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The COR Traffic Generation Memo 2 Spack Consulting Figure 2 — Build Out P.M. Peak Hour Turning Movement Volumes MO18,900 vehicles per day i Figure 3 — Build Out Daily Traffic Volumes IT • 16,500 vehicles per day 0 v 0 Ramsey Pkwv 6,000 vehicles per day Traffic Forecast Methodology Landform provided details for The COR, including the Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) shown in Figure 4 and individual land uses/square footages per TAZ as shown in Table 1. A trip generation analysis was performed for The COR based on the methods and average rates published in the Institute of Transportation Engineers' (ITE) Trip Generation Manual, 8r" Edition. Based on data in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Handbook, 2nd Edition, a 20% reduction was applied to the trips generated by the development to account for internal, multi -purpose trips. The resultant trip generation per TAZ as well as totals for the whole development is shown in Table 1. WSB & Associates prepared 2030 turning movement volume forecasts for the Armstrong Boulevard/Ramsey Parkway intersection in the US 10 at Armstrong Boulevard Traffic Operations Memo. The volumes entering/exiting The COR at the intersection were based on the March 24, 2003 Ramsey Town Center Traffic Analysis (The COR's previously proposed development plan). The Ramsey Town Center Traffic Analysis calculated the development will generate 51,186 vehicles per day whereas The COR is forecast to generate 57,739 vehicles per day. Since The COR is forecast to generate 12.8% more traffic than the Ramsey Town Center, the 2030 turning movement volumes entering/exiting The COR in the US 10 at Armstrong Boulevard Traffic Operations Memo were factored up by 12.8%. The resultant turning movement volumes for the Armstrong Boulevard/Ramsey Parkway intersection are shown in Figures 1 and 2. The turning movement volume forecasts in Figures 1 and 2 for the Ramsey Parkway/Right-In Access intersection and the Ramsey Parkway/Sunwood Drive intersection were prepared by distributing the peak hour traffic volumes from Table 1 per the trip distribution percentages contained in the March 24, 2003 Ramsey Town Center Traffic Analysis. According to Table 41 from NCHRP Report 365 — Travel Estimation Techniques for Urban Planning, 8.95% of the daily traffic volumes would be expected to use the roadway network through The COR in the p.m. peak hour. The p.m. peak hour volumes from Figure 2 were factored by this ratio (11.17 x p.m. peak hour volume = daily traffic volume) to develop the daily traffic volumes shown in Figure 3.