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PlanningBoard | 2016-06-27 | 4 | Board Member Henneberry agreed that there were no good options for people heading south. He said hopefully we will be able to improve our jobs-housing imbalance as the base gets built out. Board Member Mitchell said he wants to make sure we integrate a bike and pedestrian safety plan now and not pass it off for later. He said an intra-island shuttle could be a good thing for other transit agencies and not just in competition. Board Member Köster said a ferry to ferry bus service could be an effective tool for getting people to transit nodes. He said realtors and rental properties should provide a guide to transit alternatives to new residents. He said he liked the idea of giving transit priority and the signal it sends to people stuck in their cars. Board Member Sullivan said having a baseline to measure success against is important. She said a shuttle to the ferries is critical. Board Member Burton said that commute hour backup is issue 1 through 100. He said we should focus on those issues like a laser. He echoed the desire to set the baseline and benchmarks that success would be judged against. He said many of the objectives laid out are vague and distract from the primary goals. He said the goal of increasing multi- modal mobility within Alameda ignores biking, which should be the number one way to get people out of their cars within Alameda by completing our bike infrastructure. He said we should be blunt about the parking objective and it should be to provide the least amount of necessary to make a project work. President Knox White said he also thought biking and walking are overlooked in the plan. He said he is concerned that the multi-modal aspects of the TDM plan is becoming subservient to the transit plan aspect of the process. He said it would be good to add the crossing volumes to the report. He said we have a lot more young families with two working parents now compared to houses with senior citizens that are not commuting. He said normalizing the metrics is important. He said he wants to make sure we evaluate whether an intra-island shuttle would help us meet our actual goals. He said the City is making it more difficult for pedestrians in our business districts, in conflict with our General Plan. He said the City's projects need to be consistent with these policies and not just holding developers to these standards. He said we need to prioritize safety not just emphasize it. He said we are one of the few cities that could potentially implement a peak hour road charge. Board Member Zuppan said a free Alameda shuttle would serve BART and the ferries and change behavior patterns. No action was taken. Approved Minutes Page 4 of 9 Planning Board Meeting June 27, 2016 | PlanningBoard/2016-06-27.pdf |