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Page 17 Table 13: 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 Post- Pilot Change Pre- Pilot Post- Pilot Change Farm Hill Boulevard: Eden Bower Ln- Lonesome Pine Rd 35 88% 77% -11% 96% 93% -3% Farm Hill Boulevard: McGarvey Ave- Jefferson Ave 35 49% 18% -31% 32% 7% -25% Jefferson Ave: Highland Ave to Alameda de las Pulgas 30 72% 43% -29% 68% 46% -22% Source: Quality Traffic Data (May 26‐28, 2015 and May 31-June 2, 2016). Farm Hill Boulevard, between McGarvey Avenue to Jefferson Avenue saw the largest reductions in the percentage of vehicles exceeding the speed limit. Going towards I‐280, the percent of vehicles exceeding the speed limit decreased from 49 percent to 18 percent. There was a similar trend going towards downtown, with the percent of vehicles exceeding the speed limit decreasing from 32 percent to 7 percent. On Jefferson Avenue, between Highland Avenue to Alameda de las Pulgas, high percentages of vehicles traveled above the speed limit before the start of the pilot – 72 percent towards I‐280 and 68 percent towards downtown. After the pilot, the percentage of speeding decreased by 29 percent going towards I-280 and 22 percent going towards downtown. These results are consistent with the roadway improvements implemented. Vehicle speeds in a single lane are set by the speed of the prudent driver. Narrower lanes force drivers to reduce travel speeds to stay within the lane markings, thereby reducing travel speeds. Percent of Vehicles Traveling more than 10 mph over the Speed Limit Top‐end speeding is the percent of drivers traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. The speed limit on Jefferson Avenue is 30 miles per hour and on Farm Hill Boulevard it is 35 miles per hour. Table 14 shows the comparison of the percent of vehicles traveling 10 or more miles per hour between the Pre-Pilot and Post-Pilot. Prior to the pilot project, between Eden Bower Lane and Lonesome Pine Road, 21 percent of drivers in the westbound (going uphill towards I‐280) direction and 32 percent in the eastbound (going downhill towards downtown) direction exceeded the speed limit by at least 10 mph. After the pilot, these numbers decreased by 13 percent in the westbound direction and by 17 percent in the eastbound direction. The other segments of Farm Hill Boulevard slightly decreased in the share of vehicles exceeding the speed limit by greater than 10 mph. 8.A. - Page 28