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Escondido commission certifies 20 speed surveys, forwards recommendations to council
Summary
The Transportation and Community Safety Commission on Jan. 9 approved certification of engineering and traffic speed surveys for 20 street segments and voted 5-0 to forward recommended posted limits to the City Council.
The City of Escondido Transportation and Community Safety Commission on Jan. 9 voted 5-0 to certify engineering and traffic speed surveys for 20 street segments and to forward the recommended posted speed limits to the City Council.
The action responds to state requirements for periodic speed surveys. Rob Lau, a consultant with Stack Traffic Consulting, told commissioners the city followed Vehicle Code procedures for determining the 85th-percentile speed (referred to in the meeting as the “80 fifth percentile”) and then applied the code’s rounding rules to recommend posted limits. Lau said most surveyed segments produced speeds close to existing posted limits and that…
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