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Page 3 <br />Complete Streets Evaluation – Hesperian Blvd November 9, 2018 <br />The study area includes the following signalized intersections: <br />1.Hesperian Boulevard and Fairmont Drive, <br />2.Hesperian Boulevard and Bayfair Drive, <br />3.Hesperian Boulevard and Thornally Drive, <br />4.Hesperian Boulevard and Drew Street, and <br />5.Hesperian Boulevard and Springlake Drive. <br />EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS <br />Level of Service Standards <br />The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) has established a <br />Congestion Management Program (CMP) for roadways within Alameda County. Under this <br />CMP network, Hesperian Boulevard is classified as a Principal Arterial (CMP Tier 1 roadway) <br />and thus its performance is monitored by the Alameda CTC. As such, LOS along the corridor <br />shall be maintained at LOS E or better, unless already operating at LOS F. <br />The City of San Leandro has adopted complete streets policies and a transit-oriented <br />development strategy. As such, automobile LOS is no longer required to be kept above a <br />specific delay threshold on roadways in the local jurisdiction. <br />For this study, the Alameda CTC guidelines for performance standards were used. <br />Existing Conditions Operational Analysis <br />Existing traffic operations at the five study intersections and along the corridor were assessed <br />using Synchro software. ADT counts and turn movement counts, including pedestrians and <br />bicycles, were provided by the City of San Leandro. DKS conducted a field visit on March 22, <br />2018 to verify the existing network configuration. The AM and PM peak hour counts as well as <br />roadway and intersection geometry for all five signalized intersections are illustrated in Figure <br />2. <br />DKS evaluated the existing network performance without the project for two scenarios – with <br />the current signal timing and with optimized signal timing (i.e., optimized splits and offsets, <br />removal of maximum recall on some phases). As shown in Table 1, for the current signal timing <br />all the study intersections currently operate at an acceptable LOS during the AM and PM peak <br />periods, except for Hesperian Boulevard and Thornally Drive, which currently operate at LOS F <br />during the AM peak period. The detailed reports from Synchro are included in Appendix 1. <br />After optimizing the timing, all intersections are expected to perform at an acceptable LOS. Note <br />that the optimized timings were calculated using a method focusing on the five study <br />intersections alone and do not account for corridor operations beyond the study segment. <br />Therefore, we did not change the cycle lengths for the existing optimized scenario. The <br />calculated timings are not recommended timings for the network but rather optimized timings <br />for the purpose of making an accurate comparison between the existing conditions and the plus <br />project conditions. <br />476