This is an update about Randall Road Traffic Counts near the intersection of Algonquin Road.
Pete Gonigam pointed me to the information.
Here’s the source:
Below is a graphic taken from the official website of the Illinois Department of Transportation showing the daily traffic counts on each leg of the Randall/Algonquin Intersection.
Illinois Department of Transportation traffic counts for over a decade at Randall and Algonquin Roads.
Just in case this is difficult to read, here are the figures:
From 2005 through 2013, traffic on three of the four legs declined. Only traffic west of Randall on Algonquin increased. Net, traffic was down 1,800 vehicles per day.
From 2009 through 2013, traffic increased on two legs and decreased on the other two, for a net loss of 600 vehicles per day.
To truly analyze why there are backups at times, a break down of the movements would be needed.
Turn lane info, and even hourly movements would have to be considered.
Is the growth to the west going to be the driver of future problems in that area?
from Donna Kurtz NW Herald VIEWS full page article 7-28-16:
“Bottleneck Metrics
…three different traffic volume counts provided by IDOT and MCDOT between 2013 and 2016 show average traffic volumes of between 68,000and 85,000 vehicles traveling through this intersection daily.
In addition, all of these studies show a trend increase in the traffic volume since 2009.”
The problem is that the traffic is so bad that many have found convenient paths through residential areas to avoid Randall/Algonquin thus the reduction.
Even this reduction is an example of changing an horrendous mess to just a very bad mess.
Stop pretending that investing in our community is a bad thing.
This looks kinda fishy.
The cost of a left turn signal would far be less expensive than all of this expense they want to implement, better yet put a wheel of death there.
I have to agree with Watchdog 2 that the numbers from the County look very odd compared with the State’s numbers, at least for two of the four legs.