Agmt07 Fehr & Peers -Traffic Engineering Consultant

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Transportation Engineers (ITE) trip generation rates. The amount of traffic generated by the existing uses will be estimated using new driveway and roadway counts near the movie theater driveway. Finalized trip generation estimates will be developed and submitted to City Staff for review. Directions of approach and departure for the proposed land uses will be developed based on previous studies, existing travel patterns, and the relative locations of complementary land uses. The project distributions will be provided to City of Redwood City staff for review and approval. Refinements to the trip assignments will be made based on City staff comments and the list of study intersections may be modified based on these refinements (OUl: fee proposal is based on the analysis of 9 study intersections). Our scope of work will be refined to address issues raised by City Staff and comments on the Notice of Preparation. Task 2 - Collect Data/Existing Conditions The physical characteristics of the site and the surrounding roadway network will be reviewed during a site visit to identify existing roadway cross-sections, intersection lane configurations, traffic control devices, surrounding land uses, and the locations of pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities. We will also request pertinent background data from City staff including available intersection and freeway counts and a list of approved and pending projects in the City. Available counts for the EI Camino RealIWhipple Avenue and Veterans BoulevardlWoodside Road intersections will be obtained from City staff and supplemented with new counts for the remaining 7 intersections. The fee estimate includes new peak period intersection counts at 7 study intersections and the southeastern theater driveway/entrance during the morning (7:00 to 9:00 AM) and evening (4:00 to 6:00 PM) peak periods (a total of 16 new peak period counts). Additionally, hourly traffic counts will be collected for a 3-day period (Tuesday through Thursday) on East Bayshore Boulevard near the project site. The existing operations of the key intersections will be evaluated for the AM and PM peak hours with level of service (LOS) calculations using the TRAFFIX level of service analysis software. We propose to use the analysis methodologies included in the 2000 Highway Capacity Manual (Transportation Research Board) for signalized and unsignalized intersections. The operations of the key intersections will also be observed to verify or explain calculated service levels. Existing data for US 101 in the vicinity of the project site (at the Whipple Avenue and Woodside Road interchanges) will be obtained from Caltrans, C/CAG monitoring and conformance reports, and previous traffic studies. No new freeway counts are proposed. Freeway segment and ramp operations will be analyzed using the 2000 HCM methodology, and supplemented with capacity evaluations. Task 3 - Evaluate Background Conditions Future traffic volumes from approved (but not yet constructed) developments, to be provided by City staff, will be estimated and assigned to the roadway network. Level of service calculations will be conducted to evaluate intersection operations under Background Conditions. Planned and funded intersection and roadway improvements expected to be in place by the project's opening date will be included in this analysis. Task 4 - Evaluate Project Conditions The project trips estimated in Task 1 will be added to the background traffic volumes developed in Task 3 to represent Project Conditions. Intersection level of service calculations will be conducted to estimate the operating levels of the study intersections during the AM and PM peak hours under Project Conditions. Consistent with previous EIR traffic studies, ramp and freeway operations will be