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Clomprfill fmisivc F tan Transportation Elea eint To prcamcate eecanomie cevellcapni improve air quality, and improve mobility for all cifl its cillizuns, thea county should adopt thea highest flcassiblea luveal of serv:icie that is practical given 1he existing) cond:ilions on thea roadway rutwork. S.iricae ]large pcanions of thea sNsteam aalreacy operalle at Nevelt of sarviau "DI" arc since there is weary l:itt:lea pereeaptuall diffcareancei tatwecar "C" arc "DI" on several cllassfifications of roadways, thea county shou:lc nat attempt lca ra.isei its owiral:l leveil of survi cu star is and l a "C ". a Rcaadway Levells of 9erv:ice In Indian River County), acanstrdeliori 's undeirway car saheidulead to begin shcarl ly on a numiler of major roac projeicats, inclludirig w'curii on CR `.112; Osla Raad; 601 Avenue; SR 60; and U91. Whcr acampletei, those prcajects will foreistai.H any additional LOS deficiencies on chose rcaads through thea near Term. Theisu eapacaityl :inareasus were made possible by a substalntiall 'riarema in tilaffie impact flies imposec iri 2004, by exlensiori of the ]I tient ]auall oplion sa eis taxi, aric by publ:ia/flrivale aoordination in corislruacting transportatian improvements. Thea ccaurity has riot, haweaver, imposed atheir transportation aiever Liu scaurues, such as thea BLM9 fvu aerit local optican gas talx. Over tliu past decade, demand excaeeic ing supp.]N alcare docas ricat auecaunt for all of thea decareaseis in LOS in the uount)I Witt thea publieaf an of the (2402)L2009) FDIOTI Qualit)I aric Laval-c&9carvicae Handbook, Leveil-of�Scrvieu caapaciticas 'n the glencaialized ta'blles cucreasec for nearly all dlassificaations ofl roadways. Whiles many ofl the eapacailies increasec iri the aatust (2099)L3012) MOT handbcacak, thea ovcaial talend remiairis lower. For example, thea peak hcauai d:iaiuctiorial capacity at LOS "DI" for a 4 -]aria rcaadway with between 2 and 4._`I signalls)lmile dropped from 1,890 veWeleE in the 1.998 h..nabeek 1 j Al veli iclles in the 2(l(SI ham took to 477W 1630 vehi c:leis'n thea 2889-2012 handbook. Bueausu tli u glunerali zec tablas arc 11 he Iasis cif mast of the tour ty's LOS capacity deturm inalions, :lawear uapacity volumes reasu It iri lcaweir ]levels oflserviue at 1he same talaffic volume. Eleispitei thea taiend tcawarc Mower luveas-of-scarviicu, ria roacway segmeints in uniricaorporated Indian Riveir Ccaurity actdady excaeec their adoflted LOS stalndarc. Wf ilea several rcaadway seigmieints exceed Leval of Sarviicu "DI", tf casea rcaadways are with'r tf air adapted staric ard. Tlhat is because the ccaunty lowered the level of semicu standard to "D-+30%" on portions of tf asei aicaadways. Reifereinm id Figure 4.2.2. -Tthosei roac ways are 431`d Avenue and 37th Avenue in south Indian River Couriq. Itis anlieipaled that this reduction :in the accaflted ]evil-caflservicae stalndarc with be a temporary measure unti 1 those roac ways can I e wi deneid or alltematea rcaad. capaci ttprovic .e:d. !gLety Ori a regullar Iasis, thea ccaurty examiricas its crash recaords tca identif)l thosei :lacaticans with high crash occLrrencaes. Do county also seieks oppcartunilicas to improve saftity in frlture roadwa) projects and routinelly exam'ries exisling tilaval acancitions in order to improvei deficiencies that may riot yet be ref eeted in crash stalt'sllias. As a result, bcalh tliu crash rate flex capita' (012) and 1he carash rate per vehicle mines talaveilec (1 per 2,800 VMT) have rumaincac ccanstiril over time in Indian Rlver Count)I. WW]c this doeis not iric icatc 'mprovac safcaty, i t c taus indicate that safety is not gletlling wcarsu. This is significant in a climate ofIincreasing acangestion arc population grcawth. BueaLisc the pcaieeritagu of Can a unity Mveilopment Departs Emit Indian Pliven County 14 APHENEllX A — Tlransportalion Amundmenls