2007

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2006 Congestion Report - Redmond 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 Redmond to Seattle via SR 520 and I-5 graph shows 2005 data peaking to 35% around 7:45 a.m. compared with 2003 data showing peaks of 20% between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. Afternoon Seattle to Redmond via I-5 and SR 520 graph shows 2005 data peaking once at 30% around 3:25 p.m. and then again at 70% around 5:30 p.m. compared to 2003 data which shows peaks at 60% around 5:30 p.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.

SR 520 Floating Bridge graph shows 2005 data dropping to a low of 55% around 10:15 a.m. bewteen 7 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and to a low of 50% at 6:30 p.m. bewteen 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The 2003 data is almost identical with slight time offsets being seen.

 

  Redmond to
Seattle AM
Seattle to Redmond PM
Route SR 520/I-5 I-5/SR 520
Peak time 8:40 am 5:25 pm
Length 14.8 miles 14.7 miles
Travel time at posted speeds 16 minutes 16 minutes

Average Peak Travel Time 2003

22 minutes 27 minutes
Average Peak Travel Time 2005 24 minutes 30 minutes
Average Peak Travel Time Change, 2003-2005 9% 11%
95% Reliable Travel Time 2003 29 minutes 37 minutes
95% Reliable Travel Time 2005

33 minutes

43 minutes
95% Reliable Travel Time Change, 2003-2005 14% 16%
Ratio of Peak Travel Time to Maximum Throughput Travel Time (MT³I) 2003 1.3 1.5
Ratio of Peak Travel Time to Maximum Throughput Travel Time (MT³I) 2005 1.4 1.6
Traffic Volume Peak Hour Change 0 0
Duration of Peak Period, 2003 (hours:minutes) 0:20 2:05
Duration of Peak Period, 2005 (hours:minutes) 1:00 3:15
Change (in minutes) 40 70