Traffic Report

“A street with a single means of ingress and egress, which serves multifamily development, that provides a means for vehicles to turn around.” The maximum allowable ADT is 1000. Under the ultimate development scenario of 607 mid-rise apartment units served by a loop-configured minor collector street, the ADT on the loop-configured street would be 3,339 vehicles (607 units x 5.5 trips per unit), resulting in approximately half of the vehicles, 1,670 ADT, accessing the development through Warner Road and the other half through Kuzik Drive. Therefore, the ADT on the loop-configured street does not exceed RSIS criteria. Both Warner Road and Kuzik Drive are curbed and forty feet wide, well in excess of minor collector street standards. In addition, 76 mid-rise apartment units will be served by an extension of Bayowski Road. The ADT on the proposed extended portion of the cul-de-sac will be 418 (76 units x 5.5 trips per unit), therefore not exceeding RSIS criteria. Based on the preceding criteria, the West Essex Highlands Residential Development consisting of 683 mid-rise apartments, 607 of which will be served by the main loop road and 76 of which will be served by an extension to Bayowski Road, will not require an exception to the RSIS CONCLUSIONS A comparison of the ultimate build scenario (683 units) and no-build capacity analyses for the signalized intersections of Eagle Rock Avenue and Laurel Avenue and Eagle Rock Avenue and Oval Road indicates that no intersection in the AM or PM peak hours experiences more than a minor deterioration of level-of-service or increase in average delay time due to traffic from the proposed residential development, even in the ultimate build scenario. In the scenario where the intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Oval Road remains unsignalized in the no-build condition, the levels of service improve 31

significantly on the Oval Road southbound approach going from the unsignalized no- build condition to the signalized ultimate build condition. In the AM peak hour the level of service goes from “D” to “B” with a reduction in approximately ten seconds of average delay, and in the PM peak hour the level of service goes from “C” to “B” with a reduction in approximately five seconds of average delay. Assuming that the intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Oval Road is signalized in the no-build condition, the increases in overall average control delay (with the corresponding levels of service, LOS) from the no-build condition to the ultimate build condition, are as follows: Intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Laurel Avenue AM Peak Hour: From LOS “C”, 21.2 seconds to LOS “C”, 26.4 seconds PM Peak Hour: From LOS “C”, 28.9 seconds to LOS “C”, 32.7 seconds Intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Oval Road AM Peak Hour: From LOS “B”, 11.7 seconds to LOS “B”, 17.3 seconds PM Peak Hour: From LOS “B”, 12.5 seconds to LOS “B”, 15.6 seconds Comparisons of the levels of service and average control delay times for the unsignalized intersections in the West Essex Townhouse development show minimal increases in average control delay from the no-build condition to the ultimate build condition. All approaches and movements at all the intersections within the Townhouse development remain in the LOS range of “A” to “B”. It should be noted that in order to achieve these minimum traffic impacts from the West Essex Highlands Residential Development, improvements to the traffic signal system on Eagle Rock Avenue must be implemented. Specifically, traffic signalization with detectorization must be installed at the intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Oval Road 32

with the capability of interconnection (wireless interconnection is satisfactory) to the intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Laurel Avenue. In addition the existing traffic signal controller at the intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Laurel Avenue must be modified or replaced to be capable of interconnection; and new detectorization must be installed at the approaches. The signal controllers at both intersections must also be capable of accommodating the software that can accomplish the signal coordination assumed in the analyses presented in this report. Based on the results of the capacity analyses and assuming the implementation of the aforementioned traffic signal recommendations, the proposed West Essex Residential Development, consisting of 683 apartment units in the ultimate build scenario, will have a minimal impact on traffic in the West Essex Townhouse development and on traffic on Eagle Rock Avenue in the vicinity of Oval Road and Laurel Avenue. 33

FIGURES

Figure 1 West Essex Highlands Residential Development Apartments TRAFFIC iMPACT STUDY TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE ESSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY PROJECT LOCATION Ip 11-01-18 yLUBLANECK! ENGINEERING, INC. Date

1 6 1 2 1 6 2 7 4 4 6 3 9 2 48 9 5 1 1 11 3 15 1 31 13 9 1 4 3 3 1 2 7 6 4 1 19 6 4 1 7 2 22 3 1 31 1 65 15 25 2 44 1 91 43

1 91 43 17 85 50 383 29 524 822 266 31 536 428 19 52 3 2

1 3 6 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 5 7 6 3 36 42 3 1 11 4 1 27 2 1 1 21 39 0 5 3 1 2 4 1 0 9 5 7 1 7 8 10 2 10 4 49 8 1 14 1 52 32 52 1 34 1 71 77

1 71 77 34 64 41 262 39 234 432 455 72 337 711 32 36 8 4

1 7 1 2 1 7 2 1 4 5 7 3 5 0 1 2 52 10 1 1 12 3 16 1 34 14 0 1 4 1 3 3 1 8 8 6 4 1 21 7 4 1 2 8 24 3 1 34 1 71 16 27 2 48 1 99 47 19