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Escondido commission certifies seven speed surveys, keeps posted limits
Summary
The Transportation Community Safety Commission certified seven traffic speed surveys required under state law and recommended the city council retain existing posted speeds; commissioners raised safety concerns about a Broadway segment near schools and discussed enforcement and lane-reduction options.
The City of Escondido Transportation Community Safety Commission on April 10 certified seven engineering and traffic speed surveys and recommended the City Council retain the existing posted speed limits on those segments.
The certification — required by the California Vehicle Code to support traffic enforcement and court challenges — covers seven randomly selected street segments and met the minimum data requirements identified by the consultant, STC Traffic. Commission approval was recorded as a 5-0 vote.
STC Traffic consultant Rob Blau told commissioners the surveys used a standard minimum sample of 100 vehicles and focused on the 85th-percentile speed (the speed at or below which…
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