annual basis Blue Water Bridge = 2500-3000
-
Detroit-Windsor Ferry = 10,400
to
13,000
Assume that if restrictions on Class 3 and Class 8 hazardous materials on the Ambassador Bridge are lifted, 50% of hazardous materials traffic at Blue Water Bridge and Detroit-Windsor Ferry would use the Ambassador Bridge. The chart below calculates the number of new hazardous material crossings at the Ambassador Bridge based off of the foregoing estimates.
Calculate decrease in
mileage driven on US roads based
67.7 miles from Ambassador
-
0 1250 (low estimate) x 0 1500 (high estimate) x
67.7
67.7 = 101,550 miles
foregoing assumptions:
67.7 miles from Ambassador
to Blue Water
Bridge
Bridge
84,625 miles
=
=
on Calculate decrease in
mileage though Delray neighborhood based
-
2.7 miles from l-75 to the Detroit-Windsor Truck 0 5200 (low estimate) x 2.7 = 14,040 miles
Ferry
0 6500 (high estimate) x 2.7
=
17,550 miles Total decrease
in
mileage driven:
Low: 84,625 miles + 14,040 miles = 98,665
-
High: 101,550 miles + 17,550 miles = 119,100