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TransportationCommission | 2011-12-14 | 7 | Commissioner Bertken - TC is supposed to adopt policies. Staff Khan - The TC member comments are captured in the meeting minutes. The TC comments will be used as the TC recommendations and then it will go to the Planning Board. Staff could keep the TC comments separate if desired. Staff is hearing that the TC will start meeting every other month starting next year. Staff Payne confirmed that there will be a January meeting. Commissioner Bertken made the motion to bring a draft redlined copy at the January meeting; Commissioner Vargas seconded the motion. 4D. Additional Bicycle Racks for Park Street Staff Khan summarized the staff report. Commissioner Bertken - asked a question about the legend. Staff Khan replied that the drawings are meant for the detailed engineering design. The details to focus on are the bike rack symbols. The bus stations at Encinal Avenue and other locations may be able to have more bike parking. Lucy Gigli - President of Bike Alameda - BikeAlameda did rush to walk down Park Street to see where to place additional bike racks. It ends up that potentially 35 to 40 bike racks along that corridor would be installed. BikeAlameda still is concerned about losing 100 parking meters and going down to 35 to 40 bike racks. BikeAlameda is not sure how the new bike racks are going to accommodate the bike parking. BikeAlameda would like the city to consider an in-street bike parking pilot program at some location that is convenient. It would take away one parking space for about ten bike parking spaces. Instead of plenty of bike parking, BikeAlameda is seeing a streetscape with less bike parking. BikeAlameda would like to see one or two of these in-street facilities in place along Park Street. Jon Spangler - The net lose is about 100 bike parking spaces when considering the parking meters eliminated and the original 12 bike racks installed. The new 35 to 40 bike spaces would close about one half the gap. He made the same request to look at in-street bike parking. One of the locations is Stone Cyclery and the owner of the bar next door. The idea of the shared supervision would work in that location. He hopes that it will be looked at on Webster Street and Alameda Landing on its next round to the Planning Board. Bonnie Wehmann of BoardMemeber BikeAlameda, EBBC and League Instructor Certified - She expressed her concern about the bike racks. It seems so minimal. It would be great to convert parking spaces to in-street bike parking. Commissioner Moehring - She asked if this issue has gone to PSBA. Staff Khan - It is not impacting anything on the sidewalk or parking so it has not gone to PSBA. Page 7 of 9 | TransportationCommission/2011-12-14.pdf |