ORLEANS GARDENS SHOPPING CENTRE 1615 ORLEANS BOULEVARD CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO TRAFFIC UPDATE. Prepared for:

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1 ORLEANS GARDENS SHOPPING CENTRE 1615 ORLEANS BOULEVARD CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO TRAFFIC UPDATE Prepared for: Orleans Gardens Shopping Centre Inc John Street, Suite 1 Markham, ON K3R 5R7 June 12, Update_2.doc D. J. Halpenny & Associates Ltd. Consulting Transportation Engineers P.O. Box 774, Manotick, ON K4M 1A7 Tel (613) Fax (613)

2 ORLEANS GARDENS SHOPPING CENTRE 1615 ORLEANS BOULEVARD CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO TRAFFIC UPDATE 1. BACKGROUND The Orleans Gardens Shopping Centre is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Orleans Boulevard and Jeanne d Arc Boulevard (south of Ottawa Road 174) in the City of Ottawa. A Transportation Impact Study (TIS) report dated July 15, 2013 was prepared which addressed the impact of two proposed freestanding buildings with various uses including a Starbucks coffee shop with a drive-through window. The development was expected to be completed by the year 2014, but to date the development examined in the July 15, 2013 TIS has not been constructed nor has a date for construction been established. With Starbucks coffee shop expressing an interest in moving into the shopping centre in the near future, the owners of the shopping centre have proposed that Starbucks would occupy the space recently vacated by the Mac s convenience store at the north end of the main portion of the mall. The end unit would allow the Starbucks to also provide a drive-through window. This will be examining the location, geometry, and expected trips from the proposed Starbucks coffee shop and drive-through window. The will also address comments from discussions with staff of the City of Ottawa. 2. PROPOSED STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP It is proposed that the Starbucks coffee shop will replace a Mac s convenience store located in a ±2,020 ft 2 retail unit at the north end of the main shopping mall. The proposal includes a drivethrough window for patrons which will have sufficient storage for 11 queued vehicles. As part of the proposal, a patio is also proposed along the front of the coffee shop which would contain some chairs and tables. A 2.0 m sidewalk will be constructed between the patio and driving aisle which would facilitate the movement of pedestrians. Figure 2.1 shows a concept plan of the proposed Starbucks coffee shop. The has determined the number of new trips which would be added to the site when comparing a Mac s convenience store to a Starbucks coffee shop with a drive-through window. The trip analysis utilized the trip rates as documented in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) document, Trip Generation, 9 th Edition. The analysis utilized the average trip rates for the two land uses to calculate the trip rate for the peak AM and PM hour of the adjacent street traffic. Table 2.1 shows the trip rates for the two land uses.

3 2 FIGURE 2.1 CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN

4 3 TABLE 2.1 TRIP GENERATION RATES LAND USE Starbucks Coffee/Donut Shop with Drive-Through Window (ITE Land Use Code 937) Mac s Store Convenience Market (Open Hours) (ITE Land Use Code 852) TRIP GENERATION RATE Peak AM Hr. Peak PM Hr T/1000 ft T/1000 ft T/1000 ft T/1000 ft 2 The trip generation rates were utilized in the determination of the expected number of peak AM and PM hour site generated trips. Patrons of shopping centres typically make multiple stops at various retail stores within the same shopping centre. The expected site trips shown in Table 2.2 does not account for a reduction due to shared trips within the shopping centre, but is used as a comparison between the two land uses and the expected number of new trips added to the site by the Starbucks coffee shop. The table also does not include any trip reductions associated with other modes of transportation. TABLE 2.2 PEAK HOUR SITE TRIPS GENERATED UNIT TYPE WEEKDAY PEAK AM HR. WEEKDAY PEAK PM HR. TOTAL ENTER EXIT TOTAL ENTER EXIT Starbucks (51%) 99 (49%) (50%) 43 (50%) Mac s Convenience Store (50%) 32 (50%) (49%) 36 (51%) The expected trips shown in Table 2.2 shows that during the peak AM hour the Starbucks coffee shop generates an additional 72 trips entering the site and 67 trips exiting the site. This is during a time period when many of the retail stores at the north end of the shopping centre are not open. Figure 2.2 shows the existing 2013 traffic counts when Mac s occupied the end unit. The figure showed the intersection of Jeanne d Arc/East Access (Montcerf) operated at a good level of service of a LoS A during the peak AM hour as shown in Exhibit 1 in the Appendix. The 2013 counts showed few trips to/from the site during the peak AM hour of the adjacent streets which would provide the capacity to carry the additional new trips from the Starbucks coffee shop. During the peak PM hour the intersection continued to operate at a LoS A (Exhibit 2) when Mac s occupied the retail space. The Starbucks coffee shop was determined to generate 9 new trips entering and 7 new trips exiting during the peak PM hour when compared to the Mac s

5 4 FIGURE PEAK AM AND PM HOUR TRAFFIC COUNTS

6 5 convenience store (Table 2.2). The additional trips would have only a minor impact on the operation of the intersection which should continue to operate at the same level of service. The aisle for the drive-through window would contain sufficient space for 11 queued vehicles. As the vehicles exit the drive-through window aisle, the vehicles would stop at the Stop sign which would be placed at the depressed sidewalk. The plan would allow the exiting vehicles to have a clear sight distance of approximately 10 m from the stopped position behind the sidewalk. The sight distance would increase to approximately 15 m as the vehicle begins to merge into the aisle.

7 6 3. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The findings and recommendations of providing a Starbucks coffee shop in the vacant retail space (formally occupied by Mac s convenience store) at the north end of the main shopping mall are listed below: 1. The trip generation analysis determined that the proposed Starbucks coffee shop would generate 72 vehicles entering and 67 vehicles exiting the site during the peak AM hour, and 9 vehicles entering and 7 vehicles exiting during the peak PM hour when compared to those generated by a Mac s convenience store. The higher volume of trips during the peak AM hour occurs when most of the retail at the shopping centre is closed and site trips from the site are low. 2. The intersection of Jeanne d Arc Boulevard and the East Site Access (Montcerf Ct.) operated at a Level of Service (LoS) A during both the 2013 peak AM and PM hours which would include the Mac s convenience store trips. The additional trips from the Starbucks coffee shop would have only a minor impact on the operation of the intersection. 3. The drive-through window aisle contains sufficient space for 11 queued vehicles. Vehicles exiting the drive-through would stop at a Stop sign installed at the westbound drive-through exit. There would be no stop signs placed at the northbound or southbound aisle. There would be no stop sign placed at the eastbound aisle to the parking spaces. 4. The Starbucks would have a patio with tables and chairs places at the front of the coffee shop. There would be a 2.0 m sidewalk between the patio and the aisle to facilitate the movement of pedestrians. The sidewalk would be depressed across the drive-through exit lane. Vehicles exiting the drive-through would have a 10 m clear sight distance from behind the sidewalk, which would increase to 15 m as the cars are merging into the aisle. 5. The number of new site generated trips during the peak hours was determined to be small and would not alter the findings and recommendations of the July 15, 2013 Transportation Impact Study report. The number of new trips from the Starbucks would not trigger the requirement for modifications to the roads and intersections within the public right-of-way. Prepared by: David J. Halpenny, M. Eng., P. Eng.

8 7 APPENDIX OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS WORK SHEETS

9 8 EXHIBIT PEAK AM HOUR TOTAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS East Access/Jeanne d Arc HCS+: Signalized Intersections Release 5.4 Analyst: Inter.: Jeanne d'arc/montcerf Period: Peak AM hour Year: Year 2013 Project ID: Orleans Gardens Shopping Centre E/W St: Jeanne d'arc Boulevard N/S St: Montcerf Crescent SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION SUMMARY Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound L T R L T R L T R L T R No. Lanes LGConfig LTR L TR L TR LTR Volume Lane Width RTOR Vol Duration 0.25 Area Type: All other areas Signal Operations Phase Combination EB Left A NB Left P Thru A Thru P A P Peds X Peds X WB Left A SB Left P Thru A Thru P A P Peds X Peds X NB EB SB WB Green Yellow All Red Cycle Length: 80.0 secs CAPACITY AND LOS WORKSHEET Capacity Analysis and Lane Group Capacity Adj Adj Sat Flow Green --Lane Group-- Appr/ Lane Flow Rate Flow Rate Ratio Ratio Capacity v/c Mvmt Group (v) (s) (v/s) (g/c) (c) Ratio Eastbound Left Thru LTR Westbound Left L Thru TR # Northbound Left L Thru TR Southbound Left Thru LTR # Sum of flow ratios for critical lane groups, Yc = Sum (v/s) = 0.42 Total lost time per cycle, L = sec Critical flow rate to capacity ratio, Xc = (Yc)(C)/(C-L) = 0.48

10 9 EXHIBIT PEAK PM HOUR TOTAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS East Access/Jeanne d Arc HCS+: Signalized Intersections Release 5.4 Analyst: Inter.: Jeanne d'arc/montcerf Period: Peak PM hour Year: Year 2013 Project ID: Orleans Gardens Shopping Centre E/W St: Jeanne d'arc Boulevard N/S St: Montcerf Crescent SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION SUMMARY Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound L T R L T R L T R L T R No. Lanes LGConfig LTR L TR L TR LTR Volume Lane Width RTOR Vol Duration 0.25 Area Type: All other areas Signal Operations Phase Combination EB Left A NB Left P Thru A Thru P A P Peds X Peds X WB Left A SB Left P Thru A Thru P A P Peds X Peds X NB EB SB WB Green Yellow All Red Cycle Length: 80.0 secs CAPACITY AND LOS WORKSHEET Capacity Analysis and Lane Group Capacity Adj Adj Sat Flow Green --Lane Group-- Appr/ Lane Flow Rate Flow Rate Ratio Ratio Capacity v/c Mvmt Group (v) (s) (v/s) (g/c) (c) Ratio Eastbound Left Thru LTR # Westbound Left L Thru TR Northbound Left L Thru TR # Southbound Left Thru LTR Sum of flow ratios for critical lane groups, Yc = Sum (v/s) = 0.50 Total lost time per cycle, L = sec Critical flow rate to capacity ratio, Xc = (Yc)(C)/(C-L) = 0.57