2006

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2006 Congestion Report - Issaquah to Bellevue

The two graphs below display the percent of days on each route when traffic speeds fell below 35 mph. The darker line shows data for 2005. The lighter line shows data for 2003.

Morning Issaquah to Bellevue via I-90 and I-405 graph shows 2005 data increasing sharply from 7 a.m. and peaking at 80% around 7:45 a.m. compared to 2003 data increasing sharply from 7:15 a.m. and peaking at 58% around 7:45 a.m. Afternoon Bellevue to Issaquah via I-405 and I-90 graph shows 2005 data peaking at 70% around 5:30 p.m. compared to 2003 data showing peaks at 40% for the same time period.

The graph below displays highway productivity for a specific point along this route. When the line is at 100%, the maximum number of vehicles per hour are travelling through this point. Any time the line dips below 100%, the system is not operating at 100% efficiency.

I-5 at I-90 graph shows 2005 data dropping to around 30% between 6:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. and to a low of 40% at 6:45 p.m. bewteen 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. compared to 2003 data of lows around 45% between 6:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. and 50% between 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. and 60% between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

 

  Issaquah to Bellevue AM Bellevue to Issaquah PM
Route I-90/I-405 I-405/I-90
Peak time 7:45 am 5:15 pm
Length 9.5 miles 9.3 miles
Travel time at posted speeds 9 minutes 9 minutes

Average Peak Travel Time 2003

17 minutes 15 minutes
Average Peak Travel Time 2005 19 minutes 18 minutes
Average Peak Travel Time Change, 2003-2005 12% 20%
95% Reliable Travel Time 2003 24 minutes 19 minutes
95% Reliable Travel Time 2005 26 minutes 23 minutes
95% Reliable Travel Time Change, 2003-2005 8% 21%
Ratio of Peak Travel Time to Maximum Throughput Travel Time (MT³I) 2003 1.5 1.4
Ratio of Peak Travel Time to Maximum Throughput Travel Time (MT³I) 2005 1.7 1.6
Traffic Volume Peak Hour Change 3% 7%
Duration of Peak Period, 2003 (hours:minutes) 1:25 1:55
Duration of Peak Period, 2005 (hours:minutes) 2:05 3:25
Change (in minutes) 40 90