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ELK RIVER TRANSPORTATION PLAN TASK OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />Document the characteristics of the existing road system. Emphasis would be <br />placed on the functionally classified road system. Specifically, the following would be <br />documented: <br /> <br />o Existing daily traffic volumes <br />o Existing roadway characteristics (number of lanes and facility type) <br />o Existing functional classification system <br />o Existing roadway jurisdiction <br />o Existing land use (generalized) <br /> <br />Identify the key transportation issues of the city. This is completed to ensure <br />that the project tasks and, ultimately the transportation plan, will aid the city in <br />addressing what is believed to be the key transportation issues, particularly for <br />roadways under the jurisdiction of the city. Specifically, HR Green will meet with city <br />staff to make this determination. <br /> <br />Determine the appropriate evaluating criteria, or yardsticks, against which the <br />existing and expected future conditions will be compared. HR Green will meet <br />with the city to finalize the evaluating criteria initially proposed by the consultant. <br />Specifically, the following cdteda are expected to be utilized to determine existing <br />and future roadway deficiencies: <br /> <br /> o Roadway Traffic Operations: Level-of-Service DIE boundary as index of <br /> congestion <br /> o Roadway Traffic Safety: Road segments in excess of critical crash rate <br /> o Functional Class: Land Areas without the appropriate density of <br /> functionally classified roadways based on Metropolitan Council functional <br /> class spacing guidelines. <br /> <br />Develop Year 2025 average daily traffic (ADT) forecasts for future road system. <br />Doing this requires obtaining one recommended land use scenario from the <br />comprehensive land use plan in a format that can be inserted into the travel demand <br />model for the city. A year 2025 model roadway network would be created by adding <br />roadway improvement projects to the year 2000 model network that are being <br />constructed or are programmed for construction. This network is called the existing <br />plus committed (E+C) network. Year 2025 traffic forecasts would be developed for <br />one scenario under the assumption that the E+C improvements are in place and that <br />the recommended 2025 land use develops as planned. One more 2025 scenario <br />could be modeled to examine the effectiveness of roadway improvements/extensions <br />such as Tyler Street to the south and a CSAH 33/32 E/VV connection. Forecasts will <br />be only developed for functionally classified roadways and those roadways identified <br />by the city as being a key issue. <br /> <br />Identify existing and future roadway deficiencies. Using the existing roadway <br />information, the Year 2025 traffic forecasts (where developed), and year 2025 <br />roadway characteristics assumed under E+C conditions, identify the operations, <br />safety (existing only), and functional class deficiencies using the evaluating criteria <br />previously established (see objective #3). <br /> <br />Elk River Page I of 3 5/8/2002 <br />Transportation Plan <br /> <br /> <br />