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Traffic study finds higher volumes on East Sixth Street; council to post full report
Summary
A consultant presented a traffic study of Sixth Street showing highest traffic volumes between Broad Street and Cedar and 85th-percentile speeds higher on the East Side; the borough will publish the full study and consider follow-up counts and targeted calming measures.
A traffic consultant from Grove Miller summarized a study of Sixth Street at the Lititz Borough Council meeting on Aug. 25, 2025, finding the highest vehicle volumes on the stretch between Broad Street and Cedar and somewhat higher speeds on the east side of town.
The study covered Sixth Street from West Orange Street to Kissel Hill Road and used automated road-tube counts at four locations over seven consecutive days in December 2024. “The study is about 20 pages in text and about 90 pages in data,” Jay, the Grove Miller consultant, told council. He said traffic volumes measured near West Orange were about 600 vehicles per day, rose to about 4,000 vehicles per day near Broad Street, peaked at roughly 5,400 vehicles per day in the short section between Broad and Cedar, and fell to about 3,800 vehicles per day east of Cedar.
Why it matters: the study gives the borough a baseline now that Sixth Street is fully connected through the roadway project. That baseline will be used to…
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