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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-08-01; Traffic Safety Commission; ; Establish a prima facie speed limit on Faraday Avenue from El Camino Real to College BoulevardCITY OF CARLSBAD TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION COMMISSION REPORT OF: August 1, 1988 ITEM NO.__filL_ LOCATION: Faraday Avenue -El Camino Real to College Boulevard INITIATED BY: City of Carlsbad Traffic Engineering Division REQUESTED ACTION: Establish a prima facie speed limit on Faraday Avenue from El Camino Real to College Boulevard. BACKGROUND: DATA: Faraday Avenue is designated as a Secondary Arterial on the Circulation Element of the General Plan, between El Camino Real and College Boulevard. At this time, no prima facie speed limit has been established on Faraday Avenue. Faraday Avenue follows a curvilinear alignment and has a curb to curb width of 64 feet between El Cami no Real and Co 11 ege Boulevard. Grades vary between 0.17% and 2.0% with good sight distance along the 0.80 mile length. Faraday Avenue is located in an industrial area and has no unusual roadway characteristics or features. This section has been recently striped to include four (4) through traffic lanes, two bike lanes and a two-way left- turn lane . Parking is restricted along both sides of Faraday Avenue. In the past five years, only two (2) accidents have been reported on Faraday Avenue. One accident was the result of a faulty parking brake and the other was a deliberate sideswipe. Neither accident is a factor in the establishment of a prima facie speed limit on Faraday Avenue . The Average Daily Traffic (ADT) on Faraday is approximately 7,900 vehicles total for both directions of travel, based upon a count obtained in July 1988. A speed survey was conducted on Faraday Avenue west of Priestly Drive in July 1988 and the critical speed was calculated to be 45 miles per hour. TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION COMMISSION REPORT OF: August 1, 1988 (Continued) RECOMMENDATION: ITEM NO. 6D The Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee recommends that a 40 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be established on Faraday Avenue between El Camino Real and College Boulevard. NECESSARY CITY COUNCIL ACTION: An ordinance will be required for adoption by the City Council to establish the 40 M.P.H. prima facie speed limit on Faraday Avenue from El Camino Real to College Boulevard. N NO SCALE ti ••• , •••••••••• r OCATION M) 1 PROPOSED 40 MPH SPEED ZONE CARLSBAD RESEARCH CENTER O/W O/W .cw...JL •••••••••••••••• • •••••• .....__ __ ___;_..,_..;._;,_.;....._;;_;c.....:;....;:~c.L..----1..1..:.......:._;;_....;,.._;_..;L..L_-----Ll..=.....::.....:::....;::__:::.....::::....~ ~ FARADAY AVE. •o •z -~ -~ g • ••• • •• • •• ••• •• • • ~ .--.-.-•• -.-.~~.--.-.-.-.-.-.-. --~ I ~ ~ 0/W • ~ w ~ ~ .... :::::::, ~ FARMERS INSURANCE VICINITY MAP PROJECT NAME: FARADAY AVENUE EXHIBIT PROPOSED 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT . EL CAMINO REAL to COLLEGE BOU LEV ARD I. -•II -■ SPEED SURVEY CARLSBAD lATE: /• l'9• ~ Phi THIE:_/."/? to ~: 12~ ~-•. TOTAL VEIIICLES: /C,D . IEJ\TIIEfi: zv,-,,·h/ -v/4:t.4-.IC. cnITICAL SPEED: 3(, PACE SPEED: ~ 4-? llPII * 7 A .-W/ ~ • OC/1.TION:_ ~y~· /0~$-rj< -z;?/'f. lBSEllVEn/ nECOllDEn: /l(_j? . (*AP:76~ ~~ ~A'? '$~1pG&:>) S.L . .::; n "r pt> .,r -.,1::, ~" to ~ MPH C/1.11S IN PACE : &7a i WB ti % L ti % %t11e ' % II ea ~1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______________ ~1 62 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______________ ~~ 60 60 ~rr = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = : • • = = = = = ~ = = = = = = = = = ~[ 56 56 54 ~ ---~ ----------l :Z:: l f 1 OD ---------------54 ~r->llX ~ ~ -= = = = = = = = = = O ~ f? ~ ~4 f Z = = = = = = = = = = = = =~~ ~} 1[ ',CY~ ~ --= = = = = = = = = ~ PJ 4 ~ 9? 0 o = = = = = = = = = = ---~:b 1!!_ ,16 I< X ~ 7 10 9 " B9 1 4 v.. ~ K ~ ,1~ ] ty ·~ '.'-•~1 ~ ..-- - -------- - - --- ---:J~. H. ~ }. ~~--------1=--; -1:t:.,_ 10 10 60 3 _____ 1171"'.:-1l-1-~X >C11 H. > ~ ~ ~ j"' _ _ _ _ _ _ -1L. 1, r1 -z~ ..z-.o /O _____ It\ A ~xlJ(1x ~ ~ .1 g _ 1Q.~:~~"1):rx~~~~-------/~ ~-. ,~ i:_;3 /6 ~ -----..-1 l'J K!.'~x.~ ;~~ '1~ 1!1D >C ,~rx ..rx '7_ ~ ~ tt; ~2 U! ~ _____ Al~ ~I{~ ·s -~ ,; ~~ J6 r> ,-. ./ . ~ "I 4 Z.. \ I z, ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ l'J ~ X ' l ~ ~§ Jt )( ) ) 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -!, 3= + 1-Z..-f? ? )( ) Jc x J, h ~_!_ g _ ~ ~ _:_ ___ ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ '[,,. 4: ~ ~ 7_.,, I ______ ~ ____ -1~ _I~ n i ---- • -JO ~~: = = =: = ~ ~ --=-= = = ~ = = = ltfi? /ttO 7&> I@ = = = = = = = = = = = .: .: = -: rn ?!!.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ---------- ----_ 26. ~4_ ------- ------- ------- -- - --- -----?! ? 2 - - --------- - - - ----------------~~ ?!l. .,;_ - --- - - - - - - --------------- - ---?!1: In ---------------I 0. •• ---------------16 16 -------- - ---- - --- 1 A-- - -,------------ - ---I!. :i . ---------------' 12 12 --------- - - ----·- Ill -:--c----10