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TransportationCommission | 2013-09-30 | 3 | Atlantic Avenue closer to Main Street there could be a future need for a bus lane; there is a right turn lane that could be converted to a bus lane. Commissioner Bellows asked if the common thing to do was to have a long eastbound bus lane and start the westbound lane later. Colin Burgett replied that this is somewhat usual because it is essentially a very long queue jump lane. The flip side is that it is less than a mile between Webster Street and Main Street so it would not be a long median transit way. Furthermore, he said this Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is not the typical system that we would see in other cities. Commissioner Bellows asked if there is a way to further study the westbound phase. She was not interested in piece-mealing, but if there is a plan, the City should not exclude it for later particularly when we expect development. Colin Burgett replied that they could incorporate some elements that would keep the cost down later. Boardmember Alvarez-Morroni pointed to the schematic illustrative shown on the screen and referred to the bicycle lanes on the street and to the right another bicycle lane. She was not quite clear as to why there is redundancy within the space. Also, she wanted to know if there would be a bicycle connection from Jean Sweeney Park to Alameda Point. Colin Burgett replied the bicycle lanes were Class 2 lanes on the street and then a facility proposed off the street also is proposed. The idea was to separate the more experienced cyclists from the less experienced ones. Staff Payne replied that the path shown is part of the Cross Alameda Trail, which is also proposed to go through the Jean Sweeney Park. Commissioner Schatmeier stated that he had some objections to relocating the east and west transit corridor across the island from Santa Clara Avenue to Lincoln Avenue and he is relieved to see that the staff recommendation is not to make the change. Overall, he would like staff to continue to be cognizant of proposed trunk lines and service demand. Director Knox White asked if the Lincoln Avenue Rapid Bus proposal is in addition to the current bus system running on Santa Clara Avenue. Colin Burgett replied that the original idea was a new service on Lincoln Avenue and that would be a rapid service from Alameda Point to Fruitvale BART Station, but that new service would be too close to the AC Transit Line 51. AC Transit staff members did not want to see redundancy if the Line 51 was running along Santa Clara Avenue. Thus, the recommendation was if the City wanted to make Lincoln Avenue a transit corridor, it should be in conjunction with AC Transit service. Boardmember Knox White asked why is there a financial discrepancy of the proposed shared travel lane between the Clement Street corridor, which is $10 million and the Santa Clara Page 3 of 11 | TransportationCommission/2013-09-30.pdf |