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I I , as follows: 484 cars going east on No. Innsbruck (toward Silver Lake Road, and presumably the freeway, as most turned right at the light on Silver Lake Road--this is potential conflicting traffic for left turns on to Minar Road and represents approximately 4-5 cars/minute and was pretty evenly distributed over the 106 minute time block--there were often 3-5 cars stacked in the right turn lane in front of McDonald's; 142 cars turning left from North Innsbruck Drive on to 27th (presumably a large percentage were Minar Ford employees or service customers, most of the traffic was concentrated in the 7:30--8:30 time block; 219 left turns from Silver Lake Road on to North Innsbruck Drive (this represents traffic that would include some of the Minar/McDonald's traffic but also traffic competing for roadway space in that first one-half block as 29 entered the bank and many proceeded on down the road. I did not count the traffic entering McDonald's as the changes will impact that traffic minimally--however it should be noted that many left turns were made into McDonald's during the first time block and that cars were often stacked in the left turn lane other observations of note: * traffic was obstructed by people parking in the roadway in front of the bank and between their two entrances-- cars trying to get around the left turners into McDonald's use the bike lane to get around on the right and proceed down North Innsbruck to the West It should be noted that this is only a rough sample during summer morning peak hours and could vary considerably depending on the day of the week or time of the year. For instance, it is vacation season now, and so the traffic levels could be diminished for that reason. It is also probable that traffic will move more slowly and cautiously in slippery winter conditions as this is a notable intersection for winter problems. Minar will also probably have more business in the winter with car malfunctions and accident repairs. It is also often the case that traffic is effected on Silver Lake Road by slippery conditions that prevent some cars from going south up the hill and contributes to collisions going north down the hill to the light at North Innsbruck. However, these data convince me that some of the assumptions in the traffic study are not applicable to our situation. The biggest surprise to me was the amount of traffic going east on North Innsbruck Drive to access silver Lake Road and probably the freeway. This 4-5 cars a minute during the entire AM rush hour