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City of Richmond
(For Intracity Correspondence)

Date:     December 21 1996

To:         Teresa P Gooch
               Deputy Chief Field Services

Thru:      Lieutenant Michael T. McKee
              OIC, Special Operations

From:     Sergeant John P. Bowman, Jr.
                Special Operations, Traffic

Subject SPEED SURVEY- BELLEVUE AREA

ISSUE

Speed survey in Bellevue area of the city.

DISCUSSION

Surveys indicated the following:
A total of 414 vehicles were checked, 25 arrests were made 18 for speeding. Bellevue Avenue speeds range from 14mph to 45mph with 14 speed arrests and 5 other arrests. Speeds are higher during rush hours.
Zip codes for violators 23221, 23222, 23225, 23226, 23227, 23228, 23111.

Fauquier Avenue- speeds range from 18mph to 38 mph with 1 arrest for speeding and I other arrest.
Zip codes for violators- 23227, 23229

Old Brook Road- speeds range from 26mph to 43mph with 3 arrests for speeding and 1 other arrest.
Zip code for vio1ators- 23227 x 2,  23222.

Date    Officer    time on/off    # veh's    speed arrests  other    range of speed
Bellevue Avenue
12-11-96 Brock   O855-O925     90        3                    5         26to45
                        1O05-12O5
                        1605-18O5
12-11-96 Borges 0850-0925       29        I                     0          26to41
12-11-96 Vickery 1O25-1220      66        6                     0         14to42
12-11-96 Vickery 1558-1730     100       4                     0         16to38
12-12-96 Brock   0815-095O       48       0                     0         25to39
Fauquier Avenue
12-12-96 Vickery 1630-1710       32       0                      0        18to36
12-12-96 Brock  1150-1220          6       0                      0        22to32
12-12~96 Brock 1630-1700          5       1                       I         28to38

Old Brook Road
12-12-96 Brock 0955-1045           32      3                     1        26to43
                                TOTALS   414     18                    7        16to45

CONCLUSION

Bellevue Avenue many vehicles do exceed the speed limit as cut through traffic. It is a 25 zone with most speeding arrests around 40 mph.
Fauquier Avenue-very little traffic maybe a speeder every once in a while.
Old Brook Road- everyone exceeds the limit, highest average sped among all roads checked It was not checked at rush hour as others were

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