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REPORT T0: Community and Infrastructure Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING: September 12, 2011
SUBMITTED BY: John McBride, Director of Transportation Planning
PREPARED BY: Ken Carmichael, Supervisor of Traffic and Parking
519-741-2372
WARD(S) INVOLVED: Ward 8
DATE OF REPORT: August 23, 2011
REPORT NO.: INS-11-066
SUBJECT: GLASGOW STREET, FISCHER HALLMAN ROAD TO
BELMONT AVENUE -TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST
RECOMMENDATION:
That a traffic calming review be executed in 2012 for Glasgow Street between Fischer
Hallman Road and Belmont Avenue, with recommended measures incorporated into the
roadway design for the reconstruction of these sections of roadway in 2013 (Knell Drive
to Westmount Road) and 2014 (Westmount Road to Belmont Avenue).
BACKGROUND:
A resident delegation appeared at Council on Jun 13/11, requesting that Council consider the
implementation of traffic calming measures on Glasgow Street between Fischer Hallman Road
and Belmont Avenue. Upon consideration of the delegation's request, the following Council
resolution was passed:
"That a request by area residents to implement traffic calming measures on
Glasgow Street from Fischer Hallman Road to Belmont Avenue, be referred to
the September 12, 2011 Community & Infrastructure Services Committee
meeting, to allow additional information to be presented and a recommendation
of staff brought forward to address the issues raised by area residents."
This report serves to update the Committee on traffic conditions on Glasgow Street, including
staff's recommendation for follow up.
REPORT:
Roadway Classification
The City of Kitchener's first Municipal Plan was established in 1965. This plan did not
include classification of the City's roadways.
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The Municipal Plan was updated in 1979. Through this update, roadway classifications
were established for all City of Kitchener roadways. Accordingly, Glasgow Street was
designated as a collector roadway. The 1979 Municipal Plan did not differentiate
between minor and major collector roadways, as a collector roadway's function was
defined as:
Collector Road - A route that collects traffic from an area and distributes it to an arterial
road. Direct access to abutting properties is permitted. For example, Krug Street,
Greenbrook Drive.
Glasgow Street between Fischer Hallman Road and Belmont Avenue is designated as a major
collector roadway within the City of Kitchener's current Municipal Plan (1994). The function of a
major collector roadway is to collect and distribute traffic between local streets, other collector
roadways and the arterial road system, as a primary function to carry through traffic between
neighbourhoods. The expected traffic volume on major collector roadways is 8,000 to 12,000
vehicles per day.
Roadway Reconstruction
The history of road reconstruction on Glasgow Street was investigated. Records go back to
1965. Since 1965, the only major construction work on Glasgow Street was between Fischer
Hallman Road and Knell Drive in 2000. This reconstruction updated the old, rural road cross-
section to an urban cross-section that includes curb and gutter, sidewalks, bicycle lanes and
defined, narrowed traffic lanes.
Glasgow Street between Knell Drive and Westmount Road is scheduled for reconstruction in
2013, while Glasgow Street between Westmount Road and Belmont Avenue is scheduled for
reconstruction in 2014. The reconstruction of roadways can provide an opportunity to
incorporate traffic calming measures into the roadway design.
Traffic Speed and Volume Analysis
Speed and volume studies for Glasgow Street have been conducted at various locations, with
additional historical speed and volume studies through the Glasgow Street corridor.
Recent, updated studies on Glasgow Street have rendered the following 85t" percentile speed
results.
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Volume (vehs/days
Speed (85t" percentile)
Glasgow St
Westwood Dr to Knell Dr
Glasgow St
Inwood Dr to Aberdeen Rd
6, 567
6, 659
Glasgow St
Avondale Ave to Dunbar Rd 7,898
60 kmlh
54 km/h
52 kmlh
These volumes and speeds can be considered typical for major collector roadways and are
similar to volumes and speeds previously recorded on Glasgow Street.
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Further analysis was completed related to the speed of vehicles, comparing Glasgow Street to
other major collector roadways. This analysis is summarized below. Table 1 -Glasgow Street
Speed Analysis Summary, outlines a breakdown of the incidence of speeds on Glasgow Street
in comparison to other major collector roadways.
Table 1-Glasgow Street Speed Analysis Summary
Speed Speed Speed
Location > 60 km/h > 70 km/h > 80 km/h
Glasgow St
-Westwood Dr to Knell Dr 11.3% 1.8% 0.5%
-Inwood Dr to Aberdeen Rd 8.2% 3.5% 1.7%
-Avondale Ave to Dunbar Rd 1.5% 0.5% 0.4%
Major Collector roadways* 9.2% 1.2% 0.4%
* - average of Biehn Drive, Deer Ridge Drive, Doon South Drive, Greenbrook Drive, Lorraine
Avenue, Rittenhouse Road
This data indicates that the incidence of higher speeds on Glasgow Street, while not desirable,
is considered typical for a major collector roadway.
Collision Analysis
An updated five (5) year collision analysis for the Glasgow Street corridor was completed for the
years 2006 through 2010.
This analysis excluded the intersections of:
-Glasgow Stand Fischer Hallman Road
-Glasgow Stand Westmount Road
-Glasgow Street and Belmont Avenue.
The intersections of Glasgow/Fischer Hallman and GlasgowlWestmountsre under Regional
jurisdiction. Any improvements at these intersections would be executed by the Region of
Waterloo.
The intersection of Glasgow/Belmont has experienced a total of 44 collisions during this five (5)
year time period. While a traffic calming review for Glasgow Street would not specifically
address this intersection, staff will be executing a separate review of this intersection. A
summary of the collision on Glasgow Street is summarized in Figure 1 -Glasgow Street
Collision History.
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A total of 21 collisions occurred on Glasgow Street, excluding the three intersections noted
previously, during the 2006-2010 time period. These collisions, spread out through the corridor,
indicate no strong patterns in collision occurrence. Figure 1 -Glasgow Street Collision History
summarizes the locations of collisions within the Glasgow Street corridor.
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These collisions are summarized on the next page by collision type in Table 2 -Collision
Summary.
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Table 2-Collision Summary
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2010 1 1 4 6
2009 1 3 1 5
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2006 1 1 2
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2010 5% 5% 19% 29%
2009 5% 14% 5% 24%
2008 10% 5% 5% 5% 24%
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Total 14% 14% 5% 5% 5% 48% 5% 5% 100%
This summary indicates that the types of collisions vary significantly, with no clear collision
patterns by type or location. Further detailed analysis of collisions would be executed through a
more comprehensive traffic calming review for Glasgow Street.
All-Way Stop Analysis
A number of intersections along Glasgow Street were studied for the possible implementation of
an all-way stop control. These intersections include:
Glasgow Street at Westwood Drive
Glasgow Street at Knell Drive
Glasgow Street at Inwood Drive
Glasgow Street at Aberdeen Road
Glasgow Street at Dunbar Road.
For the information of the Committee, as outlined in the Ontario Traffic Manual, all-way stop
controls will not be used under the following conditions:
1. Where the protection of pedestrians, school children in particular, is a prime concern.
This concern can usually be addressed by other means.
2. As a speed control device.
3. On roadways where progressive signal timing exists.
4. On truck or bus routes, except in an industrial area, or where two such routes cross.
5. Where traffic would be required to stop on grades.
6. As a means of deterring the movement of through traffic in a residential area.
7. Where visibility of the sign is hampered by curves or grades, and insufficient safe
stopping distance exists.
8. Where any other traffic device controlling right-of-way is permanently in place within 250
m, with the exception of a Yield sign.
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The implementation of unwarranted all-way stop controls, as studied by the Institute of Traffic
Engineers (ITE), results in the following negative impacts:
Safety Problems:
• Drivers not obeying the right-of-way at all-way stop intersections.
• Drivers not making a complete stop.
• Drivers recognize that stop signs are not needed at an intersection and tend to ignore
the control resulting in potential safety problems. This has led to a general decrease in
compliance with traffic control devices.
• Drivers tend to increase speed at mid-block to make up for time lost.
Economic Impacts:
• Increased delays.
• Increased fuel consumption due to increased vehicle stops and acceleration.
• Increase in vehicle operating costs.
Operational Impacts:
• Increased stops and delays.
• Increased traffic congestion at an intersection.
• Driver anxiety, impatience.
• Increase in collisions, under certain circumstances.
Environmental Impacts:
• Increased noise and air pollution due to an increase in vehicle stops and acceleration.
Because of these negative impacts, all-way stop controls will only be implemented at those
intersections that meet the minimum warrants for their installation.
An analysis of the intersections studied within the Glasgow Street corridor rendered the
following results.
Glasgow at:
Total Intersection
Volume
(min 500 veh/hr)
Minor Roadway
Volume
(min 200 veh/hr)
Collisions
(min 3/yr for 3 years)
All-Way Stop Warranted
0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33 1.33
No No No No No
*Note-Total Intersection VolumeAND Minor Roadway Volume must meet minimum warrant
OR Collisions must minimum warrantfor an all-way stop to be warranted.
Westwood Knell Inwood Aberdeen Dunbar
512 509 538 579 704
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40 26 28 91 78
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As indicated, all-way stops are not warranted for any of the five (5) intersections studied through
the Glasgow Street corridor and are not recommended for implementation.
Traffic Calming Priority Ranking
Based on the updated speed and volume studies and collision history, Glasgow Street was
compared to other roadways requested for traffic calming.
Glasgow Street between Fischer Hallman Road and Westmount Road, previous to this update,
was ranked 17t" on our traffic calming priority listing of major collector roadways with 25 points.
Incorporating the results of the updated studies, this section of Glasgow Street is now ranked
18t" on this listing with 28 points.
Glasgow Street between UUestmount Road and Belmont Avenue was not previously included on
our traffic calming priority listing for major collector roadways. Considering the updated studies,
it has been determined that this section of Glasgow Street is ranked 8t" on this listing with 38
points.
Due to the need to maintain clear emergency response routes through the City, the application
of traffic calming measures is limited on major collector roadways. Accordingly, vertical
deflections (ie. speed humps, raised crosswalks) cannot be considered due to the negative
impact on emergency response times.
As a result, typical measures used on major collector roadways to address concerns regarding
speeding involve adjustment to the roadway design (roadway narrowings, bump outs, traffic
circles, etc). Accordingly, the opportunity presented by the upcoming reconstruction of Glasgow
Street will allow for these types of measures to be incorporated into the roadway design.
The recommendation for a traffic calming review on Glasgow Street is due to the upcoming
reconstruction and is based on the relative position of Glasgow Street in the traffic calming
priority ranking. The opportunity provided by the roadway reconstruction allows for traffic
calming measures to be incorporated into the roadway design in order to realize cost savings
and construct the traffic calming measures in the most effective manner. Additionally,
implementing traffic calming measures through a roadway reconstruction will reduce the impact
of construction on the local area.
It is important to note that none of the roadways in our priority ranking that had a standing on
our priority ranking higher than Glasgow Street are scheduled for reconstruction in the near
future.
Based on these rankings and the opportunity provided through roadway reconstruction, it is
recommended to execute a traffic calming review for Glasgow Street between Fischer Hallman
Road and Belmont Avenue. Execution of this review through 2012 will allow for any traffic
calming design requirements to be incorporated into the roadway design.
Please refer to Appendix `A' -Traffic Calming Priority Listing, Major Collector Roadways for an
outline of this priority listing.
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ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
This initiative falls under the Community Priority of Quality of Life. "Work with partners, including
all orders of government, to create a culture of safety in our community." The improved traffic
flow and safety will provide positive direction for motorists.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Transportation Planning is provided budget funding to support the execution of four (4) traffic
calming reviews each year. It is recommended that the execution of a traffic calming review for
Glasgow Street be considered one of the four (4) locations for traffic calming reviews in 2012
and, thereby, will be supported by current budget funding.
COMMUNICATIONS:
The execution of a traffic calming review for Glasgow Street between Fischer Hallman Road
and Belmont Avenue is reliant upon the input of the local residents. Accordingly, a minimum of
two (2) public meetings will be held with the residents to ensure their inclusion in this review, as
well as a final resident survey to ensure that the recommended measures are supported by the
local residents.
CONCLUSION:
The upcoming reconstruction of Glasgow Street provides an opportunity to incorporate traffic
calming measures into the roadway design, thereby having a positive impact on traffic
conditions through this corridor. Based on traffic conditions experienced on Glasgow Street,
and its standing on our traffic calming priority listing, it is recommended that a traffic calming
review be executed in 2012 for Glasgow Street between Fischer Hallman Road and Belmont
Avenue. Traffic calming measures approved through this review would be then constructed
along with the 2013 and 2014 scheduled roadway reconstructions.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Pauline Houston, Deputy CAO
Infrastructure Services Department
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Appendix `A' -Traffic Calming Priority Listing, Major Collector Roadways
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