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Table 3. Trip Generation Comparison— <br /> Market-Rate Apartments Combined with Various Land Use Types <br /> Land Use Land Trips Generated: <br /> Combined Type Use Size <br /> with Assisted Code AM peak PM Peak Weekday <br /> Living <br /> Enter Exit Enter Exit ADT <br /> Specialty 14 31 58 55 1,884 <br /> Retail Retail 1 814 1 20,000 S .ft. <br /> 45 total 113 total <br /> Fast-Food <br /> Restaurant 90 104 86 74 2,486 <br /> w/drive-thru Services 934 3,000 S . ft. <br /> 194 total 160 total <br /> Community <br /> Bank w/drive 36 41 66 58 1,369 <br /> thru Services 911 2,500 S .ft. <br /> 77 total 124 total <br /> Medical 50 41 53 75 1,718 <br /> Office Medical 720 20,000 S .ft. <br /> 91 total 128 total <br /> Pharmacy 38 49 117 108 2,409 <br /> w/drive thru Retail 881 16,000 S .ft. <br /> 87 total 225 total <br /> In conclusion, market-rate apartment building will generate fewer trips than the previous hotel use. The <br /> apartment use can be combined with other uses on the vacant parcel and still be in approximately the <br /> same range of trip generation than the previous hotel use. <br /> Traffic Analysis <br /> Additional analysis has been conducted to determine the effect trips from these land uses may have on the <br /> traffic conditions along County Road E, Lexington and any other adjacent street intersections. Traffic <br /> operations for peak hour conditions within the study area were analyzed using the industry-standard <br /> SYNCHRO/SimTraffic software package, which uses the data and methodology contained in the 2000 <br /> Highway Capacity Manual, published by the Transportation Research Board. The software model was <br /> calibrated using existing conditions before being used to assess future conditions. <br /> The operating conditions of transportation facilities, such as traffic signals and stop-controlled <br /> intersections, are evaluated based on the relationship of the theoretical capacity of a facility to the actual <br /> traffic volumes on that facility. Various factors affect capacity, including travel speed, roadway <br /> geometry, grade, number and width of travel lanes, and intersection control. The current standards for <br /> evaluating capacity and operating conditions are contained in the 2000 Highway Capacity Manual <br /> (HCM). The procedures describe operating conditions in terms of a Level of Service (LOS). Facilities <br /> are given letter designations from"A,"representing the best operating conditions,to"F,"representing the <br /> RLK Incorporated Page 4 of 6 February 7,2012 <br /> Co.Rd.E&Lexington Traffic Study 2011-052-M <br />