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TransportationCommission | 2013-09-30 | 2 | Denis Carole, Marina Village resident, said he was concerned with vehicular access to the island through the tubes. He thought the bike and vehicle access by the estuary should be planned for the long term. Also, he felt the approaches coming in and out of the City are bottlenecks. Additionally, he pointed out there are a lot of alternatives working around those issues, but the nature of the infrastructure needs to be reviewed. Moreover, he felt the City had a patchwork system in place and he resents the amount of pressure that is being put on development within the City. 4. Draft Regional Transit Access Study Staff Payne presented an overview of the study. Colin Burgett, Nelson Nygaard Consulting Principal and John Atkinson (subconsultant) presented the outcome of the study. Nathan Landau, AC Transit Project Manager, appreciated the City and consultants' work. He supported the consultants and staff's choice to not move the route from Santa Clara Avenue to Lincoln Avenue because Lincoln Avenue has a mixture of business and residential traffic. In terms of Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway, he was glad that the city is looking at dedicated bus lanes, but the options should include two-way lanes. He felt two-way lanes were needed in both directions because Alameda Point would be developing further. He cautioned the Board and Commission on the use of shuttles, especially as Alameda Point builds out over time. Commissioner Vargas asked Nathan Landau if he was referring to the letter attached to the exhibit dated September 13th He then opened the floor to public comments. Jon Spangler, Alameda resident and a League of American Cycling Instructor, said he was happy to see the Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway corridor being reviewed and he was happy to see Nathan Landau responding to the study. He believed access to the island was a big draw for businesses looking at locating to Alameda Point. Furthermore, he was glad staff recommended to stay with Santa Clara Avenue. Commissioner Bellows stated that when reading the West end Corridor Comparison and the preliminary cost estimate if it includes the cost of buying the right-of-way and she was curious to know if the City did include eastbound and westbound bus only lanes would there be room to do it. Colin Burgett replied the cost estimate is based on current right-of-way and there is room for a westbound bus only lane along with the eastbound lane. The original concept was a median way, but that is very expensive. He said that the cheaper option is carving out a westbound lane closer to the sidewalk. The trickier question posed was related to the bike lane if they can fit both a bike lane and bus lane. Overall, he felt the reason of focusing on a bus lane in that direction is related to how the traffic operates. Commissioner Bellows asked about the right-of-way costs. Colin Burgett replied that the right-of-way is currently public. He explained further west on Page 2 of 11 | TransportationCommission/2013-09-30.pdf |