Product No.: 08053
Date Published: 01/2008
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This document represents the findings and recommendations for the Mercer County Congestion and Crash Site Analysis project. This project represents an effort to improve the mobility and safety of the roadways in the DVRPC region. The goal of the program is to identify cost effective improvement strategies which will reduce congestion and crashes and improve the mobility and safety of all road users. Working with the Mercer County Planning and Engineering Departments, the intersection of North Olden Avenue (CR 622) and Parkside Avenue (CR 636) was chosen for analysis. This intersection was identified as having congestion and safety issues. An in-depth crash and level of service analysis was performed to quantify and gain an understanding of the issues. With input from local stakeholders improvement strategies were identified to address the issues. These strategies vary from signal timing adjustments, intersection geometry and circulation changes to a road diet application. As appropriate, proposed improvement strategies were tested for level of effectiveness.Geographic Area Covered: Signalized intersection of North Olden Avenue (CR 622) and Parkside Avenue (CR 636) and its environs in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey; and the section of Parkside Avenue from Buttonwood Road to Pennington Road.
Key Words: Congestion, level of service, intersection, safety, fatalities, injuries, crashes, crash types, statewide, strategies, signalized, traffic signal, pedestrian, actions, roadway, driveway, goal, objectives, potential, deficiency, scenario, bicycle, pedestrians, turning movements, average annual daily traffic volumes, peak hour, exclusive, approach, circulation, left turn, access, road diet, two-way center left turn lane, all red phase, refuge, curb ramps.
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- Kevin S. Murphy (kmurphy@dvrpc.org)
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