HomeMy WebLinkAboutAttachment C. Project Traffic and Parking Memo
To: Planning and Environmental Commission
From: Public Works
Date: 01-11-21
Subject: Children’s Garden of Learning Relocation Traffic and Parking Memo Update
I. SUMMARY
The Town of Vail is temporarily relocating the Children’s Garden of Learning (CGL) from
its current location at 129 North Frontage Road to the “Charter Bus Lot” at 330 South
Frontage Road to allow for the existing CGL site to be made available for the
development of employee housing. This new location is anticipated to be a temporary
CGL site for 3-5 years. The existing “Charter Bus Lot” is currently utilized as parking for
12 oversized vehicles. This use will be removed and replaced with a pre-school facility
for 57 children. Oversized vehicles will be directed to drop off passengers at the Vail
Village or Lionshead Transit Centers and then park in an alternate outlying location (i.e.
West Vail) and take a Vail Transit bus back into town.
II. TRAFFIC
The existing site, also known as the “Charter Bus Lot”, provides 12 oversized parking
spaces. This parking area will be replaced with a pre-school facility for 57 children. The
site shares the Lionshead Parking Structure entrance from the South Frontage Road,
and is directly accessed via the LHPS entrance drive at the south end. The net new
peak hour traffic anticipated at this location as a result of the CGL facility is 50 Vehicles
Per Hour (VPH).
Use Peak Hr Rate Qty Peak Hr Traffic
Oversize Parking 0.5/Space 12 6 VPH
Pre-School .98/Child* 57 56 VPH
Net New Peak Hour Traffic 50 VPH
*See analysis below in Section III: ITE National rate is 0.86; 0.98 better represents CGL
and has been confirmed with traffic counts
The Lionshead Parking Structure existing entrance has a peak hour traffic volume of
approximately 400 VPH. The net new total will be 450 VPH. This is an increase of
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peak hour traffic by 12.5%. This increase is less than the 20% threshold that is required
to trigger an updated CDOT Access Permit.
However due to the large volume of vehicles entering the LHPS, it is recommended that
the entrance to the new CGL facility be controlled by a combination of narrowing the
entrance down to 20’ and adding signage. The narrowed entry should be pushed as far
east as possible to allow for additional sight distance and time to react to vehicles
exiting the LHPS. See attached conceptual control drawing.
III. PARKING
The CGL facility will have 19 staff members which will require 14 parking spaces
Monday-Friday 7:30am-5:30pm. These 14 spaces can be accommodated in the LHPS.
The facility will also require student drop-off and pick-up spaces. Based on current
operations CGL has requested a minimum of 9 parking spaces to accommodate this
use. To confirm this, we have completed the following parking analysis.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Parking Analysis
Total students 57
Carpool/Sibling reduction 10% 6
Total Drop-Off/Pick-Ups 51
@ Peak Hour 80% 41
The number of parking spaces required, assuming 41 drop-off/pick-ups distributed
evenly over a peak hour, assuming an average 10-minute dwell time, is 6.8 or 7 spaces.
Providing 9 spaces will accommodate an additional space during a peak period within
the peak hour. The above estimate is very conservative as compared to the traffic
counts completed, which showed only a maximum of 24 vehicles entering and 31
vehicles exiting during the peak afternoon hour of pick-up.
The estimate above was confirmed with observations on January 5-7, 2021.
The typical number of drop-off and pick-ups occurring at any one time was 4-6, however
each day would see one afternoon peak in a 5 -10 minute window which would have 7
or 8 vehicles at any one time. This volume can easily be handled with the spaces
provided.
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on this Traffic and Parking Analysis, the new CGL facility will function
appropriately at this site with the following recommendations;
Narrow entry down to 20’
Add appropriate access control signage
Provide a minimum of 9 spaces for student drop-off/pick-up at the front of
the building
Provide a minimum of 14 spaces in the LHPS for staff and teacher parking
Reviewed for Code Compliance Code: 2012 International Building Code (IBC)By J Mondragon at 8:00 am, Apr 16, 2014