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The purpose of this study was to assess the street network and access management strategy currently employed by the City of Overland Park along the 135th Street corridor. It has been over ten years since the corridor, including the parallel access roads to the north and south, has been evaluated in a comprehensive manner. Prompted by recent actions in the City of Leawood and questions raised by property owners along the corridor within the City of Overland Park, a specific objective of this study was to determine if access restrictions should be relaxed to enhance traffic operations along intersecting thoroughfares and collector streets and increase access to abutting property owners. The analyses conducted in the course of this study provide mixed results from a traffic operations standpoint. On the one hand, movements along 135th Street are clearly impacted in a negative manner by significant changes to access on the corridor. On the other hand, more frequent access appears to lessen travel time and delay for other drivers in the 135th Street corridor network. These results for the 135th Street corridor are what would be expected with the current street network and access strategy. That is, more travel is necessary to access abutting properties in order to enhance through movements on the thoroughfare. It is recommended that the current access management strategy for the 135th Street corridor be affirmed and continued with the following two exceptions: 1. Allow a full-access, signalized intersection midway between U.S. 69 and Antioch Road. 2. Allow additional right-in access to abutting properties at the eighth-mile points where conditions indicate that it will provide a benefit and will operate properly.

English

20p

2000

Fourth National Access Management Conference

Appendices (1) ; Figures; Tables

Access; Access control (Transportation); Cities; Highway corridors; Right turns; Signalized intersections; Streets; Through traffic; Traffic delays; Travel time

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

Dec 31 2003 12:00AM

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