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TransportationCommission | 2008-06-25 | 4 | Close public hearing. Commissioner Schatmeier believed one of the worst features of the bill was the five- member board versus the 11-member board. He believed the five-member board was too small, and that reducing the number of representatives will make it more difficult for riders to directly communicate their concerns to decisionmakers. He believed this legislation and new agency was unnecessary and not very well thought-out. He also noted that he would like for ferry tickets to be good on other ferries. Ms. Goldman noted that would be one major benefit of the new plan. She noted that the new executive director would be John Stanley, who had close ties to Alameda as executive director of the Hornet. Chair Knox White noted that staff requested that someone from Senator Perata's office come to hold the hearing in October, but that they stopped returning calls, which he believed was disrespectful and unfortunate. No action was taken. 6B. Broadway/Jackson Project Update Staff Khan presented the staff report, and reviewed previous meetings on this ongoing project, which was performed in collaboration with the City of Oakland, ACTIA and Caltrans to move the project forward. He noted that it was important to address the weave at the Jackson Street on-ramp on I-880 northbound. He noted that the intersection at 7th and Harrison was heavily used by pedestrians, so one goal of the project is to reduce traffic at that intersection. Staff would like to shift freeway-bound traffic as much as possible, off Chinatown's local streets to arterials. Staff intended to present an alternative that he mentioned previously, which would give drivers exiting the Posey Tube the option to make a left turn onto Sixth Street, which would be turned into an arterial street and would provide access to the freeway. The Broadway off-ramp would be moved, shortened and dropped at Webster Street. There would be a new on-ramp at I-880 North at Market Street, including some arterial improvements on 5th Street. Dave Dickinson of Kimley-Horn Associates, the project consultant, displayed a presentation on additional studies that had taken place since February 2008, and discussed the background of the project, as well as recommended alternatives. Their two main objectives with the project study report were to develop a scope of an overall project that was reached through consensus of the stakeholder agencies; and the deeper analysis of the environmental studies. They developed a concept to put in a left-hand turn from Harrison to 6th Street, tapping into the 6th Street arterial. They developed elements that had an independent utility so that they could be implemented individually. He displayed the proposed arterial improvements along 6th Street, leading down to the Market Street on-ramp. The project would also include a southbound off-ramp at Martin Luther King Jr. with the 5th Street improvements. A left turn would be added from Harrison, exiting Page 4 of 11 | TransportationCommission/2008-06-25.pdf |