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TransportationCommission | 2008-10-22 | 3 | success, such as single-family homes, townhomes, live-work, multifamily tuck-under, senior housing, workforce housing, commercial development, and mixed use retail. He noted that a diverse housing mix enables more flexible and effective reaction to a changing marketplace. Mr. Matthew Ridgway, Fehr & Peers, noted that Megan Mitman's name should be on the slide as well, due to her significant contribution to this work in close coordination with the City. He augmented Mr. Thomas' comments on the contractual arrangement on this project. He noted that while SunCal provided the funding, Fehr and Peers' contract was with the City of Alameda. He displayed a series of slides illustrating present and future auto congestion, which they anticipated would become worse with or without the Alameda Point development. He noted that they encouraged people to use alternate transportation modes as much as possible. He noted that there was no draw on the General Fund, and that the project was at least fiscally neutral. Mr. Ridgway detailed the six guiding principles of this project: 1. Attract eco-minded residents and tenants. All residents and businesses will pay for an ecopass program, whether they use it or not; 2. Create a self-sufficient community, with shopping, work, child care, educational (elementary school) and recreational opportunities on-site; 3. Provide the best transportation services and facilities in the city, with a dedicated shuttle to connect to the 12th Street BART in Oakland in the initial phase. A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system with two routes (between Alameda Point and 12th Street BART, as well as to the Fruitvale BART station) will be implemented. He noted that the proposed addition of the new ferry terminal at the seaplane lagoon would enhance ferry operations. He noted that the Transportation Coordinator would host regular transportation fairs and organize rideshare matching. He detailed the route and operations of the dedicated shuttle line, and added that a new shuttle would augment the 63 route. He estimated that the costs for the overall transit improvements would be between $35-50 million. 4. Provide Island-wide benefits for the City. He noted that reduction in auto use must be implemented to free up the capacity for the additional travel associated with the development of Alameda Point. He noted that it was expected that there would be a 2-4% reduction in motor vehicle trips, and a significant increase in infrastructure to accomplish that goal. The BRT system would be an addition to the transit choices. The bikeway system would provide an additional benefit, and that a trail facility would be extended along the former Alameda Belt Line corridor along the length of the Island. The $5-7 million cost would be built into the development pro forma. The system would provide additional travel and recreational opportunities, as well as travel to the Ferry Terminal. 3 | TransportationCommission/2008-10-22.pdf |