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Transportation Planner :~:E::::::p:::::G OF: Jan~3fi. . ......aJ2 EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER APPROVAL.. .. .rt#G~~~ ITEM: Presentation and discussion 01. prohibiting .Ieft-turns at .the intersection. of Dominik . Drive and . Texas A venue in . order to.. improvetrafflc. safety. andllow. ITEMS UMMARY:Withthe Texas Avenue widening Project,the City has an opportunity . to address traf1~c safety and operational problems that have existed at this intersection fora number of years . Theseproblenls ar~ ..a result. of close intersection spacing . and ..alackof.left turn storage area. on the most heavily travellE3d sectionpfTexasAvenueinBrazos County. . The section of Texas betvveenBushand Dominik acts as a "bottleneckltandcauses traffic approaching this. area to back-up severely during peak periods. TexasAve.atDominik carries over 50,000 vehicles a day. Motoriststaking< aleftfrom Texas that patronize a business on Dominik make up only about 1 percentof this traffic. Gonsideringthehighnumber of accidents and the inconvenience to motorists>dueto traffic congestion,aUowing left turns to occur at this intersection is sacrificing a great . dea1fora few. UndercurrentTXDOTplans,other than addi ngalaneforeachdirection,intersectiondesignwillremain the same. However, traffic accidents- and congestion will continue tobeaproblenl.Makingalefttumonlo orlOff ofDominikwHl..become . more . difficult.. due ..to ..themctthat a motorist will. have ..tocross three lanes of tra1fic instead of two. Also, traffic oniTexas wiUonlyincrease in the future. If there isa problem now with 50,000 vehicles a day ,conditions will certainly be much worse if traffic incteasestoGOtOOOor70, 000 vehicles a day. Prohibiting lefts onto Dominik from. Texas Ave. . will. have..an impact to the . businesses .along . Dominik. Tra1ffic from left turns. off .of. Texas .. Avenue,accounts for. from 20 to. 50 percent ofa business'totalpatronage, depending on the business . Businesses that are uconvenienceorientedU will be affected most. The Bushffexas intersection will absorb the majority of the re-routedtraffic.andcauseabout a1 OperCE3nt increaser in traffic oflKyle<Street.Existingstreet facilities can accommodate this. increase. FINANCIALSUMMARY: . If the median is instaUed now as part of the Texas Avenue widening project, it'NiII be paid for by the State. If the City waits and elects to install the.median in thefuture,itwould more than likely become a cityprojectandinstalled at the City's expense. STAFF RECOMMENDATION.. : Staff . recommendsprohibitingleft-tumsatDominikwith the addition 01a median .in . Texas. Avenue. Staff has. .previously met . with Council's..Development Policies Committee.wh<<3re the. plan to. prohibit left-furnsat ..Dominikwas received....1avorably. From ..atraffic.engineeringstandpoint, ..th<<3re is noquestionthattheintersectionshould. be closed. to . left turns. COUNCILACTIONREQU I RED: Council should weigh the benefits to the travelling public in terms of improvements .in traffic safety and conveni ence/flow verses the 1m pactstothe businesses along Domin ik ,~ and direct. staff whether or.. not.to.. proceed with. incorporating the. median iintoTXDOT plans. CITVATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION:NA SUPPORTING MATERIAL 1. Maps showing planned and proposed design. 2. Map showingaccidenthistory. 3. Maps showing the impacts to businesses along.. Dominik. 4. Letter from ...the. Texas. Department of Transportation. 5. Letter from Staff to Dominik Merchants. 6. MemotromPoliceDepartment. 7. Memo from Fire. Department. * . Texas Department of TranspOrlatio/l P.o. BOX 3249 -SRYAN, TEXAS 77805-3249 -(409) 778-2165 December ..9, 1992 Mr .Ed ..Hard Transportat~onPlanner city of College station P. O.Box9960 College.. Station, Texas 77842-0960 ( \ Dear Mr. ....Hard: This letter .is . inlresponseto our November 24, 199.2 discussions during which the city staff reviewed their proposal for improvin(jJsafetyatthe interseGtionof Texas AVenue (Business 6) andI?ominikDri",e in College station. ., The.. proposed changes are to eliminatef3outhbound traffic left turns. from Texas Avenue into1)ominik and the ,'l~ftturnsfromDominik, southbound onto Texas Avenue. Certainlywitht.heanticipatedincreased traffic vOlumes.projected,on"Texas".AveIlue du.ring the. next 10-20 years, congestion will continue to be present at this intersection location, 'even, after Texas Avenue is widened to a six (6):lane facility. The Department concurs that eliminating these two movements is the surest way of preventing the accidents associated with ,these. movements. The. Department, also., recognizes that other factors, such as the businesses and residents s,ervedpythis intersection must be resolved by the city. If, the City chooses to close these movements, ,the Department will work with the City to provide channelization on Texas Avenue that willprohibi t tJhese movements. We appreciate being provided the, opportunity 'to have been briefed on the C.it.Y staff's proposals for improving, on the safety of this intersection. You are alsoconunended on your continued efforts to "implement design changes at this location withthe.intentof improving the .traffic safety and operations. GEB:nr cc: Mr. PatrickWilliams,P.E. Mr. Robert.Richardsol1, P. E. An Equal. Opportunity Employer CIIVOF COLLEGESIAIION Post Office Box 9960 1101 Texas Avenue College Station/Texas 77842-0960 (409) 764-3500 December 28,1992 Dear Domi nik Merchants and Property Owners: The City would like toinformyoutl1at QityStaffwiU present a proposal to City Council to _prohibit left-turns at the. intersection -of Dominik Drive and Texas A,venuein order, to improve . traffic safety and flow. This Item will bep~sentedtocouncll, and open for public comment at COuncil's Workshop Meeting on We~nesday, January 43"1993 at 5:30 p.m. in CouncUChambers .at College. Station City HaUlocated at 1101 Texas Avenue. The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDQT) plans to widen the section of Texas Avenue from UniversltyDrive toDQ'minik Drivefromfour(4)Ic:un~s with ,a center turn lane to six (6) lanes with a..centet tumlanebeginning inlate19930tearty.'.1994. 'With the T~xas Avenue widening Project, the ,City has' an opportunity itoaddn~ssWaffic.safetyand.operational,. problems that have existed at this ,intersection . for .,.a .nurnberof 'years. ,. 'Theseproblerns · are a '. result ',of '. c.1ose intersection spacing and a lack oflefl:turnstorageareaonthemostheavitytraveUed section of Texas Avenue in Brazos Courlty. The section of Texas AVenue < betWeen George Bush and Dominik acts as a "bottleneck" and causeS traffic approaching this area to back-up severely during peak periods. The current TXDOT plan for the TexaslDominik intersection is shown in Figure 1. Under this plan, other than adding'a lane for each. direction, ',intersection design will remain'thesarne. However, traffic accidents and congestionwiUcontinuefo be a problem. Making a left turn on to or off of Dominik wiU become more difficult due to the fact that a motoristwiUhave to cross three lanes of traffic instead of two. The intersection design · plan proposed by the City of College Station is shown in Figure 2; It includes' installationofa median in Texas Avenue that, will result in prohibiting left-turns at the Texas/Dominik intersection. This. design, wiUimprove traffic safety and flow by reducing the number of accidents and allowing for more left-.turnstorage sPa.ce to be,provided.on Texas at George Bush. Accident history fortheDomini\<lTexasintersection is shown in Figure 3. It shows a high numberof left-turn and rear-end accidents that,for the most part, would not have occurred if left-turns were.. not. allowed at this. intersection. Texas Avenue at Dominik carries over50,OOOvehiclesaday. Motorists taking a left from ,Texas that patronize a business on Dominik make up only about one. percent of this traffic. Considering the high . number " Of accidents and the ,. inconvenience to motorists ',due to traffic ,.congestion, allowing left-turns to occur at this intersection Is sacrificing a great deal forafew. Also,traffic on Texas Avenue will onlyincreaseln the future. Uthere is a problem now with 50,000 vehicles a day, conditions wiUcertainlybe much worse if traffic increases to 60,000 or 70,000 vehicles a day. Dominik Merchants,Page2 Prohibiting lefts on to Dominik JromTexas Ave.wiUhaveanimpactto the businesses along Dominik. . Traffic from left turns . off of Texas Avenue, accounts . for from 20 to . 50 percent of a business'totalpatronage1 depending on the business. Businesses that are "convenience orientedHwil1 be affected most. The Bush[Texasintersectionwlllabsorb the majority of the rH-' routed traffic and cause about a 1 0 percent increase in traffic on Kyle Street. Staff will ask City Council to weigh the benefits to the travelling public in terms of improvements iin traffic safety and flow verses the. impacts to th.e businesses along >Dorninik anddirectst8lff whether or not to proceed with. incorporating the median into lXDOTplans.F rom a traffic engineering standpoint,. there is no question that theintersectionshotJld be closed to left turns. Staff. has. previously met with a subcommittee of City Councilwher(3 the plan toprohibitleft~turns atDominikwas received favorably . U you would ,like to expressj~oUfviewsto City80UQcil. in favor of or opposition to the City's plan, please plan to attend the .Jar~a'Y13,1993COUr1Cni~Arksh()p Meeting. Please note that this item will ,only be ,upfor.di~c~s~i~n1atthe., Wednesttf:lYi~Arksh()p meeting. Council will take action on this item at their RegularMeetingonThursday,.J?nuary 14, 1993 at 7:00 p.m. If you .have.questions.orwouldUketodiscuss this further, please call me.at 764-3570. Sincerely, I ' c .Cr{~....' ~L4 Edwin Hard I Trans portationP lanner enclosures CllYOfCOl.l.EGESTATION POLlCE[)EPARTMENT 2611AS..TEXAS AVE. (409) 764-3600 COLLEGESTATlON, TEXAS 77840 FAX (409) 764-3468 ME MOR A ND UM TO: Edwin Hard,Transportatlon Planner FROM: Mason Newton,Pollce OperatlonsCommander D~~TE: December... 22,. 1992 SUBJECT: Texas and Domi rllk Inters ectfofl TIle Pollee Department has. been ask.ed to provide views ont he inters ecti on confIguration of Texas at Dom1nlk.Slnceyou<h.ave already received the a ccldent.clata, .1.. ..wi 11....not repeat....t his information. This .lnt ersectlon'sconflglfratlonhas been a .problem s i nee it s incept i on. Th eTexa~ s.J\venuesoulhbountl..t rafficoften ..ba c ksup .int .0 and .nort.h 0 fth e intersectlonofTexasandBusl.11nthe inside lane due to traffic waiting to turn Ie ftontoDomfnlk.Llkewise,thenorlhbound .traff 1.cbacksuJ?f rODl Te xa.s/Busb past the.DomlI11klntersectJon.The close proximi tyof bot 11 inter sectIons has a dIrect affect 011 the otller .As i de from t he be for e stated problems, motoristsattemptfng'toexecutealefttu.rno if of Domi n ik o nt 0 sou t hboun dTexas A v e nu eisvirt ual1y impo ss ib leex cep ta t ve leY 1 0 lV tra ff.i c'tlolumet..jmes. Thei.dea of elImInatIng all1efttllrnsatthe Intersection QfTexas and DODlinikiswellreceivedbdythisdepartment. Not only do we foresee a 1" educt i on. of ace 1 dents but be 1. ievH...the t.raf f.i.c volume f l:ow wll.lbe faclll.tat edbytlle..extensloo.......of ..the.twoleft turIl1anes. .fornorthlbound Texas onto Bush. ThJsmayalsohaveaposltiveimpact on the traffic ace! dent rate on Texas, north of Busll (southbound). In summary, we fe.elthattnconjunetlon with thew'idening pro.ject on Texas A.venne ,thelntersectlonofDom inikand Texas AVellu.e SllQuld be cons t r net ed ands.igned..toel1minate.left .turns .froUlbothroadways · cc: Home.. of. Texas (Jniversity ~I'-CITYOFCOLLEGESTATION \llIi/ ,'," ,., ""FIREDEPARTMENT ... .,. .. ,... ,'POstOfficeBOX 9960 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas. 77842-0960 The sllbJect otclosfng t.heilltersectfonot ,Dominik and Texas Ave . has been looKed tllto<bY PTI committee. Thepllrposewas to. look at response time sfro.m otheexlsting .firestat ion on Te.xas atld f ronlthepr 01)OS ed fires tation inWolfpenPark.Theresponsettmesfrom the eixi sting f Ire statIon are now using thelnte.rsectlon.Whenlveclosed the i ntersectlonand tl1,e response. Ome has been increased by 3~seconds to the .mostremote . (irea served .l>ytheintersecti on. The ..respons e times from theproposedfirestatipu<lrenotaffectedbY the, closure, a d tffe rentr outelsusedfrom tllat lO(2)a.tlon.ltlstheopiniono f the PTI committee thall'he closing of thefntersectlonof Texas and Dominik would no tha.'\fe an.aoverse effect .on fire response times.. e67<~ ~/?~~~ December23,1:9~2 ~ ~ I ~.' j--. / ..l I/". '.' ,0. \ f.../o to' ?.. t7tl:"7 .J {;. - F~ '" {".I:l. 7/5 AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET ITEM SUBMITTED BY: Ed. Hard,. .Transportation Planner FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF: EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER APPROVAL ~~ ITEM: Consideration of prohibiting left...turnsat the intersection of Dominik Drive and . Texas Avenue in order to improve traffic safety and flow. ITEM SUMMARY:. ....WiththeTexasAvenuewidening .. Project, the City has an . opportunity to address. traffic safety and operational <problems thattlave existed at this interseqti onfor.a number of years. ... Theseproblen1s area result of close .. intersection spacing and . a .lackoflefttumstorageareaonthe. most heavily. travetlE3d section of Texas Avenue in 8razosCounty~ The section of Texas between Bush and Dominik acts as a Itbottleneckllandcauses traffic approaching this area to. back...up severely during peak periods. Texas Ave. . at Dominik carries over 50,000 vehiclesaday.M()toriststakinga left from Texas that patronize~a business on DO{lllnik make uponlyab0ut~percentof this traffic. Considering the high number of accidents andthe inconvenience to motQrists due to traffic congestion, allowing Jeftturns to occur at this intersection is sacrificing agreatdealforafew. Under current TXDOTplans, other than adding a lane for each direction, intersection design will remain the same. However, traffic.accidentsand congestion.. wiUcontinueto be a problem. · Making a left turn on. to .oroff of..Dominik.wiU ..becomemore..difficult.dueto. thefactthat.a.motoristwill. have tocross..three lanes of traffic instead. of tWo.Also,dtrafficQnTexas willonlyincreaseln the future. If there is a problem now with. 50,000 vehicles a day, conditions will certainly be much worse if traffic increases to 60,000 or 70,000 vehicles a day. Prohibiting lefts .on ...toDominikfrom Texas Ave. ..vviU. have an... impact to the businesses along Dominik;. Traffic from.. left tum~ off..ofTexas Avenue, >accountsforfrom20 to..50percentof a business' . total patrona~~e, depending on the .business.8usinessesthatare. "convenience. oriented" will. be affected most. The8ushfTexasintersectionwillabsorb the majority of the re-routed traffic and cause about a 10 perc43nt increaseln traffic on Kyle Street. Existing streetfacilities can accommodate this increase. FINANCIALSUMMARY:lfthemedianis installed now as part of the Texas Avenue widening project, itwill be paid for by theState.lftheGity waits and elects to install the median in the Juture, it would more than likely become a city project and installed at the City's expense. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staffrecommends prohibitingleft-tums at Dominik with the addition of a median in Texas Avenue. Staff has previously met with Council's Development Policies Commitleewh1ere the plan to prohibitleft...turns at Dominik was received favorably. From a traffic engineering standpoint, there is no question that the intersection should be closed to left turns. COUNCIL ACTION REQUIRED: Council should weigh the benefits to the travelling public in terms of improvements in traffic safety andconvenience/flowverses the impactsqtothe businesses along Domini k and direct staff whether ornot to proceed. with incorporating the median intoTXDO'-.plans. CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION: NA SUPPORTING. 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