North Carolina Department of Transportation Statewide Planning Branch Small Urban Planning Unit msmammm HI MOUNT 0LM August, 1994 THOROUGHFARE PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF MOUNT OLIVE Prepared by the: Statewide Planning Branch Division of Highways North Carolina Department of Transportation In Cooperation with: The Town of Mount Olive The Federal Highway Administration U. S. Department of Transportation April, 1994 N.C. DOCUMENTS CLF' CHOUSE SEP 28 1994 N.C. STATE LfBRARY RALEIGH p Wesl ^MytW^^i E. r%^P£*^i^i Small U t Head 0,l«lll,lll»»»° ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Persons responsible for this report: Project Engineer: S. W. Walston, E.I.T. Small Urban Planning Unit Head: W. 0. Stafford, P.E. Manager Statewide Planning Branch: M. R. Poole, Ph.D., P Engineering Technician: J. P. Galloway, E.I.T 100 copies of this document were printed at a cost of $379.00, or $3.79 per copy (GS. 143-170.1). Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from State Library of North Carolina http://www.archive.org/details/thoroughfareplan1994mount TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1 . INTRODUCTION 1-1 2. RECOMMENDED THOROUGHFARE PLAN II-l Updated Thoroughfare Plan Recommendations II-l Major Thoroughfare System II-2 Bypass System II-2 Crosstown System II-3 Radial Streets II-4 Minor Thoroughfare System II-4 Traffic Operations II-5 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN I II-l State-Municipal Adoption of the Thoroughfare Plan I II-l Subdivision Controls III-l Land Use Controls III-l Development Reviews III-2 Funding Sources III-2 Capital Improvements Program III-2 Transportation Improvement Program III-2 Industrial Access Funds III-3 Small Urban Funds III-3 The North Carolina Highway Trust Fund Law III-3 Construction Priorities and Cost Estimates III-5 4. TRAVEL DEFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF EXISTING SYSTEM.... IV-1 Existing Travel Patterns IV-1 Traffic Accidents IV-5 1992 Traffic Capacity Analysis IV-6 No Build Alternative IV-6 5 . POPULATION, LAND USE, AND TRAFFIC V-l Factors Affecting Transportation V-l Population V-l Economy and Employment V-2 Land Use V-3 6 . ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS VI-1 Wetlands VI-1 Threatened and Endangered Species VI-5 Historic Sites VI-5 TRAFFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT VII-1 Study Area VII-1 Base Year Network VII-1 Data Requirements VII-5 Commercial Vehicles VII-6 Trip Generation VII-6 Internal Trip Distribution VII-7 Model Calibration VII-8 Accuracy Checks VII-8 Data Projections to the Design Year VII-9 Peculiarities of the Mount Olive Model VII-10 Secondary Non-Homed Based Trip Development VII-17 THOROUGHFARE PLANNING PRINCIPLES VTII-1 Benefits of Thoroughfare Planning VIII-1 Thoroughfare Classification Systems VIII-1 Idealized Major Thoroughfare System VIII-2 Objectives of Thoroughfare Planning VIII-3 Operational Efficiency VIII-4 System Efficiency VIII-5 APPENDIX A Street Tabulation A-l APPENDIX B Typical Cross Sections B-l APPENDIX C Recommended Subdivision Ordinances C-l APPENDIX D Planning Area Housing and Employment Data D-l APPENDIX E 1983 Thoroughfare Plan E-l