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6.3.B. - Page 2 <br />ANALYSIS <br />In response to the request for speed humps, the City collected data on vehicular <br />volumes, speeds and collisions, observed conditions and considered residents' <br />concerns. <br />Traffic counts were collected on Fernside Street, between McGarvey and Roosevelt <br />Avenues, and showed traffic volumes around 1350 vehicles/day in each direction for a <br />total of 2700 vehicles per day. The average speed was 22 mph with an 85th percentile <br />speed of 25 mph. Fernside Street had no reported collisions over a 12 -month period. <br />Observations substantiated that Fernside Street is a popular street for people walking <br />and riding bicycles. <br />The City of Redwood City Policy and Guidelines for Residential Traffic Calming (the <br />"Guidelines") establish various criteria for traffic calming measures that are set forth in <br />Table 1 below. Fernside, between Roosevelt and McGarvey, meets all of the City's <br />traffic calming criteria except for two: 85th percentile speed and emergency response <br />route. <br />In spite of not meeting all of the criteria in the policy, Engineering staff allowed the traffic <br />calming request to continue along the traffic calming approval process for two primary <br />reasons: <br />• The presence of speed humps on the lower section of Fernside, and on McGarvey, <br />could result in more drivers choosing to use upper Fernside, and <br />• The potential adverse impacts on Fernside from the Farm Hill Boulevard <br />reconfiguration project. <br />Based on these factors, engineering staff proposed installing two speed humps between <br />McGarvey and Roosevelt Avenues. <br />