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TransportationCommission | 2007-01-31 | 10 | staff. He commended Catellus for being on the leading edge with a TDM, which he viewed as an unfolding work in progress. He believed it was important to integrate AC Transit's views as expressed in the memo, and that best practices should be implemented with other organizations. He believed the City should be careful in evaluating the TDM plan and the impact of Catellus at Alameda Landing overall, not just in terms of shoppers, workers and business owners, but also the potential costs and benefits realized by the entire community from the TDM options that would be funded by residents of Alameda and Oakland. He hoped that as the City evaluates the TDM, that it will be able to examine tourism funding, funding through the Port of Oakland and Chamber of Commerce, or other economic development sources normally used in Alameda. He was encouraged by this progressive approach. Jeff Cambra, Board member of Bike Alameda, spoke on behalf of the Estuary Crossing Coalition, agreed with Mr. Spangler's comments. He noted that the Coalition's interests include: 1) Establishing criteria for the earliest possible initiation of the Estuary water shuttle service, taking into account that there is sufficient project improvements and occupancy to create ridership; 2) Such criteria should include a. extra Alameda Landing west end demand, as determined by non-developer- funded surveys and City-sponsored feasibility studies; b. operational effectiveness as determined by the use of Estuary water shuttle ridership surveys and other TDM surveys proposed by Catellus to determine regional impact; c. any disagreement regarding initiation of the Estuary water shuttle should be addressed as part of the TDM annual report submitted to the Council. Mr. Cambra noted that it was the Coalition's understanding that the Coalition and Catellus agree in principle on these interests, and that the Coalition supports this draft document as it relates to the Estuary water shuttle. Due to the short time between the release of the draft TDM document and this meeting, the Coalition will continue to meet with Catellus to provide additional comments for the next TC meeting in February. Closed Public Comment Commissioner Schatmeier noted that he was interested in the shuttle service, and that Commission as a whole was interested in reducing single-occupant automobile trips, rather than trips in general. He wished to echo the AC Transit comments and concerns about how a shuttle service can be overlaid with AC Transit service. He understood that the details had not been worked out yet. He believed that 30-minute headways are not sufficient. He added that pricing needs to be further investigated, and that the AC Transit fare from the development into downtown Oakland of $1.75, plus $0.25 for a transfer, when piggybacked on top of a BART fare would be a deterrent to ridership. He stated that free shuttles such as those operated MacArthur BART to the Kaiser facility also detracts from AC Transit ridership. He suggested subsidizing the AC Transit fare on the 19 line in coordination with a free shuttle. Commissioner Krueger stated that the utility of transit increases when integrated into a larger network. For this reason, that he was not generally a fan of small, limited shuttle services, and | TransportationCommission/2007-01-31.pdf |