pages: TransportationCommission/2009-02-25.pdf, 11
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TransportationCommission | 2009-02-25 | 11 | noted that if the thresholds were to be locked, the tradeoff would be possible. He noted that the California Vehicle Code provided considerable leeway for the community to provide feedback if a crosswalk is proposed to be removed. The Vehicle Code requires the local jurisdiction to hold a public hearing; one was recently held regarding the removal of a school crosswalk near Woodstock School, which has closed. Staff Khan noted that with respect to conflict between thresholds, a major comment received from the Commission addressed the public safety issue. Public safety is usually addressed implicitly in the Thresholds. He discussed the flow of traffic along long segments without reaching LOS F. He noted that Dowling was testing this, and would provide a report on the results. He noted that at the last meeting, it was requested that pedestrians and bicycles be given preference over transit. After talking with AC Transit and looking at the issues in the field, staff believed that transit should be given the priority because it would ultimately yield better conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists. Chair Knox White believed that the City should be very clear about what's happening with respect to disclosure, and that it was difficult to understand the procedures for resolving conflicts between preferred modes as presented in the staff report. He asked to see the policies used by staff to develop the procedures. Commissioner Krueger noted that he also had trouble with the information presented in the staff report. He inquired whether an algorithm was used to come up with this list. Staff Khan noted that the list of streets was based on a Citywide model that stated that certain intersections would go to D or E, and that pedestrians, bikes and transit had the priority on those streets. Staff looked at the conflicts that would potentially occur in the future and also based its recommendations on the input from the Commission that the Street Functional Classification System should be followed. Chair Knox White asked for a sense of the Commission, and asked whether the Commission understood this well enough to discuss it in March. Staff Khan noted that with "regional arterials with commercial, main or school recreational land use designation, preference will be given to transit mode, followed by the pedestrian mode if the transit LOS degraded below D." Chair Knox White inquired how the priority was decided. Staff Khan noted that staff identified the places where transit was critical, and that maintaining a good transit service was important. Commissioner Schatmeier believed that the need for this was created by automobiles. He commented at the last meeting that there were transit vehicles that ran down transit malls with 15-minute headways; when the trains go by, the pedestrians get out of the way until the next train comes. Page 11 of 12 | TransportationCommission/2009-02-25.pdf |