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TransportationCommission | 2012-09-26 | 9 | Traffic Calming Projects regarding the Fernside Boulevard Project - Staff scheduled a meeting at Edison School on Thursday, September 27th at 7pm for the Fernside traffic calming. At the last meeting, the Commission approved a midblock crossing between Franklin School and Franklin Park, and staff installed the crossing with help from Alameda Unified School District staff. Commissioner Schatmeier mentioned that he met with Staff Payne about the Shore Line project to talk about the bus stop treatments along Shore Line Drive. He wanted Staff Payne to update the Commission on any discussions between her and AC Transit staff. Staff Payne replied that they do have a recommended plan along Shore Line and Westline Drives because transit service exists between Grand Street and Willow Street. She has discussed with AC Transit to eliminate the midblock stop eastbound towards Broadway because a safety issue exists. AC Transit is fine to move the westbound bus stop on Shore Line Drive at Kitty Hawk Road from the near side to the far side. Staff is recommending to not doing anything with the westbound bus stop on Willow Street at Shore Line Drive. Additionally, there were some challenges with distances between stops because they are taking away the eastbound midblock stop, but since a safety issue exists, that would be the best way to proceed. Commissioner Miley mentioned that since they were talking about safety issues with AC Transit, he noticed that on Otis Drive at High Street, the bus has a noticeably tight turn and cars have to reverse to get out of the way of the bus. So, he wanted to know if the City has looked into that issue. Staff Payne explained that she has noticed that herself and she would take that up with AC Transit staff. Additionally, she explained that the Shore Line/Westline Drive update would be brought before the public on October 18 and brought to the Transportation Commission meeting in November. 6. Staff Communications 7. Announcements/ Public Comments Jon Spangler stated that he is on the BART Bike Advisory Task Force and member of the East Bay Bicycle Coalition. He has been involved in getting the bike pilot on board BART in the month of August. At this time, there has not been a lot of news from BART since the pilot ended on August 31. However, there was a meeting that afternoon to make sure BART continued an evaluation to implement what they could from the pilot. They are looking at reconfiguring the older cars that have a little windscreen inside the door that completely wipes out wheelchair and bicycle access and looking at adding some flexibility in San Francisco during the blackout periods because there is more room at Montgomery Station then Embarcadero Station in terms of vertical access and platform size. Furthermore, BART is looking at 12th and 19th Street Stations to allow bicycles on the platforms and avoid conflict with patrons. He explained that protocols for pedestrians, bicyclists, skateboarders and strollers would need to be communicated with Page 9 of 10 | TransportationCommission/2012-09-26.pdf |