Fernside Boulevard near Fairview Avenue

Alameda, CaliforniaFeb 06, 20061 Comments

Fernside Boulevard, between High Street and Liberty Avenue, is posted at an unjustifiably low speed limit of 25 mph. The city’s own speed survey, taken in May of 2005, shows the NB 85%-ile speed as 35 mph, and the SB as 36 mph. The lanes in each direction are 16′-18′ wide, with parking/bike ‘lanes’ over 12′ in width. Sight distance is excellent, both horizontally and vertically. I was stopped in December (2005) at Fernside and Fairview (3300 Fernside, SB), and ticketed for speeding. That is a hot location for Alameda’s motorcycle cops because they KNOW the speed limit is unrealistic. However, the city’s traffic survey ‘justified’ a speed of 25 mph on that stretch due to a school that is a full 0.6 miles from the location, a nursing facility at High Street whose residents are not allowed (or able) to leave the premises, a non-existent daycare center, a park over a quarter mile away, a bay trail nearly a mile away, etc. You get the picture. Anyway, I took the ticket to court recently, and had it dismissed. Fortunately, I’m also a civil engineer (transportation, specifically), and I think I know the standards a little better than the City of Alameda’s engineer does. Too bad for them.

Comments:
Just because the street is wide does not give you the right to speed....we have children and animals too! Many speeders are just coming off of the freeway and tend to continue with high speeds. Just please SLOW DOWN...I wish they would plant a cop there all the time. I applaud when folks get tickets. You wouldn't want me speeding down your street...would you? Then slow down on mine!
#1May 24, 2010Report Abuse

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