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STEPNO. PAGE1 5-202 7-93 5-214 5-225 5-256 5-277 5-298 5-309 6-3210 6-1311 6-3812 6-3813 6-4014 6-41Table 13-3Event Operations Planning StepsStreet Use EventEVENT-SPECIFIC ISSUESEVENT-SPECIFIC REFERENCE INFORMATIONTOPICPAGE• Impact of weather on attendance.• Difficult to estimate attendance.• Special consideration: Estimating attendance. 5-22• Lack of historical traffic generation data.• Impact of weather on time of arrival and/or • Special consideration: Using historical data todeparture.estimate traffic arrival rate.5-24• Use of travel time or distance analysis. • Special consideration: Recommended market• Market area includes the community or region area analysis methodology.5-25the event is staged for. • Special consideration: Market area analysis. 5-25• Low turnover during event.• Exclusive use of off-site parking areas.• Self-parking.• Requirement of road closures to stage theevent.• Utility (e.g., attractiveness) of individual parkingareas vary.• Use of computer traffic simulation model tomeasure the full impact of road closures onoperations across a network of streets.• Design of service to expand and contract (e.g.,number of buses operating) based on event patronarrival/departure rates throughout the dayof-event.• Consideration for road closures required tostage the event.• Ambulances or first-aid stations staged atvarious locations for a street race.15 6-43 • Key consideration for this event category.16 6-4517 6-4918 6-5119 6-5720 6-1621 6-2022 6-2323 6-28• Circulation problems due to lack of dedicatedparking facilities.• Consideration only for privately operatedparking areas.• Coordination with private parking area operators.• High volume of pedestrian traffic and continuouscirculation around the venue perimeter.24 6-32 • Strong consideration for this event category.25 6-9• Consideration of detailed analysis (e.g., tabletopexercises) and modeling.• Special consideration: Parking demand analysis.• Special consideration: Road closure impactchecklist; Table 6-22• Special consideration: Parade staging area;Figure 6-29• Special consideration: Personnel resources foralternate route plan deployment; Figure 6-33.• Special consideration: Emergency accesslanes.• Special consideration: Pre-trip traveler information;Table 6-27.• Example: Appendix K – Street control planand equipment location plan.• Example: Appendix K – Street control planand equipment location plan.• Special consideration: Intersection trafficcontrol along the event route.• Example: Appendix K – Street control planand equipment location plan.5-276-386-386-436-436-456-596-596-586-59• Special consideration: Pedestrian traffic. 6-27• Special consideration: Disabled parkingspaces.6-3213EVENT PROFILE POST-EVENT ACTIVITIES DAY-OF-EVENT ACTIVITIES ADVANCE PLANNINGOVERVIEW13-5