AgdaPkt 2016-01-25 Closed and Interview and Joint SA PFA

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13 | Page Percent of Vehicles Traveling above the Posted Speed Limit As shown in Table 12, Farm Hill Boulevard between Eden Bower and Lonesome Pine had over 88 percent of vehicles traveling over the speed limit in the westbound direction and 96 percent in the eastbound direction prior to the start of the pilot. During the pilot, the percentage of cars traveling over the speed limit in this section went down by 13 percent in the westbound direction (uphill) and by 6 percent in the eastbound direction (downhill). Farm Hill, between McGarvey to Jefferson saw the largest reductions in the share of vehicles exceeding the speed limit. Going towards I-280, the percent of vehicles exceeding the speed limit went down by 68 percent, from 49 percent to 16 percent. There was a similar result going towards downtown, the percent of vehicles exceeding the speed limit went down by 62 percent, from 32 percent to 12 percent. On Jefferson, between Highland to Alameda de las Pulgas, large percentages of vehicles traveled above the speed limit before the start of the pilot – 72 percent towards I-280 and 68 percent towards downtown. During the pilot, the percentage of speeding dropped by 10 percent in both directions. Table 12 Percent of Vehicles Traveling Over the Speed Limit Segment Speed Limit (mph) % of vehicles traveling over speed limit Towards I-280 Towards Downtown Pre- Pilot During Pilot Absolute Change Percent Change Pre- Pilot During Pilot Absolute Change Percent Change Farm Hill Boulevard: Eden Bower - Lonesome Pine 35 88.0% 76.8% -11.2% -12.7% 96.0% 89.9% -6.1% -6.4% Farm Hill Boulevard: McGarvey - Jefferson 35 49.4% 15.9% -33.5% -67.8% 31.5% 11.9% -19.6% -62.2% Jefferson: Highland to Alameda de las Pulgas 30 71.8% 62.1% -9.7% -13.5% 67.8% 57.3% -10.5% -15.5% Source: Quality Traffic Data (May 26-28, 2015 and October 20-22, 2015) 8.A. - Page 24