july 20 2022 planning commission presentation
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Traffic and Growth Planning Commission Meeting July 20, 2022 Population Growth Long period of stable population… Substantial increase during 2000-2010:
+2,315 Modest increase during 2010-2020:
+530 Household Growth North Brook
• Between 2000 and 2010: +761
Heritage • Between 2010 and 2020: +278
• Between 2000 and 2020: +1,039
Providence Farms Symphony • Household Growth since 2000…primarily through Village construction of new houses in four developments.
2020 2019 2010 2000 The 2020 volumes are substantially lower than 2019, reflecting the impacts of the shutdowns related to the pandemic and are not used here.
Projections of Household Growth Tracks the 2000 to 2020 period Tracks the 2010 to 2020 period Assumes Fixed Share of County households (9.9%) Traffic Facts Vehicle Trips per day per household: 5 to 6 U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics Traffic Facts
• Trips by Purpose: 16.5% Work, 83.5% Non-Work
• Peak Hour Volumes – represent about 10% of Average Daily Volume
• By 2010, average American was making 4 more non-work trips each week than in 2000
• And increasingly making non-work trips during peak periods…adding to / causing congestion
• Nationally, in the AM Peak 44% of trips are non-work including: dropping off a person, shopping, and
going to school, the gym, and to medical appointments
• In the AM Peak only 56% of trips are for communing or work-related…comparable in PM
Traffic Facts
• Overall: traffic volumes in Centreville have increased
• Backups and delay are experienced in the weekday peak hour
• But the factors driving increases are varied:
• Increased households and thus more commuting and traffic is felt most during the peak hour, AM and
PM
• Overtime more people seem to be driving for non-work purposes during the peak periods
• The greatest increase in the Town traffic has occurred along MD 213, south of Downtown (especially
along the shopping center frontage)…not commuter driven.
• Otherwise, the growth in traffic has been quite modest
• Reasons for delays/backups during the peaks in Centreville: commercial signalized intersections, traffic
operations and turning movements and in Downtown parking and pedestrian crossings Traffic -- Future
• Long - term Inter-connectivity
• Distribution of future commercial space
• Better traffic operations during peak
periods Also important:
• Working from home is likely to be an
increasing part of the workforce
• Town design to promote walking
• Parking facility in Downtown
• APFO for roads