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TransportationCommission | 2006-05-24 | 5 | asked how people would be able get out of Alameda? The tube is very congested, and the water taxi would only get people to Jack London Square, still a significant distance from the BART station. She also asked why there is no connection from Alameda Landing directly to the Alameda ferry terminal. Lucy Gigli she stated that many of the mitigation measures would make walking and bicycling worse. Adding lanes on a street would make it more difficult to add bike lanes. She asked that the water taxi be used as a mitigation measure, which would be a good way to encourage people to get out of their cars. Ricardo Pedevilla stated that he is a resident and a new member of Bike Alameda. He indicated that he supports improvements that will treat bicycling as a serious mode of transportation. He noted that the Posey tube is a terrible option. He recommended that a water taxi be implemented early on in the project. Public Comment Closed Commissioner Krueger found some discrepancies between the document on the cities website and the document in the TC packet. The one in the packet has a date of May 11th. Concerned the mitigation at 8th and Central that one version talks about widening 8th Street. Staff Thomas said there was a draft for two potential mitigations to deal with that intersection. The Planning Board and City Council can review the options and decide what they want to do. Chair Knox White asked if the city has adopted thresholds of significance beyond those for the tubes through the Traffic Capacity Management Procedure (TCMP). Staff Thomas said there is not, but that the City tries to maintain consistency from one EIR to the next. Chair Knox White asked if these traffic projections include the Target project and the Clement extension? Staff Thomas responded that Target was included, but the Clement extension was not. Chair Knox White wanted to know how 20% of the retail trips that the site generates would come up Westline and 8th Street. Staff Thomas said that he would have to get to him on that. Chair Knox White said that there were discussions that 40% of trips to the main island were coming from the south. On IV.H-2b it shows 18% along I-880. We assume that 22% are using city streets heading south. Staff Thomas said that 18% of the office R&D is heading south on I-880 and 15% on Atlantic, but a percentage of that may continue and go over the Fruitvale Bridge. 5 | TransportationCommission/2006-05-24.pdf |