ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY FOR RADAR ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF AZUSA IRWINDALE AVENUE GLADSTONE STREET TO FIRST STREET PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF: ENGINEER No. 52349 Exp. 12/31/08INTRODUCTION This report was prepared in order to provide the required Traffic Survey Report under Section 40802(a) (2) of the California Vehicle Code. The recommendations contained within are based on existing traffic characteristics, roadway conditions, accident history, and speed zone surveys. EXISTING ROADWAY CONDITIONS Irwindale Avenue between Gladstone Street and First Street has a roadway width of 84° The roadway is improved with a curb, gutter, and sidewalk on both sides, Traffic is north/southbound with two ttavel-lanes and one parking-lane in each direction divided by a painted center-median/two-way lefi-tum lane. The segment is straight and level with no apparent visible obstructions contained with the roadway itself. Between Gladstone Street and First Street the segment is intersected at near equal lengths by Roosevelt Street, Paramount Street, and McKinley Street, minor side streets. Traffic at Glastone Street is controlled by signal lights on all four sides of the intersection. ‘There are marked pedestrian crosswalks at each intersection. A railroad spur-line crosses the congested medium and there is a heavy amount of industrial uses, with little on-site parking provided for employees or customers. Beyond the immediate area there are some regional industrial centers, a landfill, a concrete/asphalt plant, and heavy manufacturing plants that create a moderate level of transient heavy-truck traffic. Irwindale Avenue is considered a regional arterial roadway and carries moderate commuter traffic during peak periods SPEED ZONE STUDY Using nationally accepted procedures, radar speed samples were obtained using traffic radar gun on Thursday 08/07/08 in an unmarked vehicle. Samples were obtained from the west and east sides of Irwindale Avenue north and south of Paramount Street. CRITICAL SPEED AVERAGE PACE % IN PRIMA DIRECTION 85™'PERCENTIAL SPEED SPEED PACE FACIE Northbound 40.79mph 40.76mph 35-44mph_ 74% = -35mph Southbound 40.93mph 40,90mph 36-4Smph 68% | 35mph The highest recorded speed was 53mph.ACCIDENTS Accident data was obtained using SWITRS Reports provided by the California Highway Patrol, from the period 09/20/03 through 09/20/08. The total number of accidents was 42. The results are as follows. TYPE OF ACCIDENT A. Broadside B% B. Sideswipes 29% C. Rear-end 14% D. Hit fixed object 4% E. Head-on mM ‘There were no fatalities and 14% of the accidents were drug-or alcohol-related. 70% of the accidents occurred during daylights hours and 30% during twilight. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIO! ‘Taking everything in consideration and having critical-85" percentile speeds of 40,79mph and 40.93mph, which supports the prima facie of 35mph; itis recommended that the posted 35mph speed limit remain unchanged. Therefore, the City of Azusa will ‘maintain the existing speed limit of 35mph on Irwindale Avenue between Gladstone Street and First Street.