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F IRST C APITAL E NGINEERING

TRAFFIC REPORT. F IRST C APITAL E NGINEERING. Kingston Road & Cortleigh Drive Springettsbury Township York County, PA. 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com. TRAFFIC COUNT SUMMARY. F IRST C APITAL E NGINEERING.

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F IRST C APITAL E NGINEERING

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  1. TRAFFIC REPORT FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING Kingston Road & Cortleigh Drive Springettsbury Township York County, PA 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com

  2. TRAFFIC COUNT SUMMARY FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com **Traffic counts conducted by the Springettsbury Township Police Department in April 2010.

  3. TRAFFIC COUNT SUMMARY (cont.) FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com At 2755 Kingston Road

  4. TRAFFIC COUNT SUMMARY (cont.) FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com At 2755 Kingston Road

  5. SPEED SURVEY SUMMARY FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING 85th Percentile Speed: - The speed at or below which 85% of people drive. (www.txdot.gov) • School Zone • Intersection of Kingston Road and Cortleigh Drive and surrounding area is a 15 MPH School Zone • (7:15-8:15 a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m.) 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com 15 ft. lanes on Kingston Road - Recommended lane width for a community collector by PennDOT’sSmart Transportation Guidebook: 11’-12’. *All 85th percentile speeds over the posted speed limit **At or greater than 10 mph over the posted speed limit

  6. SPEED SURVEY SUMMARY (cont.) FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com At 2755 Kingston Road **Speed survey conducted by the Springettsbury Township Police Department in April 2010.

  7. MULTIWAY STOP WARRANT ANALYSIS Kingston Road & Cortleigh Drive FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING • Meets the FHWA’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) warrants for a multiway stop controlled intersection. Warrants based primarily on Volume and Accident rates. • Accidents: There is a high percentage of right angle collisions at the intersection that can be reduced with a multiway stop intersection. 16 accidents since 2005. • *MUTCD: Crashes that are “susceptible to correction by a multi-way stop installation” include right and left turn collisions and right angle collisions. • Pedestrians: The intersection is a designated crossing area for school students. Crosswalks marked in all four directions. 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com Photo: Intersection of Cortleigh Drive and Kingston Road Multiway stop signs do not control speed1Traffic Calming Measure must be implemented to control speeding issues on Kingston Road and Cortleigh Drive and help prevent accidents. 1Bretherton, Martin, Jr., Multiway Stops: The Research Shows the MUTCD is Correct!, ITE Traffic Documents. www.ite.org

  8. ACCIDENT REPORT • Accident data was obtained for the intersections of Cortleigh Drive • with Forrest Lane, Beacon Road and Kingston Road constituting a • stretch of 0.42 miles along Cortleigh Drive. There were 8 • reportable accidents since 2005. FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com Average accident rate from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “Homogeneous Report for Accidents in Years 2002 to 2006” for roads with similar attributes:

  9. TRAFFIC CALMING METHODS FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING • Lane Restriping • Narrow the travel lanes to encourage traffic calming • Can Install bike lanes or allow parking on the sides of the street. • Median • Traversable (painted) or non-traversable • Can provide an attractive landscape or streetscape • Narrows travel lanes to encourage traffic calming 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com Information on this slide from: PennDOT’s Traffic Calming Guidebook, March 2008

  10. TRAFFIC CALMING METHODS (cont.) FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING • Curb Extensions (Bulb-outs) • Extend the line of the curb into the street reducing the travel way • Encourages traffic calming • Can reduce length of pedestrian crossings • Roundabouts • Channelized intersection with one-way flow around a • central island. • Reduces vehicular speeds and accidents 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com Information on this slide from: PennDOT’s Traffic Calming Guidebook, March 2008

  11. TRAFFIC CALMING METHODS (cont.) FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING • Highlight Pedstrian Crossings • Add Pedestrian crossing signs • Restripe crosswalks • Provides more safety to pedestrians and cues to drivers to slow down • Add More Speed Limit Signs • Ensure that drivers are aware of the speed limit. 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com

  12. TRAFFIC CALMING METHODS (cont.) FIRST CAPITAL ENGINEERING • Provide More Street Trees • Provides cues to drivers to slow down • Creates attractive streetscape 48 S. Richland Ave. York PA 17404 | Phone: 717.845.3227 | Fax: 717.852.7891 | www.FCAP.com

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