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Discussion: City-Wide Truck Study completed by GPD Group in the City of Hudson, Ohio.
Executive Summary: This study was initiated in the fall of 2013 to study the current volumes, speeds and other concerns of truck traffic on the major routes throughout the City of Hudson. A comparable study was completed in 1997 and the historical data was evaluated to provide perspective on the 2013 truck volumes.
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Legislative History
No prior legislative history exists on this study.
Purpose & Explanation
The current Truck Study was prepared at the request of the City Council and a resident due to concerns of truck traffic volume and travel speeds through the historical downtown area along with their potential impacts. The existing truck traffic volumes were collected and analyzed in an effort to identify any specific routes that may be experiencing higher than expected truck traffic within this area since the 1997 study.
The ADT (average daily traffic) volumes along the primary roadway segments within the City of Hudson vary from under 1,000 to over 20,000 vehicles per day with truck percentages ranging from 3% to 13%. The State Route 91 corridor was found to carry between 15,200 and 20,800 vehicles per day with truck percentages ranging from 4% to 7%, while the State Route 303 corridor carries between 8,500 to 19,600 vehicles per day with truck percentages ranging between 6% and 9%. In terms of the number of trucks, both routes carry relatively the same truck volume with the percentages along State Route 303 only being slightly higher due to the lower ADT volumes. Other routes experiencing higher truck percentages include Seasons Road and Boston Mills Road, which provide access to State Route 8 as well as Terex Road, Stow Road and Hudson Drive which are connected to the industrial areas located in the southern section of the City. When reviewing historic traffic volume data along State Route 303 and State Route 91, traffic volumes have remained rel...
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