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existing through volume of 434 vehicles, Owens Drive is well within the parameters for a single-lane operation. An example of a similar design and volume roadway in Pleasanton is Hopyard Road at Black Avenue. The Hopyard southbound lane design is identical to the existing eastbound Owens Drive design. Southbound Hopyard Road carries a similar daily volume of vehicles as eastbound Owens Drive, but carries a greater number of vehicles in both AM and PM peak hour compared to Owens Drive eastbound. The total intersection volume at Hopyard Road and Black Avenue (sum of all four approaches) is also similar to Owens Drive at Willow Road. Owens Drive Roadway Operation and Delay Although the traffic analysis showed that a single lane would be adequate given the existing and future volumes, drivers have experienced an increase in delay with the Owens Drive roadway reduction. This increase in delay stems from two separate conditions: Lane Reduction The first is an expected outcome of the lane reduction. It does take longer to process the eastbound vehicles through the intersection with only one lane. At the peak demand 12-16 eastbound cars may arrive at the intersection. Each car takes approximately two seconds to move through the intersection. With the single lane design, the last car (vehicle 16) will take around 32 seconds before it travels through the intersection. With the previous Owens Drive three lane design, the 16th vehicle would be sixth in line, as each lane would have five vehicles already waiting. As the sixth car back, it will take about 12 seconds for vehicle 16 to pass through the intersection. As a result, the single lane could increase an eastbound motorist delay by up to 20 seconds. This was shown in the modeling and represents an expected minor increase in delay. Iron Horse Trail Success The second reason for increased delay on Owens Drive was the result of the Iron Horse Trail signalized crossing and the (somewhat unexpected) heavy volume of peak hour pedestrians and bicyclists activating the crossing. While it was anticipated that the construction of the traffic signal at the Iron Horse Trail and the associated Iron Horse Trail improvements would increase the pedestrian and bicycle volume, the nearly 200 pedestrians/bicyclists in the peak hour is a larger number of people than expected. This volume of pedestrian/bicycle traffic created a nearly continuous activation of the Iron Horse Trail crossing. Each pedestrian activation stops Owens Drive traffic for 30 seconds (the time required for pedestrians to cross the eastbound lane, the median and the westbound lanes). The initial signal programming was very friendly to pedestrians allowing them to cross almost immediately after the button was pressed. This operation was acceptable during the majority of the day, but in the peak hour, the continuous pedestrian activations were not allowing sufficient time for the vehicle queues on Owens Drive to clear before Page 6 of 9