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TransportationCommission | 2009-04-22 | 8 | DRAFT Chair Knox White reiterated Mr. Landau's comments regarding the 10% reduction, no matter what the LOS said. Commissioner Krueger stated transit had fixed routes; made sense to have that 10% degradation standard for transit; automobile drivers have a choice of multiple routes. Staff Khan stated staff had raised the bar for transit to LOS C. Alameda will be growing; if travel speeds are not allowed to drop by 10%, you cannot have growth in the city. Commissioner Krueger asked if the objection was to any differential standard or to the 10%. Staff Khan stated that in the future, many of the corridors will be going from C to D or E, so staff wanted to address this for the future SO that it won't go to something too bad; if this was locked in at 10% in 2030, all corridors will fail. Commissioner Schatmeier noted that if the LOS for automobiles deteriorated, the demand would be higher. With transit, it would mean that speeds have gone lower and demand would go with it; want more people using transit and fewer people using automobiles. Staff Khan agreed with Commissioner Schatmeier; city is keeping the transit above everything; balancing of all different modes. Commissioner Schatmeier stated it would be ideal if growth occurred and was absorbed by the mode that could handle it the best. Transit has the capacity to handle it; if people are diverted to autos, the LOS will decline. Staff Khan discussed significant impact. Example was given: If a bus was traveling at 13 mph on Webster Street, and a project comes along and reduces that speed to 1.3 mph from 13 mph that would be a significant impact. Chair Knox White stated that example was not a good one; it's also an impact because of going from C to D. Staff Khan noted that staff was proposing a range of speed between LOS C to LOS D. LOS C is between 13 mph to 19 mph; lights are running at LOS C; trying to maintain it and looking ahead to 2030 - if nothing is done, many of those lights will be going to E or F; want to give transit the highest priority; autos will be given the lowest priority, that is why some intersections will be LOS F. Chair Knox White noted differences in two approaches. 1) buses traveling 25mph could go down to 13 mph and the developer or development would have to do nothing to fix that issue- level C. The 10% says that at 23 mph it loses 2.3, the developer would need to do something to bring it back up so it doesn't lose. 2) The development looks at what it is currently and what it would be in 2030. Transit is going to slow down just because of background growth and whatever else. Staff Bergman asked Mr. Landau about travel speed measurements; how much variability is there between measurements and can this be reliably detected. Mr. Landau replied a standard would have to be established; either p.m.or a.m. peak times; bus Page 8 of 15 | TransportationCommission/2009-04-22.pdf |