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Council asks for more granular traffic data as ODOT prepares final Reading Road plans
Summary
Council members asked ODOT for peak-period and diversion data (including I‑75 shutdown scenarios), questioned the 48-hour capture window and requested longer sampling; ODOT said its study used high-peak data from 2023 and additional 2024 samples and that turning-movement data were taken from three-year intervals.
Council members told ODOT they wanted more detailed traffic counts broken down by time of day and during diversion events such as I‑75 closures. "She would have liked numbers for different times of day, including morning rush hour and evening rush hour, and the number when there’s an accident on 75," Mrs. Eadicicco said, arguing that average flows do not capture peak diversion patterns.
ODOT said its process followed industry standards: speed data were collected in July 2024 with a 48-hour window to capture the 30th percentile and turning-movement data draw on three-year intervals; the agency also said it used higher-peak traffic data from 2023 to select the final projects and that a new round of data was collected in 2024. ODOT told council it will continue monitoring operations after implementation and can make limited adjustments such as signal timing changes.
