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driving speeds drop to one-third of the posted speed limit of 30 MPH, and air pollution <br />generation increases by about two tons per year over LOS D scenario conditions. <br /> <br />Staff receives regular calls about traffic congestion at intersections where one or more <br />approaches to the intersection experiences LOS E conditions. Drivers clearly do not like LOS E <br />conditions. Driving times are three times longer than base conditions under these circumstances. <br />Traffic volumes increase by 24 percent over LOS C conditions, but automotive emissions <br />increase at three times this rate. <br /> <br />In the LOS E peak-hour scenario, the 3,450 drivers take an ~verage of 100 seconds to drive the <br />approaches to the intersection, experiencing an average of 68 seconds of delay per vehicle. <br /> · The average driving speed is reduced to 10 MPH. <br /> · The average driving time increases to 100 seconds. <br /> · The average delay is 68 seconds per vehicle. <br /> · The average traffic backup is twenty-eight cars long (665 feet). <br /> · The average fuel economy drops to 9.2 miles per gallon. <br /> · The vehicles generate 23.0 pounds of automotive emissions for a base rate of 8.7 tons per <br /> year per 10,000 peak-hour vehicles. <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br /> <br />