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traveling eastbound combined with the thirty second pedestrian crossing time caused vehicles to back up from the Iron Horse Trail crossing to Willow Road. In January of 2017, the Iron Horse Trail pedestrian and bicycle crossing (which is used by approximately 125 pedestrians and cyclists each morning and evening) was modified to a "two-stage" crossing which reduced the time needed to cross the Owens Drive eastbound lanes down to 10 seconds. This modification eliminated the backup on Owens Drive. Staff presented this outcome at the March 7, 2017, City Council meeting. At the March City Council meeting additional monitoring of the corridor was requested by Council. Staff, with assistance from a consultant, collected data in April, May and September of 2017 in preparation for this follow-up report to Council. The City entered into a contract with Hexagon Transportation Consultants to complete the six-month review of the Owens Drive corridor and the consultant was also asked to explore alternatives that may potentially reduce vehicle travel time delay in the corridor. Their report is attached (Attachment 1). DISCUSSION Hexagon Transportation Consultants were tasked with three objectives: • Quantify existing delays over the entire eastbound Owens Drive corridor between Willow Road and Hacienda Drive. • Evaluate an alternative design that adds a second lane on eastbound Owens Drive between Willow Road and the Iron Horse Trail (widening project). • Analyze other potential improvements to the study corridor, such as traffic signal coordination and crosswalk length reduction. Hexagon collected traffic count data, conducted field observations, and constructed a micro-simulation model to test the potential improvements, including level of service and average delay on the corridor. April, May and September 2017 traffic field observations and traffic volumes were consistent with the representative graphic below showing the relative volumes. The volumes for April, May and September remained relatively constant for both vehicular and pedestrian volume, with a maximum peak hour volume of 700 vehicles (traveling eastbound on Owens Drive at the Iron Horse Trail Crossing) with 125 pedestrians using the crossing. Page 4 of 8