The Real Traffic Story

Yes, traffic will change here — here’s the honest number
We know how frustrating the traffic already is at the Wendy’s light. Any new housing adds some cars to that area. An independent traffic engineer looked at EJ Crossing and found that, left unmanaged, the 163 units would generate up to 83 additional vehicle trips leaving and entering the site during the evening rush. That’s the honest starting point — and this land is already zoned for that many homes, so the real question isn’t whether new traffic shows up, it’s whether it shows up with a real plan to cut it down, or with none at all.

What we’re doing to cut that number down
Because every unit is tied to a valley employer, participating employers, it can put a transit pass in every lease, run a shuttle straight to the bus line, coordinate carpools among their own staff, and in some cases simply not allow certain employees to drive to work. Those aren’t suggestions residents might ignore — they’re built into how the community operates from day one and we’ll require every employer that houses employees her to adopt similar measures. Together, these steps are projected to cut those added trips by 15%, down to about 70.

A funded plan
This is a funded, engineered program — paid for entirely by Aspen One, not taxpayers — with sidewalks, bike stations, and shuttle service already budgeted, and yearly traffic counts to prove it’s working publicly. Many of these improvements, like the new sidewalks and shuttle service, will also benefit the neighborhoods around EJ Crossing, not just the residents inside it.

MM NOTE: Let’s lead with worst number (Wendy’s light) and then run through things that will get better, like total trips through that section of 82, total trips up to that point on 82, etc. 

MM NOTE/QUESTION: Regarding the point that the 83 peak trips can be reduced to 70 through TDMs, I would like to give context as to how many peak trips there are currently. What is the bigger number of peak trips that already exist that the EJ additions need to be compared to? IS it 70 new trips added to 4,000, 10,000?