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MEMORANDUM DATE: June 5, 1995 TO: Michael Mornson, City Manager FROM: Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant ITEW Four-Day Traffic Study of Fordham Drive In a response to the residents of Fordham Drive, the Public Works Department again set out traffic counters on Fordham.Drive-south-of Silver Lane and north- of 39th Avenue. The residents requested that the counters be left over the weekend and during regular weekday hours. The traffic counters were left at this location for 168 hours from May 26 to June 2. It is 4ssumed that most of the traffic is locally generated indicating that vehicles left and returned to the neighborhood. Traffic counters were also left at Macalaster, north of 39th Avenue, Macalaster south of Silver Lane, 31st Avenue east of Harding and Wilson Street north of 29th Avenue gather information for comparison purposes. Harding/Mst and Wilson/29th are single family • residential areas similar to Fordham Drive. The traffic counts are as follows: May 23 - May 30 (Memorial Day Weekend Fordham south of Silver Lane 876 (estimated 438 round trips) Fordham north of 39th Avenue 1438 (estimated 719 round trips) Macalaster'south of Silver Lane 573 (estimated 286 round trips) Macalaster north of 39th Avenue 682 (estimated 341 round trips 31st Avenue east of Harding Street 793 (estimated 396 round trips) Wilson Street north of 29th Avenue 865 (estimated 432 round trips) May 30 -June 2 Fordham south of Silver Lane 914 (estimated 457 round trips) Fordham north of 39th Avenue 1164 (estimated 582 round trips) Macalaster south of Silver Lane 662 (estimated 331 round trips) Macalaster north of 39th Avenue 861 (estimated 430 round trips) 31st Avenue east of Harding Street 852 (estimated 426 round trips) Wilson Street north of 29th Avenue 1514 (estimated 757 round trips)