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TransportationCommission | 2009-04-22 | 2 | DRAFT 4. COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS Chair Knox White asked about activities of the Transit Plan Subcommittee. Commissioner Krueger indicated that he had started to review the work scope for Transit Plan. Commissioner Krueger stated that Commissioner Schatmeier and he will have their comments to staff by April 29 in order to schedule another subcommittee meeting. Chair Knox White stated that at the ILC meeting today there was talk about looking at the Long Range Transit Plan update. Both the City and AC Transit expressed strong interest in this activity especially in regards to Alameda Point and its development. Commissioner Schatmeier indicated that he had not heard about the ILC meeting and asked how he could be informed of upcoming meeting. Staff Bergman assured Commissioner Schatmeier that he would sign up all Commission members to the TMP email list and this would assure notification of upcoming meetings. Chair Knox White requested that staff provide an update at the end of the meeting on the ILC meeting under Staff Communications. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS There were none. 6. OLD BUSINESS 6A. Development of Multimodal Thresholds of Significance and Methods for Resolving Conflicts on Street Segments with Multiple Modal Preferences Chair Knox White asked if someone from Dowling Associates would be present tonight. Staff Khan replied that there was a miscommunication on their part and that they would not be present as they were in Washington, DC. Staff Bergman presented the staff report. He stated that this was a very complex topic and a challenge to write a report for people who were not immersed in this subject matter. He apologized for any confusion and appreciated any questions if clarification was needed. The reason for this report was to see how the City would address its anticipated growth. Because certain projects have been approved and others are on the horizon, growth will happen in Alameda. The thresholds of significance will help guide the City on how to make decisions. For the traffic analysis, future projects are taken into consideration such as those at Alameda Point (Measure A compliant alternative). The challenge was finding the balance between accepting severe impacts to the transportation system because of growth versus being too strict, so that small impacts could preclude growth. In response to the Commission's request from the March meeting, Staff Bergman discussed the methods used to calculate the level of service (LOS) for each mode. He noted that the bicycle LOS was easiest to illustrate as they describe the physical conditions for bicyclists. The others primarily measure delay or travel time. Page 2 of 15 | TransportationCommission/2009-04-22.pdf |