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| 2018-11-14 18:03:51 | TRAFFIC STUDY COMMENTS: |
| | 1. PROVIDE COUNTY TPS LETTER. |
| | 2. THE TRAFFIC COUNTS AT QUADRILLE BOULEVARD/DIXIE |
| | HIGHWAY WERE FROM YEAR 2012, WHICH IS MORE THAN 6 YEARS |
| | AGO. PLEASE COLLECT NEW COUNTS. |
| | 3. PLEASE GROW HISTORICAL TURNING MOVEMENT COUNTS TO |
| | YEAR 2018 BASED ON HISTORICAL GROWTH RATES. |
| | 4. CLARIFY IF THESE APPROVED PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN |
| | THE COMMITTED TRIP CALCULATION: 360 ROSEMARY TOWER, |
| | BANYAN PLACE, AND FLAGLER BANYAN SQUARE (OLD CITY HALL |
| | SITE). IF NOT, PLEASE INCLUDE THEM. |
| | 5. THE LAND USE INTENSITIES ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE |
| | PROPOSED SITE PLAN. PLEASE VERIFY AND REVISE. |
| | 6. USE ITE METHODOLOGY FOR INTERNAL TRIP CALCULATION. |
| | SOME OF THE INTERNAL TRIP REDUCTION ARE HIGHER THAN THE |
| | PERCENTAGE INDICATED. PLEASE VERIFY AND REVISE. |
| | 7. PROVIDE SOURCE OF THE 20% MULTIMODAL REDUCTION. THE |
| | NON-VEHICLE MODE SHARE FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY IS |
| | CURRENTLY AT APPROXIMATELY 10%. MULTIMODAL REDUCTION, |
| | IF PROPOSED, SHOULD BE APPLIED AFTER INTERNAL TRIPS ARE |
| | ACCOUNTED FOR. |
| | 8. PROPOSE TDM MEASURES TO SUPPORT MULTIMODAL |
| | REDUCTION. |
| | 9. THE TRIP ASSIGNMENT IN FIGURE 4 ASSUMES SOME OF THE |
| | TRIPS ARE TAKING LONGER ROUTES TO ACCESS THE GARAGE, |
| | WHILE THERE ARE MORE DIRECT ROUTES ACCESSING THE GARAGE |
| | VIA DIXIE HIGHWAY AND 4TH STREET. PLEASE REVIEW AND |
| | REVISE. |
| | 10. PLEASE SHOW THE PROPOSED VALET CIRCULATION ROUTE. |
| | IT APPEARS THAT THE TRIP ASSIGNMENT IN FIGURE 4 ASSUMES |
| | VALET VEHICLES WOULD ACCESS THE GARAGE VIA QUADRILLE |
| | BOULEVARD. PLEASE HAVE THE VALET VEHICLES USE THE |
| | DRIVEWAY ON 4TH STREET INSTEAD. |
| | 11. IN FIGURE 2 PROJECT DISTRIBUTION, A TRIP |
| | DISTRIBUTION OF 5% IS ASSUMED ON DIXIE HIGHWAY BETWEEN |
| | 4TH STREET AND BANYAN BOULEVARD, BUT 10% IS ASSUMED |
| | SOUTH OF BANYAN BOULEVARD, WHICH SEEMS UNREASONABLE. |
| | PLEASE VERIFY AND REVISE. |
| | 12. PLEASE REPORT HCM 2010 RESULTS BUT NOT HCM 2000 |
| | RESULTS. |
| | 13. DIXIE HIGHWAY/QUADRILLE BOULEVARD SHOULD BE |
| | ANALYZED WITH ACTUATED-COORDINATED CONTROL TYPE BUT NOT |
| | ACTUATED-UNCOORDINATED CONTROL TYPE. PLEASE REVISE. |
| | 14. THE TWO-WAY STOP CONTROL ANALYSIS AT QUADRILLE |
| | BOULEVARD/4TH STREET ASSUMES STORAGE SPACE OF 2 |
| | VEHICLES AT THE MEDIAN ON QUADRILLE BOULEVARD, BUT IT |
| | APPEARS THAT STORAGE SPACE FOR AT MOST 1 VEHICLE IS |
| | PROVIDED. PLEASE REVISE. |
| | 15. THE WESTBOUND MOVEMENT AT QUADRILLE BOULEVARD/4TH |
| | STREET IS EXPECTED TO OPERATE AT LOS F DURING PM PEAK |
| | HOUR UNDER YEAR 2022 TOTAL CONDITIONS, AND THE QUEUE IS |
| | EXPECTED TO BLOCK VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE HOTEL/OFFICE |
| | DROP OFF. CONSIDER PROVIDING WAYFINDING SIGNS TO |
| | REROUTE LEFT-TURNING VEHICLES TO THE QUADRILLE |
| | BOULEVARD/3RD STREET INTERSECTION VIA DIXIE HIGHWAY. |
| | VERIFY SUFFICIENT CAPACITIES ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL |
| | IMPACTED INTERSECTIONS. |
| | 16. INSTALL SPEED TABLES ALONG 3RD STREET WEST OF |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM CUTTING |
| | THROUGH 3RD STREET TO GET TO BANYAN BOULEVARD WEST. |
| | COORDINATE WITH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ON THE LOCATIONS |
| | OF THE SPEED TABLES. |
| | 17. MONITOR TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND OPERATIONS AS WELL AS |
| | SAFETY DATA AT QUADRILLE BOULEVARD/4TH STREET AND |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY, AND CONDUCT SIGNAL |
| | WARRANT ANALYSIS AT THE QUADRILLE BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY |
| | EVERY YEAR FOR 24 MONTHS AFTER THE LAST CO IS ISSUED. |
| | THE SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS WILL ASSUME OUTBOUND |
| | VEHICLES AT QUADRILLE BOULEVARD/4TH STREET WOULD USE |
| | THE QUADRILLE BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY. IF A SIGNAL IS |
| | WARRANTED, CONSTRUCT A SIGNAL AT THE QUADRILLE |
| | BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY. |
| | 18. PROVIDE SURETY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGNAL |
| | AT THE QUADRILLE BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY, UNTIL 24 MONTHS |
| | AFTER THE LAST CO IS ISSUED. |
| | 19. SOUTHBOUND LEFT-TURN AT QUADRILLE BOULEVARD/4TH |
| | STREET HAS ONLY 10 AND 3 VEHICLES PER HOUR DURING AM |
| | AND PM PEAK HOUR PER THE TRAFFIC STUDY. CLARIFY IF AN |
| | EXCLUSIVE LEFT-TURN LANE IS WARRANTED. CONSIDER |
| | EXTENDING THE RAISED MEDIAN TO 4TH STREET AND PROVIDE A |
| | PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN |
| | CROSSING ACROSS QUADRILLE BOULEVARD TO ACCESS THE BUS |
| | STOP. PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN CURB RAMP ON THE WEST SIDE OF |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD/4TH STREET. |
| | 20. PROVIDE QUEUING ANALYSIS FOR VALET VEHICLES AT THE |
| | DROP-OFF, AND VERIFY THAT THE VEHICLE QUEUES WOULD NOT |
| | SPILL BACK ONTO 4TH STREET. |
| | SITE PLAN COMMENTS: |
| | 21. PROVIDE FDOT DRIVEWAY LETTER OR PERMIT. |
| | 22. INCLUDE DESIGN FOR THE PROPOSED RAISED MEDIAN ALONG |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD IN THE CIVIL PLAN. THE MEDIAN |
| | DESIGN SHOULD PREVENT WESTBOUND VEHICLES FROM MAKING |
| | LEFT-TURNS FROM THE DRIVEWAY. THE MEDIAN DESIGN AS |
| | CURRENTLY SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN DOES NOT RESTRICT |
| | WESTBOUND LEFT-TURN MOVEMENT. PROVIDE 10-FOOT |
| | LANDSCAPED RAISED MEDIAN. |
| | 23. SHEET A0.06 - UP TO EIGHT MOTORCYCLE PARKING SPACES |
| | MAY BE PERMITTED IN LIEU OF FOUR STANDARD PARKING |
| | SPACES PER CITY CODE SECTION 94-111. PLEASE REVISE THE |
| | PARKING COUNT. ALSO, WHAT ARE THE ?LIFTS? PARKING |
| | SPACE? THE SITE PLAN DOES NOT INDICATE ?LIFTS? PARKING |
| | SPACES. |
| | 24. SOME OF THE TANDEM PARKING SPACES ARE SHOWN TO HAVE |
| | A PARKING CURB STOP IN THE OUTSIDE PARKING SPACE. |
| | PLEASE REVISE. |
| | 25. SHEET A1.04 - A BUILDING COLUMN ENCROACHES ONE OF |
| | THE TANDEM PARKING SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE |
| | GARAGE. PLEASE REVISE. |
| | 26. PROVIDE THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE PARKING SPACE AT THE |
| | TERMINUS OF A DEAD-END AISLE AS A DEDICATED PULL-IN |
| | AREA FOR TURNING AROUND PER CITY CODE SECTION 94-111. |
| | 27. SHEETS A1.04 AND A1.05 - CLARIFY HOW VEHICLES WILL |
| | SAFELY PULL OUT FROM THE TWO DEAD-END PARKING SPACES ON |
| | THE WEST SIDE OF THE GARAGE. PROVIDE AUTOTURN PATH FOR |
| | VEHICLE PULL OUT FOR PASSENGER CARS. |
| | 28. THE TWO DRIVEWAYS ON DIXIE HIGHWAY DOES NOT MEET |
| | THE MINIMUM DRIVEWAY SEPARATION OF 125 FEET PER CITY |
| | CODE 94-312. PLEASE REVISE. |
| | 29. THE DOOR OF THE FENCED BICYCLE PARKING AREA NEAR |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD OPENS ONTO THE INTERNAL ROADWAY |
| | WITHOUT ANY BUFFER AREA. CONSIDER PROVIDING A RAISED |
| | AREA AT THE CORNER OF THE ROADWAY CURVE, AND PROVIDE A |
| | RECESSED ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE BIGGER PROTECTED AREA |
| | OUTSIDE THE BICYCLE PARKING AREA FOR CYCLISTS TO GO IN |
| | AND OUT WITH THEIR BICYCLES. |
| | 30. INDICATE ON THE PLAN THE LOCATION OF SHOWER |
| | FACILITY FOR EMPLOYEES. DOES THE CHANGING FACILITY |
| | SHOWN ON SHEET A1.02 INCLUDES SHOWER? |
| | 31. SHEET A0.05 - THE AERIAL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE |
| | SITE RENDERING. PLEASE REVISE. |
| | 32. COORDINATE WITH PALM TRAN ON THE EXISTING BUS STOP |
| | ON QUADRILLE BOULEVARD, WHICH MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH |
| | THE PROPOSED RIGHT-TURN LANE AND SIDEWALK. |
| | 33. A DROP OFF LANE IS SHOWN NEAR THE DRIVEWAY ON |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD IN THE CIVIL PLAN (E.G. SHEET 4) |
| | BUT NOT ON THE SITE PLAN (E.G. A1.01). PLEASE REVISE TO |
| | REMOVE THE INCONSISTENCY. |
| | 34. PROVIDE AUTOTURN PATHS FOR DELIVERY AND GARBAGE |
| | TRUCKS. |
| | 35. PROVIDE AUTOTURN PATHS FOR THE INTERNAL CIRCULATION |
| | ROADWAYS AND THE GARAGE ENTRANCE/EXIT NEAR THE |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY, AS WELL AS THE DROP OFF |
| | AREA ON 4TH STREET. SOME OF THE TURNING RADII APPEAR TO |
| | BE VERY SMALL. MODIFY THE EXIT OF THE PORTE COCHERE TO |
| | FACILITY VALET VEHICLES TO USE THE DRIVEWAY ON 4TH |
| | STREET. |
| | 36. PROVIDE STOP CONTROL ON ALL THREE RAMP APPROACHES |
| | AT THE SECOND STORY RAMPED T-INTERSECTION. |
| | 37. CLARIFY IF TWO LANES ARE NEEDED FOR THE |
| | SOUTHWEST-BOUND INTERNAL ROADWAY NEAR THE DIXIE HIGHWAY |
| | DRIVEWAY. THE SUBMITTED TRAFFIC CIRCULATION STUDY SHOWS |
| | ONLY 9 AND 6 VEHICLES PER HOUR WOULD USE THIS ROADWAY |
| | DURING AM AND PM PEAK HOUR RESPECTIVELY. |
| | 38. PROTECTED BIKE LANE WITH LANE ELIMINATION ON |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD IS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY?S |
| | DOWNTOWN MOBILITY PLAN. INSTALL 6-FOOT ELEVATED BIKE |
| | LANE WITH ASPHALT PAVEMENT, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPED |
| | BUFFER WITH TREES BETWEEN THE BIKE LANE AND SIDEWALK |
| | ALONG THE SITE FRONTAGE. |
| | 39. QUADRILLE BOULEVARD HAS EXCESS CAPACITY, AND THE |
| | PROPOSED RIGHT-TURN LANE DOES NOT FIT IN THE CONTEXT OF |
| | QUADRILLE BOULEVARD IN A DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT. THE CITY |
| | DOES NOT SUPPORT THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT-TURN LANE. AS A |
| | CONDITION OF APPROVAL, PURSUE WITH FDOT ON ELIMINATING |
| | THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT-TURN LANE REQUIREMENT. |
| | 40. SHOW THE CURB CUTS AND DRIVEWAYS ON THE OPPOSITE |
| | SIDE OF 4TH STREET. PROVIDE PAVEMENT MARKING FOR |
| | PARKING SPACES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 4TH STREET AS THESE |
| | SPACES WILL BE METERED. |
| | 41. SHEET 5 - SPECIAL EMPHASIS PAVEMENT MARKINGS ARE |
| | SHOWN ACROSS THE CROSSWALK AT DIXIE HIGHWAY/4TH STREET, |
| | BUT THE EXISTING CROSSWALK HAS PAVERS. PLEASE REVISE TO |
| | MATCH EXISTING INTERSECTION HARDSCAPE. |
| | 42. USE STAMPED ASPHALT CROSSWALKS FOR THE CROSSWALKS |
| | ALONG QUADRILLE BOULEVARD, MATCHING OTHER STAMPED |
| | CROSSWALKS ON QUADRILLE BOULEVARD. |
| | 43. SHEET 9 SECTIONS G AND H ? SHOW RIGHT OF WAY LINE |
| | ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 4TH STREET. |
| | 44. L0-002 ? QUADRILLE IS A STATE HIGHWAY. THE 20-FOOT |
| | SAFE SIGHT TRIANGLES SHOWN DOES NOT MEET FDOT |
| | REQUIREMENTS. REFERENCE FDOT DESIGN MANUAL SECTION |
| | 212.11. |
| | 45. SIDEWALK ON DIXIE HIGHWAY IS SHOWN AS 8 FEET ON |
| | SHEET A1.01 AND L1-110, BUT IS SHOWN AS 7 FEET ON THE |
| | CROSS SECTION ON SHEET 9 AND L3-100. CLARIFY THE |
| | SIDEWALK WIDTH. THE CITY PREFERS 8-FOOT SIDEWALK BE |
| | PROVIDED. |
| | 46. DISCUSS THE PARKING ARRANGEMENT AMONG HOTEL, |
| | RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE USES. WOULD EACH RESIDENTIAL |
| | UNIT HAVE RESERVED PARKING SPACE? WOULD RESIDENTS BE |
| | ABLE TO VALET THEIR VEHICLES? |
| | 47. SHOW RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH FROM CENTERLINE AND FULL |
| | CENTERLINE. |
| | 48. PROVIDE TDM MEASURES, INCLUDING PARKING PRICING, |
| | PARKING CASH-OUT PROGRAM/UNBUNDLED PARKING, TRANSIT |
| | PASS SUBSIDY, CONTRIBUTION TO TROLLEY OPERATIONS, |
| | RESERVED LOCATIONS FOR SHARED MOBILITY, LIVE NEAR YOUR |
| | WORK PROGRAM, RIDESHARING AND CAR SHARING SERVICES AND |
| | FACILITIES. |
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| | SHING TSOI |
| | CITY IN-HOUSE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT |
| | 561-494-1141 |
| | [email protected] |
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