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TransportationCommission | 2013-09-30 | 6 | Nathan Landau said that there are possibilities of modifying existing routes. Alameda Point will need a whole new route and it is clear there will be a need for operating dollars to start it. Alameda Point properties may be able to generate dollars, but the City needs a robust transit service to make it work. Andrew Thomas said from the City's perspective would be for AC Transit to modify their services and expand to Alameda Point, but the game plan is to require all Alameda Point housing and businesses to fund additional transit services annually. So, if AC Transit does not provide service then they will be running additional supplementary services from Alameda Point. We have a 70-foot public right-of-way that we are not using south of Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway. As Alameda Point develops out, then we could have a dedicated lane or queue jumps and phase in a single transit lane. Alternatively, we could be planning a good 20-30 feet of the 70 feet to provide lanes going both ways. Commissioner Bellows said on page 79 it showed a construction cost comparison in the west end only. She thought the Commission was planning to talk about an option to pursue in the future. Commissioner Vargas said staff is not looking for an action, but only consensus and comments. Boardmember Henneberry asked staff what funds are used to build the Bus Rapid Transit on International Boulevard in Oakland. Nathan Landau replied there is a mix of capital funds. He explained there is a large percent of federal funds and some Measure B funds. However, the funds are not coming from the city of Oakland or San Leandro. Also, when the last Measure B3 was proposed, Alameda said some of those funds would be used for the BRT system and unfortunately that measure failed narrowly. Boardmember Henneberry said the City is headed in the right direction in general, but we need to keep the right-of-way flexible and make the system user friendly to get people out of their cars and onto public transit. Boardmember Knox White said when he was part of the Transportation Commission and helped write the Transportation Master Plan that became part of the Transportation Element, they identified two corridors on the island. He said the idea was not for the corridors to be exclusively used for public transit, but available for whenever there was a time then those corridors could be used. He was concerned that the City would take Lincoln Avenue off the plan if they decided not to run BRT. His opinion is the fact that Lincoln Avenue is a historical exclusive right-of- way and the corridor has never been fully discussed for public transit development. Moreover, he felt the Clement Avenue alignment for BRT would be four minutes shorter and cheaper operations than the alternative alignments. He went on to say there are a lot of North Shore transit needs that are coming through the pipeline and a transit element that ties all of them together can help leverage the planning at Alameda Point and provide better service to Alameda. In addition, he worried that the work being done is serving Alameda Point and then down the Webster tubes is a missed opportunity and serves hardly anyone. He mentioned that the City could use the money for proposals on park-and-rides and ferry terminals that are not being done and he proposed to use the monies to look at the Clement Avenue and Town Center implementations. Finally, he believed the multimodal redesign of Broadway and Jackson Streets Page 6 of 11 | TransportationCommission/2013-09-30.pdf |