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Community Transit — Merrill Creek Facility Renovation — Transportation Analysis heffron transportation inc Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its influences on work patterns and reductions in commute traffic, the new counts were compared to historical daily and PM peak hour counts available from Snohomish County and the City of Everett. A 48-hour machine count was performed by Snohomish County on Hardeson Road south of Merrill Creek Parkway on April 17 and 18, 2018. Figure 5 shows that 2018 traffic volumes on Hardeson Road follow the traditional commuter patterns where volumes have a peak in the morning, a higher afternoon peak, with lower volumes midday. The volumes counted on Hardeson Road just north of the MCOB from 4:00 to 5:00 P.m. in October 2020 were about 8% lower than the volume during the same time in April 2018. The new 2020 counts were also compared to PM peak period turning movement counts performed by the City of Everett at the Hardeson Road / Merrill Creek Parkway intersection on October 24, 2018. The October 2020 volume north of MCOB was about 12% lower than the October 2018 count at Merrill Creek Parkway access. These results are consistent with comparison of other recent counts in the region that have shown 2020 PM peak hour volumes are about 10% lower than pre -pandemic conditions. Figure 5. Traffic Volumes on Hardeson Road south of Merrill Creek Parkway — April 2018 600 500 2 400 K 1! 300 tE u 200 100 Total — —Northbound ---Southbound /0000� ♦�. 0 P'I, P%- P'3�. P%- P'%- P'%- P't, P%- P%- P�- P�. eQ% cp �cP ti� ,�cP o ,��' �o� �o� �o� �o� o� ,pop p p o� op op zP cP cP oP cP cp cP .`� .� .� n a 6- 6. A- e- Qh. moo. .� Time of Day(hour begin) Source: Average weekday volumes from counts performed by Snohomish County on Hardeson Road south of Merrill Creek Parkway, April 17-18, 2018. CT Merrill Creek Facility Traffic The existing site has three main components that generate traffic on the local roadway network. Most trips are generated by the transit buses that are dispatched daily for service throughout the region and their operators (bus drivers). Bus operators typically arrive at the base very early in the morning and most buses leave the base prior to the morning commute hours to begin commuter routes. A portion of those buses (such as those that do not provide all -day service) return to the site midday before leaving again for afternoon service. Buses return to the base in the evening after daily service is complete. Buses are cleaned and serviced overnight and prepared for next -day service. Typical traffic patterns for transit bases reflect bus and shuttle operators arriving in personally -owned vehicles (POVs) between 4:00 and 6:00 A.M., some arriving and departing midday between 1:00 and 3:00 P.M., and most departing after 7:00 P.M. Some of the December 9, 2020 1 9