14.REQUEST FOR ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL AT GLENHOLME AVENUE AND EARLSDALE AVENUE,
WARD 28, YORK-EGLINTON.
Commissioner of Operations Services, York Civic Service Centre
(May 8, 1998)
Purpose:
Councillor Joe Mihevc is requesting the feasibility of implementing an all-way stop control at the intersection of
Glenholme Avenue and Earlsdale Avenue.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
None required.
Recommendations:
That an all-way stop control is not warranted at the intersection of Glenholme Avenue and Earlsdale Avenue, and therefore
not recommended for installation;
Council Reference/Background History:
Works and Parks Committee at their meeting held on December 1, 1997, received a request from Councillor Joe Mihevc
dated October 20, 1997 (Appendix I), requesting a report on the feasibility of installing an all-way stop control at the
intersection of Glenholme Avenue and Earlsdale Avenue, wherein the Committee by motion instructed the Commissioner
Operations Services to report.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
The present geometric layout of the intersection is a AT@ type design.
Glenholme Avenue is classified as a local roadway under the City of York Official Plan, traversing between St. Clair
Avenue West and Eglinton Avenue West. Glenholme Avenue between St. Clair Avenue West and Rogers Road provides
one-way vehicular traffic flow in a northbound direction.
Earlsdale Avenue is classified as a local roadway under the City of York Official Plan, traversing between Glenholme
Avenue and Winona Drive. Earlsdale Avenue between Glenholme Avenue and Oakwood Avenue provides one-way
vehicular traffic flow in an eastbound direction.
Presently, the intersection is uncontrolled for northbound vehicular traffic on Glenholme Avenue. There is presently a
by-lawed and signed reduced speed limit of 40 km/h on both Glenholme and Earlsdale Avenues.
To ensure the overall effectiveness and safety of all-way stop conditions, established warrant criteria are utilized in
analyzing the eight (8) hour count data to determine if the warrants are justified.
In order for an intersection to be warranted for an all-way stop control, at least one of the five warrant criteria must be
fulfilled one hundred percent . A recent study at the intersection of Glenholme Avenue and Earlsdale Avenue yielded the
following results:
| Intersection Safety Stop Sign Criteria
|
Study
Results |
Warrant
Fulfilment |
| |
|
|
|
| (a) |
a total vehicle volume on all intersection
approaches exceeding 350 vehicles for the
highest one hour recorded; |
166 |
No |
| (b) |
a volume split of 70/25 or greater than 25%
for the minor street; |
100/0 |
No |
| (c) |
a combined vehicular and pedestrian volume
on the minor street exceeding 200 per hour
with an average pedestrian delay of 30
seconds or more; |
0 |
No |
| (d) |
average of 4 or more collisions per year for a
three year period subject to relief through
multi-way stop control |
0 |
No |
| (e) |
minimum traffic control signal warrants are
satisfied but cannot be implemented
immediately |
0 |
No |
Conclusions:
Based on the study results, an all-way stop control is not warranted at the intersection of Glenholme Avenue and Earlsdale
Avenue and is therefore not recommended.
Contact Name:
Stephen C. Brown
Manager, Traffic/Parking
394-2655
394-2888 (fax)
(A copy of Appendix 1, referred to in the foregoing report, was forwarded to all Members of Council with the agenda of
the York Community Council meeting of May 27, 1998, and a copy thereof is on file in the Clerk's Department, York Civic
Service Centre.)
