Proposed Street Design Updates-VDOT Summer 2015 Repaving

County of Fairfax, Virginia

Department of Transportation

Proposed Street Design Updates

VDOT Summer 2015 Repaving

April 8, 2015


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Overview• Why are we here?

• What are we asking today?

• What projects are being proposed?

• Where are we in the process?

• What are the next steps?


Why are we here?• VDOT Summer repaving includes Kingstowne Village

Parkway. Project limited to restriping existing pavement.– Kingstowne Village Parkway from Beulah Street to South Van

Dorn Street is scheduled to be repaved

• Opportunity to improve vehicular safety, improve traffic flow, add bicycle facilities, improve pedestrian safety– Beulah Street to Hayfield Road

• Low to no cost for the County



What are we asking today?

• Your input and feedback– Support, questions, concerns, ideas


Photo Credit: sundaystreetssf.com


Project List

• Kingstowne Village Parkway Road Diet– Beulah Street to Hayfield Road



Road Diets• Removing travel lanes from a roadway and reallocating

the space for other uses

• Rule of thumb: Roads with less than 20,000 vehicles per day don’t need four travel lanes

• Kingstowne Village Parkway: 6,000 vehicles per day


48’

12’ 12’ 12’ 12’

48’

12’ 12’ 6’6’ 12’

EXISTING PROPOSED

Road Diet Advantages

• Improved safety and mobility for cyclists and pedestrians

• Reduction in fastest speeds

• 20% to 50% crash reduction

A B C D E F

KVP & Beulah

KVP & Beulah

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Traffic Signal Performance

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Existing Proposed

Morning 37 38

Evening 24 24

Average Delay at Beulah Signal (seconds)

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Morning 39 37

Evening 35 42

Average Delay at Hayfield Signal (seconds)

Lawyers Road Diet

Lawyers Road Diet Results

• Average speeds dropped by 1 mph

• Vehicles over 50 mph declined from 13% to 1% of traffic

• No change in traffic volume

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Crashes per year

Property Damage

Injury

Crashes in the Road Diet Section of Lawyers Rd.

B E F O R E A F T E R

Average 16 total crashes per year

Average 6 injury crashes per year5 crashes per year

67%

Lawyers Road Survey

• 851 responses, non-scientific, one year after implementation

• Does the road feel safer?

• Do you cycle more often on Lawyers?

• Do your auto trips take more time?

• Have auto speeds dropped?

• Did the project improve Lawyers?

Yes: 69%

Yes: 47%

No: 69%

Yes: 59%

Yes: 74%


Bicycle Master Plan


Fairfax County’s first Bicycle Master Plan was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on October 28, 2014.

Calls for bike lanes on Kingstowne Village Parkway


Comments from previous Meeting

• Present day traffic volumes and speeds

• Impact of Wegmans and adjacent development

• School buses picking up and dropping off students



Traffic and Speed Study


• One site east of Beulah Street• One site west of Wigmore Lane


Traffic and Speed Study• Approximately 6000 vehicles per day (vpd)

on Kingstowne Village Parkway– 4 lane roadways designed for 20,000+ vpd

• Eastbound speed: 85th percentile 44 mph

• Westbound speed: 85th percentile 51 mph– Both sites recorded faster speeds going

westbound than eastbound

• 4 lanes and low traffic volumes encourage fast driving



Traffic Impact of Hilltop Village• Reviewed the Traffic Impact Analysis for

Hilltop Village Center development

• Projects potential of 17,826 new, external vehicle trips after complete build out – Includes trips to site and away from site

• Projects 5% of trips using Kingstowne Village Parkway– 891 total trips (approx. 445 each direction)




Full traffic impact analysis available at http://landtrx.vdot.virginia.gov/page/SubmissionRead.aspx?MastId=304

http://landtrx.vdot.virginia.gov/page/SubmissionRead.aspx?MastId=304


School Bus Pick up/Drop off• 9 separate locations between Buelah Street and Hayfield

– Elementary School: regular runs - 14 stops– Middle School: regular and late runs - 3 stops– Secondary School: regular and late runs - 4 stops

• Bus drivers are told that they may wait for a queue to clear


6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. high school7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. middle school8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. elementary school1:50 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. high school2:50 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. middle school3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. elementary school4:15 p.m. - 5:00+ p.m. late runs


What are the next steps?• Gather community input tonight and over

the next week – April 15th – 1st meeting was held on February 18th

• Redesign plans as necessary and come to final conclusion

• Design completion: April 2015

• Projects go to construction: Summer 2015



Thank You

Questions/Comments?

[email protected]

Powerpoint available at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/bike/projects


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