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Victoria Street Roadway & Trail Conceptual Design Study | Study Report - DRAFT | PAGE 10 Motor Vehicle Capacity Review Current motor vehicle capacity (i.e., the number of vehicles that can be accommodated under existing conditions) was determined at key intersections along Victoria Street using traffic volumes (excluding 2020) from the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) Traffic Mapping Application. The corridor has a level of service (LOS) C and a volume to capacity (V/C) ratio of 0.23. The corridor is under capacity for a two-lane roadway. All minor approaches at the intersections along Victoria Street are also under capacity based on the estimated peak hour volumes. Approaches with separate turn lanes increase the capacity, such as on County Road D and Woodhill Drive. Crash and Safety Analysis The most recent three-year (January 2017–December 2019) crash data for the corridor was extracted from MnDOT’s Crash Analysis Mapping Tool (MnCMAT2). Data from year 2020 was excluded in the analysis because of lower-than-normal traffic volumes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Crash data for each intersection along the corridor was analyzed, as well as all of Victoria Street. There were 17 reported crashes along the Victoria Street corridor during this period. The northern (County Road D to Cannon Avenue) and southern (County Road C to Owasso Boulevard) segments on Victoria Street have above average crash rates, however the crash rates are under the critical crash rate threshold 2. Victoria Street between Owasso Boulevard and County Road D was the only segment below the average crash rate. One fatality occurred in May of 2018. A driver going north on Victoria Street near Cannon Avenue veered off road and struck a retaining wall. No crashes involving a pedestrian or bicycle were reported along the corridor within the 2017-2019 time period. The only reported bicycle-related crash within the most recent 10-year period occurred in May of 2012 near Owasso Boulevard, where a vehicle was backing out of a driveway and struck another vehicle and bicycle traveling on Victoria Street. Four of the five intersections with reported crashes have higher crash rates than average (County Rd C, County Rd C2, County Rd D, and Arbogast St), but all are below the critical crash rate. No crashes involving a pedestrian/ bicycle were reported at any intersection along the corridor within the 2017-2019 period. Land Use, Parks and Schools The nearly two-mile-long portion of Victoria Street that is being studied is located in Shoreview and Roseville—both built out, suburban communities. Land uses along Victoria Street are largely single family residential, with some multi-family residential at the south end, including a retirement community, a nursing home and an assisted living facility. The City of Roseville’s Owasso Ballfields are located at the far southern end of the corridor on the west side of Victoria Street. Central Park North is also located at the south of the study corridor, directly across from Owasso Ballfields. Additional portions of Central Park are located on the south side of County Road C. Valley Park is located roughly one block east of Victoria Street along County Road D. Lake Josephine Park (Ramsey County) is several blocks west of the corridor between County Road C2 and Brenner Avenue. Lake Judy Park is located just west of Victoria Street along Arbogast Street in Shoreview. 2 Average crash rate is defined as the number of crashes per million vehicle miles traveled over a given period of time. Critical crash rate is calculated by weighting the average crash rate for similar segments in the state by existing traffic volumes.