Working Group Meeting
October 20, 2015
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October 20, 2015
Agenda
Welcome and Introductions
Study Process
Expanded Study Area
Traffic Operations
Transportation Issues/Deficiencies
Design Constraints
Next Steps
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Welcome and Introductions
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ROUTE
~ Salem
107~
Study Team
Corridor Study
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Study Process
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Study Process
Task 1: Public Involvement
Task 2: Perform Field Reconnaissance
and Collect/Gather Information
Task 3: Evaluate Existing Conditions and
Identify Transportation Issues
Task 4: Develop Improvement
Alternatives
Task 5: Alternatives Analysis &
Recommend Improvements
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~Salem
ROUTE
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Study Schedule
Corridor Study
MassDOT Route 107 Corridor Study
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Task5
Public
Involvement
Plan
Field
Reconn a issance
and Data
Evaluate Existing
Conditions and
Develop
Improvement
Identify
Transportation
Issues
AHernatives
Alternatives
Analysis and
Recommend
Collection
Public Online
Survey
Project Goals,
Objectives
Evaluation
Crite ria
Field Reviews
Collection of
Data
Origin-Destination
Study
Task 6
Report
Improvements
Traffic
Projections
Develop
Alternatives
Apply Evaluation
Criteria
Capacity
A nalysis
Summarize
Benefits and
Impacts
Compare
Alternatives
Draft Report
Revie>v Period
Pedestrian/Bicycle
Conditions
Assessment
Scale of Costs
Final Report
Recommend Set
of Alternatives
Transit
Connections
Crash Analysis
P.ublic
ha~obt.ement
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WG~t
Public
Meeting 1
WGt-
Public
Meeting 2
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Online Survey
Online survey is live
www.fluidsurveys.com/s/route107
Available in English and
Spanish
Questions include:
Multimodal travel habits
Intersections (maps)
Preference for
improvements
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Survey Outreach
Email blast to mailing list
Media advisory
Bilingual flyers distributed
to study area businesses
and direct abutters
Share flyers and links with
your communities!
Survey will remain open
until after the first public
meeting
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Expanded Study Area
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Original Study Area Intersections
Willson Street/Cherry Hill Avenue
Hawthorne Square Mall
Marlborough Road/Traders Way
Swampscott Road/Dipietro
Avenue
Barnes Road/Ravenna Avenue
Old Village Drive
Walmart
Fays Avenue
Eastern Avenue (unsignalized)
Maple Street/Waitt Avenue/
President Street
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Expanded Study Area
New Intersections:
Lynn:
Chestnut Street
Chatham Street
Salem:
Lower Entrance of Salem
Hospital
Jackson Street/Dalton Parkway
Boston Street
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Roadway Jurisdiction
New intersections
fall under local
jurisdiction
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Existing Traffic Conditions
Turning Movement Counts
Weekday AM Peak
Hour Volumes
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Weekday PM Peak
Hour Volumes
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Existing Traffic Conditions
Turning Movement Counts
SAT Peak Hour
Volumes
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Existing Traffic Conditions
Bicycle Counts
Similar to original
count data, new
intersections have low
bicycle volumes
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Existing Traffic Conditions
Pedestrian Peak Hour Volumes
Weekday AM
Pedestrian Volumes
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Weekday PM
Pedestrian Volumes
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Existing Traffic Conditions
Pedestrian Peak Hour Volumes
Saturday Midday
Pedestrian Volumes
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Existing Traffic Conditions
Intersection Crash Rates
MassDOT Avg. Signalized Crash Rate (0.80)
MassDOT Avg. Unsignalized Crash Rate (0.60)
2.50
Crash Rate
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.64
0.85
0.22
0.50
0.16
0.83
0.67
0.38
0.41
0.10
0.00
Route 107 Intersection
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0.26
0.57
1.59
1.62
2.27
Existing Traffic Conditions
Crash Analysis
Top 200 Crash Intersections
in MA (2010-2012)
Eastern Avenue (#182)
Marlborough Road (#153)
Chestnut Street (#39)
Crash Diagrams
Evaluate Crash Patterns
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Existing Traffic Conditions
Crash Analysis
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Existing Transit Conditions
Transit
Overview
Original study area
overlapped with 2
bus lines.
Expanded study
area results in a third
bus line; MBTA Bus
Route 424
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Existing Transit Conditions
Corridor Bus Service
MBTA Route 450
Salem DepotHaymarket
MBTA Bus Route 456
Salem Depot- Central
Sq. Lynn
Average Weekday Ridership
(Fall 2014)
240
1,734
275
Span of Service
(weekday)
5:50 AM – 6:15 PM
4:45 AM – 1:30 AM
7:00 AM –
5:00 PM
30 minutes
30 minutes
Frequency
MBTA Route 424
Eastern Ave. /Essex St.
- Haymarket or
Wonderland
23
Peak
80 minutes
Off-Peak
Combined
n/a
-
80 minutes
40 minutes mid-day
on Route 107 corridor
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Existing Transit Conditions
Transit Ridership
Corridor Bus Stops
25 stop pairs: Top five stop pairs account for
most of the ridership
Nine stop pairs have less than 10 boardings
and alightings
Top Five Bus Stops
Stop Location
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Boardings & Alightings
Inbound
Outbound
1. Hawthorne Square
100
114
2. Salem Hospital
85
79
3. Western Ave/Chestnut St
60
62
4. Marlborough Rd/Greenledge Rd
44
49
5. Western Ave/Chatham St
42
41
Total Top Five Ridership
Total Ridership on Corridor
Percent Top Five Ridership
331
585
57%
345
615
56%
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Existing Conditions
Land Use
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Existing Conditions
Zoning
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Existing Conditions
Environmental Resources
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Existing Conditions
Environmental Justice Areas
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Existing Conditions
Cultural and Historic Resources
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Traffic Operations
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Existing Conditions
Overall Level-of-Service
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Transportation Issues/Deficiencies
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Transportation Deficiencies
Transit
Ped
Bike
Vehicle
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Transit Deficiencies
Low Ridership
52 stops in the corridor
23 stops have less than 10
riders per day
Close Bus Stop Spacing
MBTA Guidelines = 750-1350 feet
30 stops less than 750 ft. apart
Bus Stops missing pairs
Four bus stops lack pairs
Three of these also have 8 or less riders per day
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Transit Deficiencies
Lynn: southern end of corridor
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Transit Deficiencies
Salem: mid-corridor
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