General Plan Update Review Committee Draft Elements Part 2 For ...

Future Traffic Conditions
The TCAG Regional Travel Demand Forecast Model
(RTDFM) was used to identify future traffic volumes
along local, collector, and arterial roads and freeways.
The model treats these as a system of links, or streets,
that connect future land uses—i.e., residential and
non-residential uses—based on each city’s and the
county’s general plan. Tulare Council of Governments
(TCAG) provided the transportation model
forecasts for land use and circulation.
Table 4-7 identifies 2030 forecasted AM and PM
peak hour traffic LOS. As shown in Table 4-7, all
of the study intersections are projected to operate at
acceptable LOS with planned improvements, including
traffic signalization and lane modifications that
will be required during the life of the General Plan. 1
The lane geometry and signal control of each study
intersection is shown in Figure 4-2.
1 Mitigation measures for these impacts will be evaluated in the Draft EIR. These may include signalization and intersection improvements as well
as shifting traffic to alternate routes and an expanded grid—options that the TCAG model cannot evaluate because they are fine-grained, but can
be studied with “post-processing” analysis techniques.
Table 4-7: Future Intersection LOS (2030)
No. Intersection
Control
Type
AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
Delay LOS Delay LOS
1 Caldwell Avenue/Burke Street Signal 18.2 C 18.2 B
2 Caldwell Avenue/Lovers Lane Signal 25.7 C 46.1 D
3 Cypress Avenue/Akers Street2 Signal 31.2 C 49.2 D
4 Ferguson Avenue/Linwood Street AWSC 20.7 C 12.2 B
5 Goshen Avenue/Plaza Drive Signal 25.1 C 24.9 C
6 Hillsdale Avenue/Akers Street Signal 29.9 C 29 B
7 Houston Avenue/Ben Maddox way Signal 22 C 35.7 D
8 Houston Avenue/Demaree Street Signal 33.3 C 31.1 C
9 Houston Avenue/McAuliff Street Signal 31.6 C 21.5 C
10 Hurley Street/Plaza Drive Signal 22.8 C 42.6 D
11 K Avenue/Ben Maddox Way AWSC 11.9 B 17.6 B
12 K Avenue/Lovers Lane OWSC 13.1 B 19.1 B
13 Main Street/West Street Signal 7.2 A 8.8 A
DRAFT ELEMENTS
For General Plan Update Review Committee
AUGUST 2012 4-25