Fearrington Village has 83 streets and roads, of which 57 are state secondary roads. Of those state roadways, only a small number—which we refer to as being among our traffic “arterials”—carry the greatest volume of traffic flow as well as at some times significant instances of vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle interactions (ranging from bicyclists riding in the traffic lane with vehicles (which is legal in NC) and people crossing the roadway (with or without crosswalks), or walking along the edge of the roadway when paths or sidewalks are unavailable or are in bad condition.
Our modern ATS speed monitor, which is perpetually moved among fixed locations on a rotation pattern, stores and remotely reports a wide array of traffic data. For this report, we have chosen to focus on five of the high-traffic volume locations listed just below. Later reports will include some of these same locations as well as several others. Beechmast, near Quail Run, close to Village Way; Millcroft Inbound, near Woodleigh; Village Way Inbound, near Windstone; Village Way Outbound, near Windstone; Weathersfield, Inbound near Caswell.
Of the varieties of reports compiled by the monitor, the most important high-level overview is provided by the “Compliance and Risk Report,” which appears below. As you will note from the date ranges listed, the monitor was returned to some locations more often and remained at some locations longer (for both data collection and driver awareness reasons). We’re working toward a more refined scheduling of locations and timeframes.
Not too surprisingly, in this current report, Village Way/Inbound/near Windstone and Weathersfield/Inbound near Caswell—the two main entry/exit arterials—account for the greatest percentage of the excessive speeds, most of which by far is documented by the camera as being produced by passenger vehicles, not by service and delivery vehicles.
