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Justin Femrite, City of Elk River August 5, 2021 <br />Elk River Downtown Traffic and Parking Study <br /> <br /> <br />Page 5 <br />Table 2 Existing Intersection Capacity Analysis <br />Intersection Level of Service (Delay) <br />A.M. Peak Hour P.M. Peak Hour <br />Main Street & Parrish Avenue (1) A/A 9 sec.) B/D (30 sec.) <br />Main Street & Jackson Avenue (2) A (10 sec.) B (14 sec.) <br />Main Street & King Avenue (1) A/A (7 sec.) A/A (8 sec.) <br />Hwy 10 & Main Street B (20 sec.) C (35 sec.) <br />Hwy 10 & Jackson Avenue B (19 sec.) B (18 sec.) <br />(1) Indicates an unsignalized intersection with side-street stop control, where the overall LOS is shown <br />followed by the worst approach LOS; the delay shown represents the worst side-street approach delay. <br />(2) Indicates an unsignalized intersection with all-way stop control, where the overall LOS is shown. <br />Northbound delays and queues occur along Parrish Avenue, which is a result of the proximity of the <br />Main Street and Highway 10 intersection located approximately 200 feet to the east. The closely <br />spaced intersections limits queuing storage and results in regular queues extending through the Parrish <br />Avenue intersection during the p.m. peak periods. As a result, motorist divert to Jackson Avenue to <br />avoid congestion in this area. <br />Travel Pattern Assessment <br />Given congestion identified at Parrish Avenue, City staff wanted to better understand current Parrish <br />Avenue user travel patterns. In particular, the desire is to understand how planned improvements <br />along Highway 169 would change user behaviors and overall operations within this area. To <br />understand these travel patterns, turning movement counts, average daily traffic volumes, vehicle <br />speeds, and travel times were reviewed. <br />Based on this review, there are approximately 25 a.m. peak hour motorists and approximately 65 p.m. <br />peak hour motorists that could potentially revert to Highway 169 following construction. Most of the <br />movements impacted are the northbound Parrish Avenue to Highway 169 motorists during the p.m. <br />peak period. This equates to approximately 300 daily trips that may no longer travel within the <br />downtown area post construction along Highway 169. A summary of impacted movements is <br />provided in Table 3. <br />Table 3 Movements Between Parrish Avenue and Highway 169 (via Jackson Avenue) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Movement A.M. Peak <br />Hour <br />P.M. Peak <br />Hour Daily <br />Highway 169 to Parrish Avenue 15 vehicles 15 vehicles 115 vehicles <br />Parrish Avenue to Highway 169 10 vehicles 50 vehicles 185 vehicles