2019-040 - Mainplace Mall Transformation

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City of Santa Ana Main Place Mall Transformation Project Traffic Impact Study Improvements along La Veta Avenue, including at the intersection of Main Street at La Veta Avenue. In addition, improvements planned as part of the Santa Ana Freeway Interstate 5 (1-5) High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Improvement Project between SR-55 to SR-57 will provide one additional HOV lane in each direction to provide additional HOV capacity and reduce freeway congestion. As a part of the HOV improvements, that project includes changes to the street system near the project site, including the removal of the southbound off -ramp and northbound on -ramp HOV structures at the intersection of Main Street at Edgewood Road. The HOV improvement study concluded that the project would result in the elimination of critical bottlenecks on the HOV network, thereby increasing HOV activity and facilitating HOV throughput. The project would result in a redistribution of local traffic through nearby streets and intersections. However, it would not substantially impact any of the analyzed intersections, and no locations would be negatively affected by elimination of the Main Street direct HOV ramps. Therefore, the HOV Lane Improvement Project is not expected to affect operations on Main Street. 4.3 Transit Service Public transit service in the project vicinity is provided by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The following OCTA bus stops are near the project site: on the east and west sides of Main Street, south of Main Place Drive/Town and Country Road, on the east side of Main Street, between City Place Drive and Memory Lane, and on the south side of Memory Lane, east of Main Street. The following discussion provides a brief description of the OCTA transit routes that operate on the arterials serving the project site. OCTA Route 53153X operates between the City of Anaheim and the City of Irvine via Main Street. Route 53 operates seven days a week, from approximately 4:00 AM to 11:45 PM, with 10- to 20-minute headways (the interval between bus arrivals) on weekdays, and 15- to 20-minute headways on weekends. Route 53X is an express weekday service that operates from approximately 5:50 AM to 7:15 PM, with 20- minute headways. Route 53X operates along Main Street between Katella Avenue and MacArthur Avenue, with limited stop locations; Main Place Mall is one of the stops for 53X. OCTA Route 54 operates between the City of Garden Grove and the City of Orange via Chapman Avenue. Route 54 operates seven days a week, from 4:45 AM to 11:40 PM on weekdays, 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Saturday, and 6:30 AM to 10:30 PM on Sundays and holidays with 15- to 30-minute headways. OCTA Route 56 operates between the City of Garden Grove and the City of Orange, traveling along La Veta Avenue in the project vicinity. Route 56 operates seven days a week, from 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM on weekdays, 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Saturday, and 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Sundays and holidays with 30- minute to one -hour headways on weekdays, and 70- to 90-minute headways on weekends. OCTA Route 83 operates between the City of Anaheim and the City of Laguna Hills, traveling along Main Street in the project vicinity. Route 83 operates seven days a week, from 4:45 AM to 12:55 AM on weekdays, with 20- to 25-minute headways; 5:40 AM to 11:58 PM on Saturday, and 5:30 AM to 11:15 PM on Sundays and holidays with 20-minute to 1-hour headways. Kimley>»Horn Page 116