SPEED LIMIT REPORT

1
SPEED LIMIT REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
PRESENTED BY MIKE STYNER
2
THE PROCESS

• PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COUNCIL
• PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
• ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL
• PUBLIC COMMENT TO COUNCIL
• COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION FOR SPEED LIMIT
  ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT.

3
SPEED CAUSES COLLISIONS

• POINT BROWN AVENUE

ONE-HALF LEXUS
4
RCW 46.61.400.(2)
BASIC SPEED RULE

• Except when a special hazard exists that requires
  lower speed for compliance with subsection
  (1) of this section, the limits specified in this
  section or established as hereinafter authorized
  shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person
  shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in
• excess of such maximum limits.     (a)
  Twenty-five miles per hour on city and town
  streets     (b) Fifty miles per hour on county
  roads     (c) Sixty miles per hour on state
  highways.The maximum speed limits set forth in
  this section may be altered as authorized in RCW
  46.61.405, 46.61.410, and 46.61.415.

5
RCW 46.61.415
WHEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAY ALTER MAXIMUM SPEEDS
(1) Whenever local authorities in their
respective jurisdictions determine on the basis
of an engineering and traffic investigation that
the maximum speed permitted under RCW 46.61.400
or 46.61.440 is greater or less than is
reasonable and safe under the conditions found to
exist upon a highway or part of a highway, the
local authority may determine and declare a
reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon
which     (a) Decreases the limit at
intersections or     (b) Increases the limit
but not to more than sixty miles per hour
or     (c) Decreases the limit but not to less
than twenty miles per hour.(2) Local
authorities in their respective jurisdictions
shall determine by an engineering and traffic
investigation the proper maximum speed for all
arterial streets and shall declare a reasonable
and safe maximum limit thereon which may be
greater or less than the maximum speed permitted
under RCW 46.61.400(2) but shall not exceed sixty
miles per hour.

6
POINT BROWN AVENUE
TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES CHECKED 6,817
100 NUMBER AT OR BELOW POSTED LIMIT 2,922
43 NUMBER OVER POSTED LIMIT 3,895
57 BREAKDOWN NUMBER 1-5 MPH OVER POSTED
LIMIT 2,628 38 NUMBER 6-10 MPH OVER POSTED
LIMIT 178 3 NUMBER 10 MPH OR MORE
OVER POSTED LIMIT 1,089 16 NOTE IN UNMARKED
CAR PERCENTAGE AT OR BELOW POSTEDLIMIT
30 PERCENTAGE OVER POSTED LIMIT
70 PERCENTAGE 1-5 OVER 45 PERCENTAGE
6-10 OVER 25 PERCENTAGE 10 OR MORE
OVER 10
7
OCEAN SHORES BLVD
TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES CHECKED
4,543 100 NUMBER AT OR BELOW POSTED LIMIT
1,546 34 NUMBER OVER POSTED
LIMIT 2,997 66 BREAKDOWN NUMBER 1-5 MPH
OVER POSTED LIMIT 1,741 38 NUMBER 6-10 MPH
OVER POSTED LIMIT 386 9
NUMBER 10 MPH OR MORE OVER POSTED LIMIT 870
19
8
DUCK LAKE DRIVE
TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES CHECKED 2,363
100 NUMBER AT OR BELOW POSTED LIMIT 1,377
58 NUMBER OVER POSTED LIMIT
986 42 BREAKDOWN NUMBER 1-5 MPH OVER POSTED
LIMIT 768 33 NUMBER 6-10 MPH
OVER POSTED LIMIT 178 7 NUMBER 10
MPH OR MORE OVER POSTED LIMIT 40
2
9
MOUNT OLYMPUS
TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES CHECKED 1,994
100 NUMBER AT OR BELOW POSTED LIMIT 1,461
73 NUMBER OVER POSTED LIMIT
533 27 BREAKDOWN NUMBER 1-5 MPH OVER POSTED
LIMIT 421 21 NUMBER 6-10 MPH OVER
POSTED LIMIT 33 2 NUMBER 10 MPH OR
MORE OVER POSTED LIMIT 79 4
10
CHANCE ALA MER
TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES CHECKED 8,573
100 NUMBER AT OR BELOW POSTED LIMIT 3,855
45 NUMBER OVER POSTED LIMIT 4,718
55 BREAKDOWN NUMBER 1-5 MPH OVER POSTED
LIMIT 3,451 40 NUMBER 6-10 MPH OVER POSTED
LIMIT 507 6 NUMBER 10 MPH OR MORE
OVER POSTED LIMIT 760 9
11
MARINE VIEW DRIVE
TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES CHECKED
1,057 100 NUMBER AT OR BELOW POSTED LIMIT
896 85 NUMBER OVER POSTED
LIMIT 161 15
BREAKDOWN NUMBER 1-5 MPH OVER POSTED LIMIT
130 12 NUMBER 6-10 MPH OVER
POSTED LIMIT 23 2 NUMBER 10
MPH OR MORE OVER POSTED LIMIT 8 1
12
RECOMMENDATIONS

• THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT BASED ON
  ANY SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC METHOD. THEY ARE BASED
  ON A
• COMMON SENSE PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST APPROACH TAKING
• INTO CONSIDERATION
• SOME OF OUR ARTERIALS ARE NARROW TWO LANE
  STREETS
• THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS
• A HIGHER THAN NORMAL WILDLIFE POPULATION
• CITIZEN REQUESTS FOR LOWER SPEED LIMITS IN
  THEIR
• NEIGHBORHOODS.
• BUSINESS COMMUNITY REQUEST FOR LOWER SPEEDS IN
  THE
• DOWNTOWN AREA.

13
POINT BROWN AVENUE

• CONSIDER LOWERING SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MPH FROM
  ENTRANCE TO J.K. LEWIS
• REQUEST FROM SOME OF BUSINESS
• COMMUNITY
• LOWER SPEED LIMIT TO 30 MPH FROM J.K. LEWIS
  ALBATROSS.
• NEW FIRE STATION
• POLICE STATION
• EMERGENCY VEHICLES LEAVING FACILITIES
• LIBRARY-----KIDS
• GOLFERS CROSSING AT TWO PLACES

14
POINT BROWN AVENUECONTINUED

• LOWER SPEED LIMIT TO 35 MPH FROM ALBATROSS TO
  DISCOVERY AVENUE.
• CITIZEN REQUEST FOR LOWER SPEED LIMIT
• ON POINT BROWN
• LOWER SPEED LIMIT FROM 35 MPH TO
• 30 MPH AT OCEAN LAKE WAY INTER-
• SECTION AND AT POINT BROWN BRIDGE.
• LIMITED SITE DISTANCE
• INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR COLLISIONS
• KIDS CROSSING AT OCEAN LAKE WAY
• CITIZEN REQUEST

15
OCEAN SHORES BLVD.

• CONSIDER LOWERING SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MPH FROM
  POINT BROWN AVENUE TO ENSIGN AVENUE.
• REQUEST FROM SOME OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

16
DUCK LAKE DRIVE

• LOWER SPEED LIMIT TO 30 MPH FROM ALBATROSS TO
  WAKINA LOOP.

17
MOUNT OLYMPUS

• LOWER SPEED LIMIT TO 30 MPH FROM ERIDANI LP TO
  DISCOVERY AVENUE.
• NOTE CITIZEN REQUEST TO HAVE LIMIT LOWERED TO 25
  MPH.

18
CHANCE ALA MER

• NO CHANGES
• -- NOTE CITIZEN REQUEST TO HAVE THE LIMIT
  LOWERED TO 25 MPH IN THE 30 MPH SECTION.

19
MARINE VIEW DRIVE

• LOWER SPEED LIMIT FROM 35 MPH TO 30 MPH FROM
  OCEAN SHORES BLVD. TO POINT BROWN AVENUE.
• NOTE CAN NOT LOCATE ANY RECORD SHOWING CURRENT
  35 MPH SPEED LIMIT WAS EVER SET BY ORDINANCE.

20
DOLPHIN AVENUE

• DOLPHIN IS CURRENTLY POSTED 30 MPH. THIS STREET
  IS NOT DESIGNATED AS AN ARTERIAL.
• RECOMMEND LOWERING SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MPH TO
  COMPLY WITH THE LAW.

21
BAY SIDE STREETS

• COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER LOWERING THE SPEED
  LIMIT TO 20 MPH ON THE NARROW BAY SIDE STREETS.

?
?
22
?s
23
City of Ocean Shores

• PUBLIC COMMENT

24
City of Ocean Shores
COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION FOR SPEED LIMIT
ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT

• POINT BROWN AVENUE
• OCEAN SHORES BLVD
• DUCK LAKE DRIVE
• MOUNT OLYMPUS
• CHANCE ALA MER
• MARINE VIEW DRIVE
• DOLPHIN AVENUE
• BAY SIDE STREETS