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Residents press for more counts after Rosalon Avenue study finds 85th‑percentile at 31–32 mph
Summary
A city speed study found the 85th‑percentile speed on Rosalon Avenue at about 31–32 mph; residents urged additional counts in summer and the committee asked staff to update the city's traffic management plan to formalize steps from education to enforcement to engineering.
A traffic study presented to Monona’s Public Works Committee found that 85% of drivers on Rosalon Avenue travel at or below 31 mph northbound and 32 mph southbound, meaning roughly 15% of vehicles exceeded those speeds during the Feb. 26–Mar. 9 monitoring period.
Staff said the study recorded occasional very high maximum speeds from larger vehicles at consistent times of day and emphasized the difference between a recurring speeding problem and intermittent 'speeder' outliers. "85% of…
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