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seconds of corridor delay. The second lane allows eastbound vehicles to get through the Owens Drive and Willow Road intersection and the Owens Drive at Iron Horse Trail intersections sooner. This is the result of the stopped vehicles being closer to the limit line when they wait for the green light. This project, however, is estimated to cost more than $1 million to construct. Staff does not recommend constructing the additional eastbound travel lane. While this construction would reduce the travel time for eastbound motorists by approximately 20 seconds during the PM peak hour between Willow Road and Owens Drive, there are other alternatives that can take advantage of evolving technology to provide some travel time savings at a lower cost and with fewer potential impacts on pedestrians and cyclists in the area. Alternatives (1, 2, & 3) Alternative 1 (coordinate Owens Drive signals focusing on vehicle progression) showed a 13 second reduction in corridor delay bringing the total down to 121 seconds of corridor delay. Implementing a new traffic signal timing program with our existing software does not have a monetary cost, but Alternative l's focus on vehicle progression does have the drawback of a significant increase in pedestrian delay. The average pedestrian would have to wait an additional 33 seconds. Implementing a signal timing plan that focuses on vehicle progression will increase the average pedestrian delay at the Iron Horse Trail Crossing from 54 seconds to of 87 seconds of delay. Previous operational observations from staff identified that even the 54 seconds of existing delay is not tolerated by pedestrians and many pedestrians push the pedestrian button, wait for a while, but get frustrated with the slow response of the pedestrian crossing and decide to cross against the light. This results in a reduction in safety, as the pedestrian is deciding to cross when the vehicle traffic signal is green. Alternatives 2 and 3 were both focused on ways to coordinate the Owens Drive traffic signals without creating the increase in pedestrian delay. A.erage Corridor Delay Peak (sec per reh) Scenario Descriptions Hour Oeens Dore Alternative 2 coordinates the traffic signal in the same Existing Noknprovements PM 134.8 fashion as Alternative 1 and Storage(Existing) also recommends moving the Widening Iron Horse Trail ADA ramp Project ZLanes on83Owens Orive2 PM 112.3 further into the roadway to Storage(Proposed) reduce the crossing distance Alternative 1 signal Timingopdmizatorts PM 121.0 slightly. This reconstruction Storage(Existing) reduces the time it takes to Signal lining Optimization&Shortening of cross Owens Drive. Alternative 2 PM 113.2 Alternative 2provides a 21 EBPed crossing at lion Horse Trail` Storage iEnshng: second reduction down to Signal Timing Optimization with single stage 113 seconds, just 1 second Alternative 3 PM 116.9 than the second pedestrian crossing at Iron Horse Trail greaterStorage(EastingI eastbound lane alternative. This alternative, however, does Page 6 of 8