pages: TransportationCommission/2007-01-31.pdf, 5
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TransportationCommission | 2007-01-31 | 5 | livability issues." He observed that throughout the text, a lot of decisions made seemed to be based on LOS. Also, under "Congestion Tolerance - Congestion Should Be Reduced," it was also determined through threshold LOS for different modes of transportation and balanced against livability issues. Chair Knox White noted that with respect to Bayview, the subcommittee had suggested that it be a local street; it is currently in the plan as a transitional collector. He invited the Commissioners' feelings on that issue. Commissioner Schatmeier believed that was reasonable, and believed it should be a local street. Commissioner Krueger stated that the transitional designation seems appropriate, as it acknowledges the street's current volumes. Commissioner McFarland agreed with Commissioner Krueger's assessment. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Krueger whether the traffic counts had been affected by the traffic calming measures, Staff Khan believed that 30% of traffic volume on Bayview Drive had been reduced. Staff supports the transitional designation, as it would give the City the power to make changes in the future to reduce traffic volumes. Chair Knox White noted that under Land Use Overlays (General section), it read, "All unmarked local streets are designated residential corridor streets," but a map indicated highlighted residential corridor streets. He noted that the markings should be consistent. He believed it was odd to highlight a few key streets. Chair Knox White noted that page 19, under Residential Corridor Streets (Adequate Travel Lanes), read, "Provide sufficient lanes for adequate capacity to minimize queuing impacts at residential driveways " but this did not seem to be a residential-oriented goal. He stated that livability issues should be more of a goal than ensuring that traffic proceeded so that there was no queuing. Chair Knox White invited Commission comment under Commercial, with respect to keeping building frontages at a common setback to maintain a pedestrian-friendly environment. Also, building entrances should face the street. Also, he suggested that would be a design feature of the streets under Commercial Main Street. Commissioner Krueger supported that view, and believed it was very important for the pedestrian environment. Chair Knox White wished to add to the language, "Marked pedestrian crosswalks are to be frequent and should be based upon pedestrian activity and activity generators." He noted that sometimes there was no pedestrian activity because people were scared to cross the street. He concurred with Commissioner Krueger about the bike racks; if operationally and physically feasible, he believed there should be bike racks on each block, and if there was no place to fit them, the Commission could address the issue in that event. | TransportationCommission/2007-01-31.pdf |