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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-12-14 | 17 | Gail Payne: Okay, that's great to know. Thank you. Michaela Tsztoo: And all of you guys should put them in all over the city, not just some spots. Gail Payne: Great. That's our plan. It's in our pedestrian plan. Michaela Tsztoo: Because if I don't have assistance then I depend on that heavily. Gail Payne: It's in our pedestrian plan just so you know, for all the signals to have accessible pedestrian signals. It would be helpful to know where you're most needing them because what we have trouble with sometimes is where to prioritize them with our limited time and money. We recently put some in near bus stops. I don't know if you saw that. There's nine around, more than there used to be, like Grand and Otis because it's next to a bus stop. I think Central and Oak has one now because of that, near buses. So let us know what's not working and it's easier for us to prioritize. Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you. I did have one other question. What is the plan for addressing the development that's going to be going on out at the Point, and how that will impact the transit plan? You've mentioned about the ferry terminals and stuff. I believe I heard something about the new developments coming with transportation passes. Gail Payne: The one that you're describing, Alameda Point. There's different developments, so each new development that's been approved has transportation requirements. They are required to pay the residents who move in an annual fee, that's a transportation mitigation fee and that pays for more transportation services. Like they all will obtain these easy passes, these bus passes that allows them to get on easily and use buses or transit. In Alameda Point it's actually not only buses, but ferries. So everyone who moves in will automatically get them. It's free, so they might as well use it, gives them incentive not to drive. That's just an example, but there's of requirements, transportation requirements on these new developments. That's just one of them. And so we are working in collaboration with the new developments to implement those requirements. Elizabeth Kenny: Go ahead, Commissioner Brillinger. Arnold Brillinger: You said there was a ferry transit consultant coming onboard? Gail Payne: She's actually going to be a staff person, a part-time staff person. Yes, and she's a specialist in Paratransit. Arnold Brillinger: All right. And she's located at Mastick? Gail Payne: She will be there, three days a week. Arnold Brillinger: But she isn't yet? Gail Payne: She'll start on January 17th. Arnold Brillinger: Okay, because there are a lot of things about our shuttle, not to get it mixed up with East Bay Paratransit. But with our shuttle, that needs to be looked at and because it's got some real possibilities, I think maybe sometimes it's not operating during the correct time of day. Sometimes it's not going to the right places. I heard you say that you're going to increase the frequency, but if it's still going to the same old places and not going to places like BART or the ferry, then we lose a lot of things that are good reasons for it to be there because it spends a lot of its time zooming around with just a couple of people on it. When they do the math, does it provide enough service for the demand? | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf |