PREFACE
The 2004 Roadway Level of Service Report is a comprehensive listing of major roadways and their operating conditions, and provides the current levels of service of roadways based upon recent traffic counts. This report uses the level of service (LOS) standards from the Transportation Element of the adopted Comprehensive Plan and has been generated using the current guidelines of the FDOT Level of Service (LOS) Generalized Tables and Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). Roadways included in this inventory are arterials and collectors as defined in the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan. The adopted Transportation Element also includes new LOS standards, which, in effect, gives roadway capacity credit for the existing transit services. There are roads located in unincorporated Hillsborough County that are not regulated according to the inventory. Those roads in the unincorporated areas are part of the Concurrency Management System and are subject to the requirements for public facilities identified in the Hillsborough County Land Development Code. This report makes extensive use of statewide default values and is intended for generalized analysis and initial problem identification. It should only be used as a guide and reference, and should be supplemented with a more detailed study to more accurately determine LOS for use in concurrency analyses. As new information becomes available, this report will be updated. Determining Available Roadway Capacity - The County’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance requires that there be sufficient roadway capacity to accommodate development before approvals are issued. The Hillsborough County Roadway Level of Service Report will be used to determine initial highway capacities. The report does not account for trips from projects that have received certificates of capacities, but have yet to receive their certificates of occupancy. These trips are considered to be reserved on the roadway network. In order to determine available capacity, the Transportation Division tracks all reserved trips. This report consists of County Roads, State Roads, and Appendices A and B: County Roads: Provides the LOS for all of the major roadways within Unincorporated Hillsborough County as well as county-maintained roadways located in the cities of Tampa, Plant City, and Temple Terrace.
State Roads:
Provides LOS for all roadways that are part of the State Highway System.
Appendices:
Appendix A - Legend of Variables Used in the Roadway Level of Service Report Appendix B – Definition of Level of Service (LOS)
Any questions regarding this report, generated capacities, LOS or other data as presented should be directed to the Transportation Division of the Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Management Department. The user is encouraged to obtain and review a detailed printout of the Roadway Technical Memorandum by visiting http://hillsboroughcounty.org/pgm/publications.html. It is also recommended that users check the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) Generalized LOS Tables as defined in the 2000 edition of FDOT's LOS Handbook and the Highway Capacity Manual. The Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO); Hillsborough County Public Works Department, Traffic Section; the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and others assisted in the production of this report.
2004 Roadway LOS Report
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September 2004
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