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<br />Page 29 <br /> <br />inability to capture respondents for each of the different transportation modes (i.e. pedestrians, <br />bicyclists, transit users, and drivers). <br /> <br />OBJECTIVE 11: <br />Increase feelings of comfort and safety for all roadway users <br />Why: Farm Hill Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue serve important roles within the community and <br />neighborhood – both connecting people to regional destinations (jobs outside the city, airports, etc.) <br />and to local ones (park, places of worship, neighbors, etc.) – and people should feel safe using it. <br /> <br />Measurement: The intercept survey described above collected data on perceptions of comfort and <br />safety of people using Farm Hill Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue. <br /> <br />Similar to Objective 11, an intercept survey was performed in July 2016 after the pilot to collect <br />information on the change in feelings of comfort and safety for all roadway users. However, since the <br />respondents in the Post-Pilot surveys were different respondents than the Pre-Pilot, this data was not <br />used for the evaluation, but is provided in Appendix A for reference. <br />Summary of Evaluation <br />Multiple performance measures set forth by the City were evaluated. Table 31 summarizes the <br />measures and key findings for each. Generally, the pilot project achieved the desired goals of the <br />project, excluding the increase in emissions and congestion, as well as the reduction in transit ridership. <br />It should be noted that the emissions and congestion are two measures that are correlated since the <br />congestion and the emissions increased due to the increase in vehicle demand. The reduction in transit <br />ridership is not necessarily due to the project itself since there is no direct correlation and the overall <br />transit system ridership also decreased from May 2015 to May 2016. <br /> <br />It should also be noted that the amount of diversion of traffic to alternate routes is inconclusive because <br />the number of vehicles on each corridor, including the project corridor increased. This increase in <br />vehicle demand is typical of the increase in vehicle demand and traffic congestion in the general area, <br />as shown by the increase in volumes along I-280. <br /> <br /> <br />8.A. - Page 40