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TH 47 Access and Corridor Study <br /> <br />level and the service will be provided with less than direct access if the market is <br />there. <br /> <br />A developer is actually requesting the privilege to come into your community and <br />to get you to buy his product at presumably a profit. That is free enterprise. The <br />role of the government is to provide an equal opportunity for success, but <br />hopefully without providing a hidden subsidy of increased accidents and delays <br />by the resident of the city who are not customers of that business. <br /> <br />There is, of course, a limit to what can be considered reasonable indirect access. <br />As a comparison measure, it is assumed that the worst access situation would <br />be to have signalized intersections at 1/2 mile spacing connected by frontage <br />rods or backage roads and .no direct access to the highway as compared to a <br />right turn off access located at the middle between the signals. Three scenarios <br />were investigated: <br /> <br />· Condition "A" has right off allowed at mid-point between signals. <br /> <br />Condition "B" has no right-off access and driver is familiar with the destination <br />and turns at the first signal and accesses the sight via the backage road. <br /> <br />Condition "C" has no right-off access and the driver spots the destination and <br />turns right at the second signal and back tracks. <br /> <br />These 3 conditions were analyzed for travel time comparisons for a vehicle <br />approaching form the direction where a right-turn in to the site would be made <br />from the highway. <br /> <br />· Condition "A" (direct right-turn) 35 to 75 seconds depending on signal <br /> operation. <br /> <br />° Condition "B" (turn right at first signal) 65 to 85 seconds depending on signal <br /> operation. <br /> <br />· Condition "C" (went past and backtracked) 100 to 160 seconds depending on <br /> signal operation. <br /> <br />These calculations show about 20 seconds of added travel time on average with <br />a backage road when compared to right turn off access. Since the intersection <br />spacing is likely to be less than 1/2 mile and most drivers are commuters who <br />would know the area. There is no appreciable hardship to restricting access. <br /> <br />SRF Consulting Group, Inc. 39 <br /> <br /> <br />