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CityCouncil | 2010-07-07 | 17 | every year and those working will be kept; measures not working will be adjusted or changed; different tiered set of measures are used and get increasingly more stringent; reviewed the duties of the Alameda Point TDM Coordinator and the tier measures; stated the program, combined with the capital improvements and transit system, is the best way to get transit-oriented development to work; the City does not have to take his word that the project is going to provide more mobility for Alameda and mitigate impacts, the City's two transportation consultants will do a pretty extensive EIR to validate SunCal's program; if parts of the program do not work, the consultants will suggest a way to change it; the program will be completely vetted through the City's consultants who will analyze the entire Island and parts of Oakland; further stated a transit feasibility study will go on at the same time; the City's consultant is looking at SunCal's proposed route along Lincoln Avenue and about four other options to find the best way to provide the phased transit system; either the Lincoln-Tilden route will be validated, or the consultants will come up with a different route; there is clear data from years of collection that TOD works and really does reduce traffic when compared against the same type of suburban single family, low density, low intensity development that happens all over the Bay Area. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated that he commutes on the 72R, which goes on Broadway and San Pablo Avenue, and knows Lincoln Avenue because he comes to City Hall on Lincoln Avenue; that he is trying to imagine rapid buses run by AC Transit in Alameda between Alameda Point and the Fruitvale BART station actually being rapid; 25 miles per hour [on Lincoln Avenue] is not San Pablo Avenue, which is a broad street where buses get up to 40 to 45 miles per hour; the regardless of how Alameda Point is developed, rapid transit is needed in the City; that he has a hard time understanding how such a short line can be rapid, and also, how it can be funded. Mr. Daisa stated SunCal will do the best it can with rapid transit given that flow condition will be mixed; so rapid transit runs with cars in mixed flow; before providing a dedicated lane for transit, technology will be used; one is the transit signal priority, the busses can trigger a speeding-up of the signals; the system is not perfect; the San Pablo rapid system works on the same type of technology said system improved travel time by 30%. Councilmember/Boaro Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated that he knows rapid transit is very effective, but it could not go 45 miles per hour. Mr. Daisa stated the average speed less than 20 miles per hour; travel time from one end to the other is less than 20 miles per hour with stops and traffic signals; technology will be used to make it as rapid as possible; the project description commits up to eight queue jump lines; a bypass lane will be included where determined feasible so the bus can pull up and bypass any congested intersection. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated that he has a hard time Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority, and 16 Community Improvement Commission July 7, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-07-07.pdf |