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V. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS•ZONES /LAND -USE ANALYSIS <br />The City is currently divided into three traffic analysis zones <br />(Figure 10). Discussions with MC's transportation planners have <br />indicated a possibility of further subdividing the City in up to <br />as many as ten traffic analysis zones (TAZ's). <br />Future land use was analyzed by traffic analysis zone to <br />determine potential impacts on the metropolitan highway _system. <br />Table 6 indicates a total of approximately 1,212 developable <br />business /commercial and industrial acres with approximately 75% <br />of this located in TAZ 462. <br />Table 7 translates the developable acreage into potential <br />building square footage assuming a 15% maximum lot coverage for <br />industrial lands and rural business and 30% lot coverage for <br />commercial businesses in the urban service area. Table 8 <br />indicates the potential number of employees based on Metropolitan <br />Council conversion factors for different commercial and <br />industrial uses. Under these assumptions, the potential exists <br />at this development level for approximately 21,000 employees in <br />the City. The majority of these will be employed in TAZ 462. <br />The total number of commercial /industrial trips generated per day <br />at this level of development could approach 120,000 movements. <br />This underscores the need for continued development of frontage <br />roads along T.H. 10, controlling access to 10 and providing <br />efficient internal circulation in the business and commercial <br />areas of the City. <br />A similar analysis was undertaken for residential trips by TAZ. <br />Table 10 outlines the population, households and number of trips <br />by TAZ. As indicated by 2010 with a potential 6,000 households <br />nearly 60,000 trips per day are expected to be generated. <br />Table 11 summarizes the total number of daily trips projected <br />through 2010. The projected daily residential trips for 2010 on <br />T.H. 10 is 35,400 or nearly the same as projected in the County's <br />2010 plan. During the peak hours, approximately 3,000 <br />residential vehicle trips are projected on T.H. 10. <br />23 <br />