1. City of Charlottesville
Neighborhood Development Services
Engineering Division

2. Traffic Calming

3. Fifeville Neighborhood 2004-2007 Capital Improvement Projects (CIP)
Lighting – Burned out street lights have been repaired. New streetlights along Orangedale Avenue and 9th Street do not have sufficient resident support to install.
Traffic calming on Nalle Street
Sidewalks on Cherry Avenue – Insufficient resident support.

4. Traffic Calming Process
Receive/review request
Collect data
Perform engineering evaluation
Present options to neighborhood
Ballot impacted owners (Final vote – 50% must respond, 2/3 must support)
Implement features/devices

5. Traffic Calming Overview
Separated into two groups based upon intent of main impact
Speed control measures – address speeding
Volume control measures – address cut-through traffic

6. Speed Control Measures
Speed hump
Raised crosswalk
Chicane
Choker (Bulb-Out)

7. Raised Crosswalks

8. Chicane

9. Choker (Bulb-Out)

10. Volume Control Measures
Full closure
Half closure
Diagonal diverter

11. Full Closure

12. Half Closure

13. Diagonal Diverter

14. Traffic Calming Considerations
Emergency response – will it increase response time?
Adjacent streets – careful not to ‘shift’ problem
Maintenance – snow removal, long term costs
Noise – Worst after initial installation

15. Nalle Street Engineering evaluation performed April 2005
85th percentile speed = 26 mph
Average daily traffic volume approximately 500 vehicles/day
Data did not support need for speed humps

16. Nalle Street Engineering evaluation performed April 2006
85th percentile speed = 25 mph
Average daily traffic volume approximately 425 vehicles/day
Data does not support need for speed humps

17. Nalle Street
Propose to stagger parking along both sides of ONE-WAY street.
Will impact seven (7) parking spaces for transition areas
Will require ballot of impacted residents

18. 7 1/2 Street Engineering evaluation performed October 2005
Road width 20’ +/-
Parking along one side
Two parallel roads to east have same widths/parking but are ONE-WAY
Cut through traffic to/from Cherry Avenue & West Main Street?
Vehicles observed driving on sidewalk to pass

19. 7 1/2 Street
Propose to ONE-WAY section of 7 ½ Street from King Street to Nalle Street
Direction proposed is SOUTHBOUND
Addresses ‘south to north’ cut-through
Need emergency response support (Police and Fire)
Need residents support
Results sent to City Council with engineering recommendation for ONE-WAY designation

20. Meeting Goals with respect to Traffic Issues
Yes/No to ballot Nalle Street for parking shift
Yes/No to ballot 7 ½ Street for ONE-WAY (Due to safety concerns may be obligated to recommend to City Council without neighborhood ballot results. If neighborhood supports measure, it will add weight to recommendation for ONE-WAY.)

21. New Traffic (or Other) Projects
No funding available for new projects not in current CIP program.
Planning Commission and City Council will approve new CIP program to start in July 2007.
New program will prioritize projects based on neighborhood support as one important consideration.
Funding will be available for larger projects; limited in number.

22. 1998 Traffic Plan Not included in most recent CIP priorities.
Resubmit as specific project(s) with adequate resident support under new CIP program.

23. Drainage Concern
City staff was advised to contact neighborhood resident. Contact made. They could not recall issue.
Agenda indicates 7th Street Water problems.
Need additional information to adequately assess issue; incl. contact name/number?

24. Union Station Lot
Determined to be an existing non-conforming use as a surface parking lot.
Ordinance that requires paved parking lots was passed after parking lot in existence/use.
Site plan to pave parking lot not approved because of inaction by applicant.
City requests dust control as courtesy by lot owner – cannot require.

25. SUMMARY - Meeting Goals with respect to Traffic Issues
Yes/No to ballot Nalle Street for parking shift
Yes/No to ballot 7 ½ Street for ONE-WAY
Thank you

26. QUESTIONS?