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Uptown Transportation Study - OKI

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Planning <strong>Study</strong> ReportPart B: Interstate 71 Access Improvement <strong>Study</strong>, PID 77628The average duration by incident type is shown in Chart 5 with the abandoned vehicle timethe longest. Generally, abandoned or disabled vehicles did not block any traffic lanes anddid not significantly impair traffic flow.Chart 5: ARTIMIS Incident Duration by Type 2001-2003Mean Duration of Incident45403530Time (Min.)2520151050Disabled Vehicle Accidents AbandonedVehicleFreewayMaintenanceIncident TypeVehicle Fire Debris Removal MedicalEmergency.4.10.3. US-42 (Reading Road)A total of 1,023 accidents were recorded for US-42 (Reading Road) within the study areabetween milepost 1.8 and 5.8 (Liberty Street to Rockdale Avenue). This included 4 fatalitiesand 223 injuries The majority of accidents are located at three locations (near ML KingDrive, WH Taft Road, and north of McGregor Street), see Table 19.US-42 is not included on ODOT’s high crash location list or its hotspot safety list. Based onthe numbers of accidents, it appears that it should be included on both lists although aformal analysis of the segment in accordance with ODOT’s HSP methodology was notundertaken. Again this issue is related to the fact that most crash reports for US-42 arecoded by house number and not milepost, which ODOT has historically not included in itsHSP databases.Accidents were segregated by mid-block and intersection locations and the accident ratescompared with City of Cincinnati average crash rates. Overall, accident rates for US-42 are<strong>Uptown</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>Study</strong> 48URS CorporationNovember 2006

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