SCHANTZ AVENUE AT OAKWOOD AVENUE

This four-leg intersection is analyzed assuming 1 lane on the major street approach (Oakwood Avenue) and 1 through lane on the minor street approach (Schantz Avenue), resulting in the following:

Warrant #1. The minimum threshold for vehicles per hour on the higher volume, minor side street single lane approach is 120 vehicles when evaluating the combo warrant #1 at condition A and 60 vehicles at condition B. Only 5 hours meet the major street volumes for the combination warrant condition B, while there are no hours that meet the minor street volumes. Warrant #1 is NOT satisfied.

Warrant #2. Plotting the four highest volume-pairs as described in the methodology section on top of OMUTCD Figure 4C-2 (Figure 15A) results in the following:

FIGURE 15A: SCHANTZ AVENUE AT OAKWOOD AVENUE WARRANT #2 (70% FACTOR)
FIGURE 15A: SCHANTZ AVENUE AT OAKWOOD AVENUE WARRANT #2 (70% FACTOR) - Figure 4C-2 Warrant 2 Four Hour Vehicular Volume (70% Factor)

One out of the four highest volume-pairs exceeded the thresholds of warrant #2. Adjusting the minor street volumes by 11% with respect to the established COVID factor for Montgomery County by ODOT does not exceed the minimum warrant thresholds. Warrant #2 is NOT satisfied.

Warrant #3. Plotting the highest volume-pair as described in the methodology section on top of OMUTCD Figure 4C-4 (Figure 15B) resulted in the volume pair falling short of the warrant #3 threshold using the 70% factor. For Figure 4C-4, a minimum required peak hour traffic volume for the side street is 199 vehicles when 134 were actually present. Adjusting for COVID, the 11% increase to 149 vehicles still falls short for Warrant #3. Warrant #3 is NOT satisfied.