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State highway system and Federal funds are used. He stated that these days funding is much more flexible and can spread over more projects. Director Keating responded to Commissioner Bowden's question of whether the County has stepped in before and given money to the State for our roads. Commissioner O'Bryan questioned the current capacity from 26th Street to 65th Street, which showed the capacity at 2,010, and then from 65th Street it jumps to 2,232 units. He wondered what changed in the road to add 200 more trips. Director Mora explained the change and pointed out that these capacities are all the result of special studies called arterial analyses that have been done on each segment. Further, they do a much more critical evaluation of the roadway capacity than what comes out of the standard capacities that are in the DOT and tables. They look at speed, access and the number of signals and timing of those signals. He explained that the reason it jumps to 2232 is that as you get north of 69th Street the number of signals go down. Also studies have shown that the fewer signals on a segment of roadway the higher the capacity because the traffic does not get stopped. D. PARALLEL NORTH/SOUTHROADS - OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY, INDIAN RIVER BLVD. Director Mora talked about parallel facilities such as Old Dixie Highway and Indian River Boulevard that can add capacity or provide relief to US 1. He remarked that Old Dixie is not continuous between Vero Beach and Sebastian and pointed out other obstacles like 4 -way stops, not being an arterial roadway, and restricted access at CR 510. He felt that does not make it an ideal alternate route for traffic. Also Indian River Boulevard does not parallel US 1 until you get to February 9, 2007 4 Public Workshop