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TransportationCommission | 2006-05-24 | 2 | 4. COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS The Multimodal Circulation Plan sub-committee has not met since the last TC meeting and there is nothing to report on. The Pedestrian Plan will be discussed tonight. The Bicycle Plans update has not been started as of this date. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. 7C. CITY POLICY REGARDING SPACING BETWEEN BUS STOPS Staff Bergman presented the staff report. He noted that the Transportation Technical Team (TTT) had requested that the Transportation Commission provide more specific policy direction regarding bus stop location and how their benefits should be evaluated against any negative impacts. He distributed the AC Transit bus stop policy. Chair Knox White asked Staff Bergman to identify what the safety concerns were. Staff Bergman said that a representative from the Alameda Police Department would speak on that issue. Officer Craig Rodrigue said that there was a concern from the crossing guard Mr. Garlets on trying to cross the kids with the crosswalk located across Otis Drive which the location of the bus stops would hinder the safety of the children. With the amount of traffic they had to step out a little further past the end of the bus to look for oncoming traffic. There are also cars that creep up and keep going across the crosswalk without stopping. There are concerns of having a bus stop there in front of the school for both the children and the crossing guards. Officer Rodrigue indicated that he had discussed this issue with Michael Margulies of the Public Works Dept. in the past. After the concerns were raised, the bus stop was bagged and removed. PUBLIC COMMENT Peter Muzio stated that it is 900 ft to Grand and a couple of thousand feet to the Willow bus stop. The bus stop is not in the middle of the block. He recommended putting the bus stop by the walkway, about half way between the two existing stops. Barbara Nemer stated that the proposed bus stop location is hazardous. She said that the crosswalks are not observed by drivers and the location is unsafe because of parents dropping off and picking up their children at the school. Elmer Garlets, a crossing guard at Lum School, stated that the proposed bus stop location is hazardous. He said that the bus stops right on top of the crosswalk, which blocks the view of the crossing guards of oncoming traffic and that vehicles cannot stop in time for the crosswalk. He 2 | TransportationCommission/2006-05-24.pdf |