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TransportationCommission | 2009-01-28 | 6 | Chair Knox White noted that he was not convinced that putting in a queue jump lane would have an assured negative impact on the pedestrians as defined by the pedestrian plan. He believed there were places where the limited capacity leaving the Island made it necessary to identify the most efficient means to do so. He believed that corridors should be identified where transit should be allowed to trump pedestrians. He noted that there were very few roads with bike and transit priority. He believed that Clement, Tilden, Santa Clara, and certain parts of Central were the streets in which that conflict might exist. He believed that there were too many exceptions using the method proposed by staff, and that bicyclists on a bike street should receive priority. He had difficulty with the table, which was a visual representation of the policies, and that the Transportation Commission did not have the policies at this time. He expressed concern about the impact if a crosswalk or sidewalk were to be removed. Staff Khan replied that he intended to include that issue in the report, and added that a crosswalk removal was being performed on Poggi Street, where a school used to be located. He noted that the yellow midblock crosswalk at this location no longer had any function, need or use, therefore it was being removed. He noted that a policy identifying removal of a crosswalk as a significant environmental impact could potentially trigger the need to prepare an environmental document. Commissioner Moehring noted that Webster Street was a traffic hub, particularly at the corner near Santa Clara; many buses, pedestrians and transportation used that street in the commercial district. She would like to separate that item from the schools and recreation because the transportation in a commercial district was extremely important; pedestrians were an integral part of that equation. Chair Knox White did not like the idea of treating Class II and Class III bike routes differently, and that he understood that they had a different hierarchy. He noted that the only reason Oak Street was a Class III route was because it had not yet been made a Class II route; he believed it was a key cross-island roadway and that it should not be allowed to get worse. Staff Khan recapped the comments that he heard: 1. The Transportation Commission would like to see safety issues to be examined, and for bike and pedestrian safety to be considered a priority; 2. Pedestrians and bikes should be given preference in school and recreation zones; and 3. Transit in the commercial zones should be prioritized. Chair Knox White noted that pedestrians should be prioritized throughout the city, with the exception of gateways and commercial zones, where transit would be prioritized. Commissioner Krueger noted that the whole point of building an exclusive lane was to give transit priority. Staff Khan added that the transit should be given preference where it had the exclusive right of way. 6 | TransportationCommission/2009-01-28.pdf |