Proposed Street Design Updates-VDOT Summer 2015 Repaving April 8, 2015

1. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Proposed Street Design Updates
VDOT Summer 2015 Repaving
April 8, 2015

2. County of Fairfax, Virginia
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Overview
• Why are we here?
• What are we asking today?
• What projects are being proposed?
• Where are we in the process?
• What are the next steps?

3. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Why are we here?
• VDOT Summer repaving includes Kingstowne Village
Parkway. Project limited to restriping existing pavement.
– Kingstowne Village Parkway from Beulah Street to South Van
Dorn Street is scheduled to be repaved
• Opportunity to improve vehicular safety, improve traffic flow,
add bicycle facilities, improve pedestrian safety
– Beulah Street to Hayfield Road
• Low to no cost for the County
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4. County of Fairfax, Virginia
What are we asking today?
• Your input and feedback
– Support, questions, concerns, ideas
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Photo Credit:
sundaystreetssf.com

5. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Project List
• Kingstowne Village Parkway Road Diet
– Beulah Street to Hayfield Road
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6. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Road Diets
• Removing travel lanes from a roadway and reallocating
the space for other uses
• Rule of thumb: Roads with less than 20,000 vehicles per
day don’t need four travel lanes
• Kingstowne Village Parkway: 6,000 vehicles per day
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7. 48’
12’ 12’ 12’ 12’
48’
12’ 12’ 6’6’ 12’
EXISTING PROPOSED

8. Road Diet Advantages
• Improved safety and mobility for cyclists and pedestrians
• Reduction in fastest speeds
• 20% to 50% crash reduction

15. A B C D E F
KVP & Beulah
KVP & Beulah
MORNINGEVENING
0 10 20 10030 40 50 60 70 80 90sec
Traffic Signal Performance
KVP & Hayfield
KVP & Hayfield

16. EULAHST.EULAHST.

17. Existing Proposed
Morning 37 38
Evening 24 24
Average Delay at Beulah Signal (seconds)

18. HAYFIELDRD.HAYFIELDRD.

19. Existing Option
Morning 39 37
Evening 35 42
Average Delay at Hayfield Signal (seconds)

20. Lawyers Road Diet

21. Lawyers Road Diet Results
• Average speeds dropped by 1 mph
• Vehicles over 50 mph declined from 13% to 1% of traffic
• No change in traffic volume

22. 0
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10
15
20
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Year 5 Year 4 Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Crashesperyear
Property Damage
Injury
Crashes in the Road Diet Section of Lawyers Rd.
B E F O R E A F T E R
Average 16 total crashes per year
Average 6 injury crashes per year
5 crashes per year
67%

23. Lawyers Road Survey
• 851 responses, non-scientific, one year after implementation
• Does the road feel safer?
• Do you cycle more often on Lawyers?
• Do your auto trips take more time?
• Have auto speeds dropped?
• Did the project improve Lawyers?
Yes: 69%
Yes: 47%
No: 69%
Yes: 59%
Yes: 74%

24. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Bicycle Master Plan
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Fairfax County’s first Bicycle Master Plan
was adopted by the Board of Supervisors
on October 28, 2014.
Calls for bike lanes on
Kingstowne Village Parkway

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Comments from previous Meeting
• Present day traffic volumes and speeds
• Impact of Wegmans and adjacent
development
• School buses picking up and dropping off
students
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Traffic and Speed Study
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• One site east of Beulah Street
• One site west of Wigmore Lane

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Traffic and Speed Study
• Approximately 6000 vehicles per day (vpd)
on Kingstowne Village Parkway
– 4 lane roadways designed for 20,000+ vpd
• Eastbound speed: 85th
percentile 44 mph
• Westbound speed: 85th
percentile 51 mph
– Both sites recorded faster speeds going
westbound than eastbound
• 4 lanes and low traffic volumes encourage
fast driving
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Traffic Impact of Hilltop Village
• Reviewed the Traffic Impact Analysis for
Hilltop Village Center development
• Projects potential of 17,826 new, external
vehicle trips after complete build out
– Includes trips to site and away from site
• Projects 5% of trips using Kingstowne
Village Parkway
– 891 total trips (approx. 445 each direction)
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Full traffic impact analysis
available at
http://landtrx.vdot.virginia.gov/page/Su

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School Bus Pick up/Drop off
• 9 separate locations between Buelah Street and Hayfield
– Elementary School: regular runs - 14 stops
– Middle School: regular and late runs - 3 stops
– Secondary School: regular and late runs - 4 stops
• Bus drivers are told that they may wait for a queue to clear
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6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. high school
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. middle school
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. elementary school
1:50 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. high school
2:50 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. middle school
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. elementary school
4:15 p.m. - 5:00+ p.m. late runs

31. County of Fairfax, Virginia
What are the next steps?
• Gather community input tonight and over
the next week – April 15th
– 1st
meeting was held on February 18th
• Redesign plans as necessary and come to
final conclusion
• Design completion: April 2015
• Projects go to construction: Summer 2015
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32. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Thank You
Questions/Comments?
adam.lind@fairfaxcounty.gov
Powerpoint available at
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/bike/projects
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