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TransportationCommission | 2007-01-31 | 11 | that there was more benefit being part of a larger system. In lieu of a shuttle, he suggested providing an Ecopass, or a combination of an Ecopass and contracting with AC Transit for additional service to get people onto regular AC Transit buses. John Atkinson, consultant to Catellus, noted that the shuttle was the cornerstone of the program, and added that they intended to apply a systemic approach to reduce SOV traffic. He noted that they were exploring ride-matching systems with carpools and possibly van pools. He stated that AC Transit has indicated that not all of their buses are equipped for handling an Ecopass program. Also, in trying to price services, AC Transit was $130-140 an hour to run shuttles, approximately double the cost of a private operator; an economically feasible situation should be found. Catellus' goal is to coordinate not just with AC Transit, but also with BART and the ferry, and that they want to work with AC Transit as much as possible. Staff Bergman noted that the Interagency Liaison Committee had addressed the possibility of using an Ecopass. AC Transit had not been ready to implement that concept yet, and that they had three programs that had been individually negotiated. They are currently trying to standardize that process, and would will an update at the next ILC meeting within the next month. A discussion of integrating the service into the Island grid followed. Commissioner Krueger was surprised to see that the monitoring would be done only through surveys. Mr. Knopf noted that Catellus has proposed taking the ITE trip generation rates that such a development was expected to generate in the outlying and surrounding area, and to take those numbers and examine the level of reduction in SOV trips expected to accomplish. Through direct surveys, the level of usage would be compared against the survey results. Commissioner Schatmeier suggested measuring at the key access points of the actual car trips, and running the numbers from that. Andrew Thomas, Planning Department, noted that Mr. Knopf and staff had done a good job in introducing the major issues. He noted that the Planning Department saw this as the beginning of a much larger West End TDM program. He believed that although he was very happy that Catellus had stepped forward in committing the $425,000 per year at buildout, it would take a lot more money to run an effective transportation program. The Planning Department believed that Catellus should create an organization so that future projects may be built in the West End. He noted that Alameda Point could have 1400-1500 market-rate units, which could potentially provide a major financial contribution to this program. The Planning Department believed that a major source of annual operating funding should be generated which should be turned over to AC Transit when it became big enough so they could provide the levels of services needed in the West End. If an Ecopass program is initiated, everyone who pays the annual fee may participate. He believed it was important to get this organization started now. He noted that they needed to be able to adjust to changing system requirements. | TransportationCommission/2007-01-31.pdf |