withdrivewaysonCrestaDeRutaStreet,becausethereisaseparaterouteavailableto <br />them”. <br />AccordingtoSaberian(p.22of30), <br />"Thistypeofapproachandlogicraisesfundamentalquestionsaboutthevalidityofthe <br />reportasajustificationfortheproposeddevelopment’smeetingsafetystandards.Ifthe <br />datacollectedisnotreliable,thenhowcanoneconcludetherearenosafetyproblems <br />noworinthefuture.IfcommonandacceptedTrafficEngineeringPracticeswereused, <br />betterandmorereliableconclusionscouldhavebeenreached.” <br />(2)Theincreasedtrafficresultingfromthedevelopmentwillcontributetotraffic <br />problems... <br />TheApplication(p.46of67)positsthattheinherentlydangerousaspectsoftheaccessroutes, <br />steepness,narrowcorners,pedestriansandcyclistsontheroad,actuallyserveas“trafficcalming <br />measures.”TheCommitteewillrefrainfrommakingadarkjokeaboutthepossibilityof <br />pedestriansorcyclistsservingasspeedbumpswiththeincreasedtrafficandactuallyslowingit <br />down.Instead,wewillnotethatwhatmakesthecurrent,verydangeroussituationofvehicles, <br />pedestrians,andcyclistsallsharingthesamedangerous,sidewalk-freeroutesevenviableisthe <br />lowvolumeoftraffic. <br />Saberianstates(p.23of30):"ThiscontradictsEC9.8320(5)(b)and9.8320(6)whichrequiresthat <br />thePUDanditsoccupancydonotcreatesignificantrisktopedestrians." <br />TheApplicationstates(p.46of67):“Whiletherewillalwaysbedriversthattestthelimitsof <br />safety,itisthedriverthatmakestheroadunsafe–nottheroaditself.” <br />Itistruethereareunsafedrivers,butitisalsotruethatthereareunsaferoads,roadconditions, <br />andtrafficsituations.TheApplicationappearstorepresentacavalierattitudetowardthese <br />realities,andtheproposedPUDmakesthemworsebyaddingmoretraffictoanalreadyunsafe <br />situation. <br />ItisthefirmpositionoftheCHPUDResponseCommitteethattheincreasedtrafficresulting <br />fromthedevelopmentwillcontributetodangeroustrafficproblemsinthearea.Duetothe <br />existenceofthiscondition,aTrafficImpactAnalysisshouldclearlyberequired.Theincreased <br />trafficresultingfromthedevelopmentwillcreateathreattohealthandpublicsafetyforvehicles, <br />pedestrians,cyclists,andanyoneelseusingtheaccessroutestotheproposeddevelopment. <br />TheCapitalHillPUDApplicationdoesnotsatisfyEC9.6870andthereforefailsCriterion5 <br />andshouldbedenied. <br />70 <br /> <br />