2007

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2006 Congestion Report - Issaquah to Seattle

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 Seattle via I-90 and I-5 graph shows 2005 data peaking at 43% around 7:30 a.m. compared to 2003 data that shows around 17% between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Afternoon Seattle to Issaquah via I-5 and I-90 shows 2005 data peaking at 29% around 5:30 a.m. compared to 2003 data show a peak at 20% around 7:40 a.m.

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.

I-90 at SR 900 in Issaquah graph shows 2005 data dropping to around 50% at 8:30 a.m. between 6:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. compared to 2003 data that shows lows of 60% at 8 a.m. between 7:15 a.m. and 8:15 a.m.

 

  Issaquah to
Seattle AM
Seattle to
Issaquah PM
Route I-90/I-5 I-5/I-90
Peak time 8:10 am 5:25 pm
Length 15.5 miles 15.7 miles
Travel time at posted speeds 15 minutes 16 minutes

Average Peak Travel Time 2003

23 minutes 22 minutes
Average Peak Travel Time 2005 26 minutes 24 minutes
Average Peak Travel Time Change, 2003-2005 13% 9%
95% Reliable Travel Time 2003 32 minutes 32 minutes
95% Reliable Travel Time 2005 38 minutes 36 minutes
95% Reliable Travel Time Change, 2003-2005 19% 13%
Ratio of Peak Travel Time to Maximum Throughput Travel Time (MT³I) 2003 1.2 1.2
Ratio of Peak Travel Time to Maximum Throughput Travel Time (MT³I) 2005 1.3 1.3
Traffic Volume Peak Hour Change 3% 5%
Duration of Peak Period, 2003 (hours:minutes) 0:10 *
Duration of Peak Period, 2005 (hours:minutes) 1:10 0:15
Change (in minutes) 60 *

* = Speeds did not drop below 35 mph for any siginificant amount of time for this route.