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Buc-ee’s Phase 2 – Efland, NC <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />3.0 Traffic Generation <br /> <br />The traffic generation potential of the proposed development was determined using the traffic <br />generation rates and equations published in ITE Trip Generation (Institute of Transportation <br />Engineers, Tenth Edition, 2017) with one exception discussed below. As currently envisioned, <br />phase 2 of the proposed development is assumed to include a 120-room hotel, 8,000 square feet <br />(SF) of medical office space, 30,000 SF of specialty retail space, a 3,500 SF drive-in bank, 12,000 <br />SF of fast casual restaurant space, and 20,000 SF of high-turnover sit-down restaurant space. The <br />proposed retail space is allocated over several tracts and is envisioned to be support retail. It is not <br />expected to include a significant anchor tenant such as a grocery store and may include a mixture <br />of office tenants. As a result, and due to the small size, we find that the Specialty Retail land use <br />category from the Ninth Edition of the ITE Trip Generation better models the anticipate traffic <br />impact of those land uses. Table 3.0 summarizes the estimated traffic generation for Phase 2 of <br />the proposed project. <br /> <br />Table 3.0 <br />ITE Traffic Generation (Vehicles) <br />Phase 2 – Buc-ee’s – West Orange County <br />Land <br />Use <br />Code <br />Land Use Intensity AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour <br />In Out In Out <br />110 General Light Industrial 150,000 s.f. 53 7 6 43 <br />310 Hotel 120 rooms 32 23 33 31 <br />720 Medical Office Building 8,000 s.f. 19 5 8 21 <br />826 Specialty Retail 30,000 s.f. 16 10 41 52 <br />912 Drive-In Bank 3,500 s.f. 19 14 36 36 <br />930 Fast Casual Restaurant 12,000 s.f. 17 8 94 76 <br />932 High-Turnover Sit-Down <br />Restaurant 20,000 s.f. 109 90 121 74 <br />Phase 2 Gross Trips Subtotal 265 157 339 333 <br />Total Internal Capture (Phase 1 + Phase 2) 109 109 181 181 <br />Phase 2 Pass-by Traffic 4 3 52 39 <br />Phase 2 Net New External Trips 152 45 106 113 <br /> <br />Table 3.0 shows that the proposed development has the potential to generate 197 net new AM <br />peak hour trips and 219 net new PM peak hour trips on a typical weekday. <br /> <br />Internally captured trips are trips that begin and end on the project site and do not access the <br />external roadway network. ITE capture rates published in the Trip Generation Handbook (Third <br />Edition, 2014) indicate that the internal capture between the proposed land uses will be <br />452