie, including Secondary and Major highways and limited access routes, Local steets affected by the projet should also be shown Each report shall include appendices providing ‘count data used in the preparation ofthe report The source anc date of the trate volume information shall be indicated. Count data should not be over ane year old. Since peek volumes vary considerabiy, @ ter percent dally vatiaion is. net Luncoinmon, on special routes or roadways near shonping centers; therefore representative peak-hour volumes are tobe chosen careful Al assumed roadways and intersections or any other transportation circulation Improvements must be idenified and analyzed, The analysis shoud include the scope and the status of the assumed improvements including the constuction ‘Schedule and financing plan. It should be noteé that all assumed roadways ad Intersections of any other transportation circulaton improvements wil be made = Condition of approval fr the project to be in place prior tothe issuance of biting Permissions. 1f assumed Improvements do net get buit on time due to an Lnforeseeatle condition, trafic condlions for 8 diferent assumed highway network or other mitigation measures wil be considered i trafic study is submitted with 3 diferent aesumed network or other measures are recommended to mitigate the traffic impact in question. ©, Analysis and impact The feliowing information is require: ‘tip Generation Analysis. Tabulate the estimated number of cally mps and moming and evening peal-hour tups generated by the proposed project entering nd exiting the site, Trip generation factors and source are to be included, The trip generation ratas contained inthe latest eultion oF the Insite of Transportation Engineers (USA) Trips Generation ‘manual should generaly be used, except in the c3s@ of condominiumsitown nomes men the folowng rates shoule be used per nit= ~__AMPeak [_PM-Peak | utgainginca ing | Ouigeingiincomng | | Condominiums Town homes 0.281047 80} 0.80.08 \While using tnp generation rates from “institute of Engineers trip Generation Manual” adjustments should be considered in the light of similar lacal conditions if possible, ‘There may be = twp reduction due to intemal andlor pass-by trips. Internal tio eduction can only be applied for mixed-use types of developments and pass-by tip reduction for retallcammercal types of develzpments. intemal or pass-by tip reduction assumplions wil require analyical suppor based on venfiale actual similar developments to demonstrate how the figues were derived and wil equee approval by TEPA, 2 Trip Distribution Diagrams showing the percentage and volumes of the project and nearby projects ‘moming and evening peak-Nour trips logically dstibuted on the readuay system must be provided. Preferably, appropriate madeing tools should be used {or iio tlistibution / assignment on regional bass. However in ease model estimations are ‘ot available then the applicant's traffic engineer should coordinate with relevant TEPA staf to agree on acceptable procedures for ns distribution on regional basis Itt is assumed that new routes wil alter trac pitterns, adequate backup including trac distribution maps must be provided showing how and why these routes will aller afi patterns The study area should incude arterial highways, access controlled routes. and intersections ganerally within two klometer radius ofthe project ste Note: This distance may be greater than two kilometer for rural_areas depending on the proximity to nearby signalized intersections and te ‘valabllty of master plan access routes, 3. Related Projects List A list of related projects that are approximately within twa kilometer radius of the project ste and would reasonably be expected tebe in lace by the project's build ‘out year must be included In the report. Related projects shal includ all pendingBp roved, recorded, of constucted projects that are not occupied at the tie ofthe ‘existing traffic counts, ZTEPA and other public agencies (tf necessary) should be contacted to obtain the latest Istings. table and a map showing ie status roject/zane chengelconditonal 4se ermitjparcel mapitract number, and the location of each project must be Provide. 4 LOS Anaiysis It Sbpear that the projects generated vatic alone or tageter wih ether projects n the atea could worsen the LOS ofan intersection or roadway, "before" sed “ater” LOS analysis is necessary. The intersection Capacity Uslizetion (ICL) or Cnteal Movement Analysis are two methods often uses to assess existing and future LOS _at intersections Uthe ICU planning method is used, a maximum of 1.600 vehicles per hour per lane ‘nou be used (2.880 vehicles per hour should be used for dual sight tur lances and a ten percent amber clearance cycle shuld be included. intersection Loe analysand calculation work sheets. as well as diagrams shoving ming volunes ‘hall be included inthe report forthe following tate conditone, (2) Existing waft; (©) Esising trafic plus ambient growth tothe yer the project wil be completed (ore-prect) (0) Trafic in (by plus projec wate: (a) Trafic in (c) with be proposed mitigation measures it necessary) (61. Tratfe im (c plus the curutative trafic of other known developments: and {frac ine} with ne proposed mitigaton measures it necessary) The projects impact on two-lne roadways shoud alsa be analyzed for al of the shove tac concltons if those two-ane roadwaye are used for acdess. LOS service analysis contained in the Highway Capacty Analysis, Chapter 8 TwoLene Hohways, should be used to evaluate the projecs impact. For simplified snelsie, Use the established significant impact ttresholds fr two-lane roagways as shown in section IiC5) below 5. Slanificant Impact Threshold For ilesections the impact i considered significant if the project related increase tn the volume to capacity (vc) rato equals or exceexs the tveshold shown below—_ INTERSECTIONS = og Perrier ie | Te Increase. See armae The project's deemed to have a significant impact on twotane roadways when it {8d the folowing percentages based on LOS ofthe pre-project condone —_Wo-LaNe ROADWAYS oceans aaah | | Pameres curPerbow | | Pa oy roe! Sue [Preston | om capacny = Pants — Some | peste | sue | 200 a a a9 Bete sont —| #555 ——4| $F son Fras ft (ean 6. Analysis and Discussio Discuss conclusions regarding the adverse impects caused by the proposed project on the roadvtay system. I the cumulative tats impact ofthis ana otner projets ‘equi mitgation measures, such 2s trafic signals, then estimate the pereart shore Using the project percent share formula given in the Secton Ml E of the TIA Guidelines. When the proposed project and over nearby developments. ore ‘xpected to signifcanty impact adjacent roadways. the developer may be required to enter into a secured agreement to contibute to benef cy 10 fund major roadway ‘and bridge improvements in the area. Aso, for al recommendations to increase the umber of travel lanes on a street or at an intersection as a mitigation measure, the ‘report must clearly identify the impacts assccsted with such a change such os whether oF not additonal right of way will be reculed and whether its feasible to ‘acquire the right of way based cn the level of development ofthe adiacent land and bulging tt any). Discuss other possible adverse impacts on tat. Examples of these are: (1) the limited visiblity of access poins on curved roadways: (2) the need for pavementwidening to provide night-tun and lett lanes at access points ino the proposed roject: (3) the impact of increased trafic voumes on local residential sheets and (4) the need for road realignment to improve sght distance, Projects which propose to amend the City’s General Plan Land Use and subtantsty tnorease potential trafic generation must prove an analysis ofthe projet at curtent lamned land use versus proposed land use i the bul out condition forthe proeet fea, The purbose of such analysis is to provide decision makers wth the Understanding ofthe plonned circulation netwark's ability to accommodate adsitensl traffic generation caused by the proposed General Plan Land Use amendments, D. Traffic Models and Modo! Based TiAs Computerized trafic models are planning tools used 10 develop future tate Brojectons based on development growth pateis. The Agency (TEPA) current i In the proves of sequire any traffic model for the city. Meanwhile. however, the applicants are encouraged to use modeling tons fr Tas For TIAs prepared using medeting tools te fllowing information is requved: 1___The ype of modeling software used to generate the wafc analysis report data (oe. TRANPLAN, EMME, et) 2 _The ist of land use assumptions by trafic analysis zones (TAZS) and their Sources used in the traffic model in lu of a related projects ist 3. A-cony of the computerized roadway network assumed to be in place at the lime of the project. Streets should be colorcoced by street type. Also. TAZs and their coresponding centroidal connectors, a5 well as number of lanee should be Aispayea 4 The lis of trip generation rates used in the atic mde! and their sources, 5. Model runs (plots) identiying both the with and without project scenarios. The \wolumes displayed on the plots should be in 100s for Average Dally Vehie Trips (ADT) and 10' for peak-hour pots E, Traifle Signals ‘The folowing information is require: Traffe signal warrant analysis: using the Lahcre Peak-Hour trafic gues. and Esumated Average Dally Traffle Warrant Analysis should be provided if theInstallation of signals is warranted wih the adetion ofthe project's trae, then the instalation wil be the sole responsibilty of te project. I tis warranted with camsiaive wate of the project and other related projects, the foltwnny forula should be used to calculate the project percen share: Project Percentage Sharo = Prot Propo ‘The project percent share should be based on the peak-hour Volumes that warrent Signals. I both peak hours satisfy the instalation of signals, the average of the tre PPeakchour volumes should be used inthe percent share analysis F. Mitigation Measures The following information is requice, ‘lentiy feasible mitigation measures which would miigate the project andior ether related projects significant impacts to level of insigniteance. Aso, identity these Imigation measures which will be implemented by others. Those, miigaton ‘measures that are assumed to be implemented 2y others will be made 2 contition of ‘approval for the project to be in place prior to issuance of tuilding permsions Mitigation measures may inctie, but are not imted to, the folowing 1. Trafic Engineering Techniques 2 Locate access points to optimize visibly and reduce potential confct, > Design parking faces to avord queuing ino puble sels during ceak arrival penoas © Provide addtional atstreet parking Dedicate visibility easements to assure adecuste sight distance at intersections ane arveways. Signalize of modityluparade vatfe signals at ntersections, Insta rightturn ‘phasing andlor mufiole ning lanes. to accommodate Partcwary heavy turing movements, widen the pavement to provide let or right-urn lanes to lessen the interference vat the wae tow" Widen intersection approaches to provide edcitonal capacity rohit ght turns to and from the proposed ceveloprnee estict on sveet parking during peak hours finctease sveetcapacty Contribute to a benefit rea to und major capital improvements Construct grade separation Improve or construct alternate routes. Complete proposed routes Improve mterchanges (bridge, widening, modfestons, and ets)3. Transportation System Management (ISM) Techniques! 8 Establish flexible working hours > Encourage employee use of carpocis and public transportation (Specific measures must be indicated) © Establish preferential parking or capo, 4 Restict tuck delveres to Major and Secondary highways and encourage liveries curing the off-peak hours, © Establish a monitoring program to ensure that project traffic volumes do not exceed projected tac demand Note: When It appears that other jurisdictions will bo impacted _by a evelopment, the department wil request that the involved lurledicions also review the TIA. A writen response from that (urisdictians should be ‘brovided with appropriate follow-up tothe lead Town/Ageney . Congestion Management Program (CMP) Guldetines ‘The following information is required ‘A CMP TIA is requited for all projects requred to prepare an Environmental Assessment bosed on local determination or projects requiing @ tate study. The ‘e0gr@phic area examined inthe TIA must include the folowing, ata minimum + AI CMP arterial monitoring intersections incising on-or oftramp intersections. where the proposed project wil add 60 or more ties during either the morning oF ‘evening peak hours, + Main ine rosdwayiaccess controlled road montering locations where the project wil add 180 or more tips, in ether direction, during the morning or evening Weekday peak hours, ‘+ Otner specific lacatons be identified to be anayzed on the ciy/provinciainational highway system, I, based on these criteria, the TIA identifies no fcilties for study. no further traffic analysis requred moses 9 rk ses ane TS cmon ny be wat owe LOS ow cageEXHIBIT & ‘TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REPORT CONTENTS CHECK LIST ite, eto aft reve conden TEPA saw cece ie cmpeeness ote rat ‘nates Popo Oe Repos msi any oe tm ed bao al be rome rvs (eect “Tip Ganaration Ratee ‘CONTENT yeah ‘COMMENT Pout ames eee + Sescntaty sts oe ‘ip Oawbuton Tate Coun ‘aeoontng sve t Savvier Cala 1 | 4 Peal | gral Wsrrat tvee iitoatr as cctc |: females ‘Congestion Management Program A