Environmental Assessment - MdTA

Table II-3. Projected Needs for Park and Ride Facilities
Total
Park and Ride
Projected
Existing 2006 Utilization
Location
Spaces
Spaces
Projected
Acreage
MD 152 209 168 450-500 3.0
MD 24 75 53 450-500 2.0
MD 543 133 9 30 N/A
MD 22 64 29 25 N/A
a. Analysis of Park and Ride Facility Options
Based upon impacts to existing park & ride facilities and anticipated increase in need
from commuters, the Authority conducted an extensive site search for potential park &
ride locations at both the MD 152 and MD 24 interchanges. The existing park & ride
facilities at each of these interchanges are located in close proximity to the I-95 corridor.
The goal of the park & ride study is to identify a preferred parcel, located within ½ mile
of the interchange, which provided sufficient space to accommodate the projected park &
ride needs.
The future needs were developed for a design year of 2030. The utilization of a park &
ride is dependent upon numerous variables including: roadway traffic volumes; ease of
access into the facility; congestion on I-95; parking rates in Baltimore City; reliability
and service of transit; gasoline prices; safety; and community acceptance. Many of these
factors can not be quantified and are variable. The only quantifiable factors are past
trends, current roadway volumes, and project roadway volumes. The strategy for
forecasting future lot sizes consisted of analyzing the average daily usage for each facility
versus the average daily traffic. This comparison was analyzed for the previous ten
years, from 1996 thru 2006.
The site search for a new park & ride facility analyzed several variables, including parcel
size, access, existing environmental features and utilities. Below summarizes the
findings for each the MD 152 and MD 24 interchange.
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