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· Who would use the widened roadway (local or cut-through)? <br />· Where were Pleasanton drivers coming from or going to as they used the road? <br />· What was the purpose of the trip (work, school, shop, recreation, etc.)? <br />-· What impact did the roadway widening have on driving times and driving distances for <br /> local drivers? <br />· How did the roadway widening effect traffic volumes at 135 City intersections? <br />· How did the roadway widening effect cut-through traffic in Pleasanton? <br /> <br />The following is a summary of the traffic forecast model outputs. <br /> <br />Morning Peak Hour Dublin Canyon Road Users <br />At Buildout, morning peak hour traffic volumes would stay about the same on Dublin Canyon <br />Road (+/- 3 vehicles per hour) during the morning peak hour whether the roadway is widened or <br />remains at its current width. The morning peak hour volume is about 840 VPH, including about <br />240 (29%) cut-through vehicles. Most of this cut-through traffic is eastbound into the City. <br /> <br />The traffic model forecasts that if the roadway were not widened, the driving time for local <br />drivers on local roadways would stay about the same (+1 hour collectively) during the 7:30 to <br />8:30 AM peak hour. The traffic volume change is so minor that the additional driving time is <br />most likely due to the lower travel speeds associated with 2-lane roads versus 4-lane divided <br />roadways. Similarly, by removing the Dublin Canyon Road widening from the 1996 General <br />Plan Roadway Network, local drivers would drive about the same or less distance (-8 miles <br />collectively) along local City roadways to reach their destinations the 7:30 to 8:30 AM peak <br />hour. <br /> <br />The traffic model was run to forecast how traffic would change if the Dublin Canyon Road <br />widening were removed from the 1996 General Plan Roadway Network. The following two <br />tables summarize how morning peak hour driving time and distances decrease slightly for local <br />drivers when the widening is removed from the roadway network. <br /> <br />Cut-through traffic is listed separately by roadway type used and is not included in the trip <br />purpose totals. <br /> <br />SR 05:027 <br />Page 45 <br /> <br /> <br />