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Steve Jankowski, P.E, <br /> <br />- 3 - January 14, 2000 <br /> <br />County Road 116 is a two-lane roadway that runs east-west through the City of Ramsey. County <br />Road 116 was recently extended from Ramsey Boulevard west to Armstrong Boulevard, with ali- <br />way stop-sign control at Ramsey Boulevard and stop sign control on County Road I16 at <br />Armstrong Boulevard, Sunwood Drive is a two-lane roadway that runs east-west through the <br />City of R~msey and terminates wfd~ stop-sign control at Ramsey Boulevard. <br /> <br />Traffic o~:~rations for existing ccndi"dons were analyzed for lhe following key intersections: <br /> <br />· Arm.--' 'cng Boulevard and Comi[y Road 116 <br />· Arrr-+-',ng Boulevard and TH kO <br />· R:~ ..zy Boulevard and Couu~y P, oad 116 <br />· Rr~,,~.? Boulevard and Su',._..,"od Drive <br />· Ra:. ,~c~. Boulevard and~il i¢ <br /> <br />Atr;:' il; ,-merations analysis wa :gnducted for the a.m. a~.d p.m. peak hours ~'* each of the key <br />interscc,~t'~._2s ~o determine hc,,v traffic ,c..urrently epere*'~s within the proj:" rr,a. Traffic <br />operaSo-,s ~re characterized wiQ :~ !e~er grade from ~, 'uu'augh F. Levels of .~rvice within the <br />range c~ :k through D are ge,~,~.,,ily considered accept. ~!'~, Levels of service Z. ~:,2. F represent <br />capacity i.,,oblems and high d,,.av,~ ~,*~ the intersection and .m-e generally consi,i.~?,'~ unacceptable. <br />More ~ :,ocgh descriptions o, *he ~xaffic conditions ~,md,~r each level of service a~3 summarized <br />in Tab~ ~, I below. <br /> <br />Tab;~ ? <br />Leve; ~7 ~ervice (LOS) De:~ ~;;:tions <br /> <br />SERVICE / V/RAGE DELAY PER [ DESCRIPTION OF T2AFFIC <br />r~ESIGNATION ~.rZ:~C~E (SECONDS) CONDIT!O~(S <br /> <br /> A Less than 5 ] Low delays; most vehicles do not <br /> I <br /> stop; accep~b, le LOS <br /> I Low delays; some vehicles must stop; <br /> 5-15 acceptab lc LO S <br /> Moderate delays; some cycle failuresi <br /> 15-25 many vehicles must stop; acceptable <br /> Moderate delays; cycle failures <br /> 25-40 noticeable; many more vehicles must <br /> stop; limit of acceptable LOS <br /> Significant delays; cycle failures are <br /> 40-60 frequent; most vehicles required to <br /> stop; unacceptable LOS <br /> Significant delays; many cycle <br /> Over 60 failures; most or all vehicles must <br /> ..stop; unaccep~ble LOS <br /> <br /> I <br />i <br />I <br />1 <br /> <br /> i <br /> i <br /> I <br /> i <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />i <br />i <br /> <br /> <br />