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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 6 | people fit in the street as possible, to get where they need to go. So I had mentioned carpooling and car-sharing, there's bike sharing. And we're trying to make TDM work for all residents and employees. Right now, it's only required in the three key development areas. And so we're working on making that work as a consolidated group and so that they can form a single non-profit entity that would implement the TDM strategies for those new developments. Gail Payne: Best practices and new technologies, and then I'll get to the goals and objectives. For best practices, you've probably seen Webster Street, the bus queue-jump lane that's there, that somewhat has been extended recently by the tubes, that's a great example of a best practice, because when it's all congested, you see the buses flying by. And I was, just once, I must admit, stuck in my car towards the tube in the morning, and I actually felt myself getting mad at all the buses going by so quickly, which is I was ashamed that that was my reaction, but it really does work. And so, that's something in this plan we're really going to be looking at is other ways of having those dedicated bus lanes, where the bus riders aren't getting penalized with all this congestion coming up. Gail Payne: Parking management, how can we price parking so that there's always one or two spaces available per block? You don't have to circle the block, and you don't have people there who shouldn't be parked there who could be parked at the off-street parking spaces. And SO there's ways of doing a better job of strategizing about parking that we could perfect a little bit. On demand car- sharing and ride-sharing, that's where you get the Uber and Lyft. And when it comes to Commission on Disability Issues, what we're really struggling with as a city is how do we These are private sector companies, and it's a little bit like the Wild West, they're not quite regulated yet as much as it probably will be. So how is it evolving? Where is it going? And how does a city form relationships with them contractually, if we do ever? I know some jurisdictions are doing that, and do we want to? And does that provide accessible ways for people to get around? So that's what we're grappling with when it comes to these entities. Gail Payne: Other new technologies, you have these driverless vehicles that, from a disabilities perspective, could really increase freedom for people who are blind, or people who have physical impairments and can't drive. And so that can really open some great doors. It is coming, we think, and how does that change our streets? Because this one image is showing how they can be bunched up when parked, so maybe we won't need as much parking. Maybe we won't have so many parking issues. They also won't, if they're programmed, they won't take up as much space on the road, so maybe we don't need as many wide lanes, and maybe there won't be as much congestion. Gail Payne: So, the very last part of this presentation is on the preliminary goals and objectives that we have. And so we have just two goals, one pertains to improving transportation on the island crossings, and the other goal is improving transportation within Alameda. So it's about the island crossings as one goal, and the second goal being within Alameda. And the objectives really are the same for each goal, they just repeat. And I can just summarize real quickly, it's really a lot of verbiage, but is that the transit goals or objectives for both goals have to do with improving transit frequency, reliability, access, awareness of the transit and ensuring that we have positive partnerships with the providers. And for these transportation options, is we're looking at providing programs and strategies to reduce drive alone trips and integrating land use changes with transportation improvements, prioritizing these transportation alternatives, and again, increasing awareness of them. 08/17/16 Page 6 of 19 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |