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<br />Page 8 <br /> <br />Improvement: At the intersection of Farm Hill Boulevard and Eden Bower Lane, the travel lanes were <br />narrowed along Farm Hill Boulevard. At the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Dover Road, the <br />number of travel lanes was reduced and the travel lanes were narrowed along Jefferson Avenue. <br />Measurement: Data was collected on the number of cars that yielded to people walking across the <br />street at two locations along Farm Hill Boulevard/Jefferson Avenue. To evaluate this, the traffic <br />consultants videotaped the intersection of Eden Bower Lane and Farm Hill Boulevard from 4:00 PM to <br />6:00 PM and the intersection of Dover Road and Jefferson Avenue from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The video <br />footage was analyzed to determine the percentage of drivers yielding to people trying to walk across <br />Farm Hill Boulevard/Jefferson Avenue. The yielding rate was calculated by taking the number of drivers <br />who yielded and dividing by the total number of drivers. <br /> <br />Outcome: Table 4 shows the results of the data collection and analysis. It should be noted that this <br />performance measure has a small sample size as noted by the number of people crossing the street <br />(n). <br /> <br />Table 4: Percent of Vehicles Yielding to Pedestrians Crossing Farm Hill Boulevard or <br />Jefferson Avenue <br />Location and Time of Day Pre-Pilot Post-Pilot <br />Farm Hill Boulevard at Eden Bower Lane <br />(4:00 PM – 6:00 PM) <br />4% <br />(n=9) <br />10% <br />(n=15) <br />Jefferson Avenue at Dover Road <br />(8:00 AM – 6:00 PM) <br />19% <br />(n=30) <br />25% <br />(n=18) <br />Source: Quality Traffic Data (May 27, 2015 and May 31 - June 1, 2016). <br />n= number of people crossing the street when vehicles present <br /> <br />After the pilot project, drivers yielded more often to people crossing the main street at both Eden Bower <br />Lane and Dover Road. Although not part of the project evaluation metrics, the number of people <br />crossing the street when vehicles were present increased at Eden Bower Lane. <br /> <br />The length of time a pedestrian waited to cross the main street at the same two intersections was <br />measured and is summarized in Table 5. It should be noted that this performance measure has a small <br />sample size as noted by the number of people crossing the street (n). Wait times went down at both <br />Eden Bower Lane and Dover Road. These data were again based on analysis of the video footage. <br /> <br />Table 5: Average Wait Time to Cross the Street (in seconds) <br />Location and Time of Day Pre-Pilot Post-Pilot <br />Farm Hill Boulevard at Eden Bower Lane <br />(4:00 PM – 6:00 PM) <br />6.0 s <br />(n=9) <br />1.3 s <br />(n=15) <br />Jefferson Avenue at Dover Road <br />(8:00 AM – 6:00 PM) <br />1.0 s <br />(n=30) <br />0.5 s <br />(n=18) <br />Source: Quality Traffic Data (May 27, 2015 and May 31 - June 1, 2016) <br />n= number of people crossing the street when vehicles present <br /> <br />8.A. - Page 19