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TransportationCommission | 2015-03-25 | 11 | Transportation Commission May 27, 2015 Item #4A Page 11 of 13 the City may not receive all of the funds they initially requested. Commissioner Vargas said he was happy to see the diverse responses and found eight speakers not for the cycle track and four speakers for the cycle track and a few other comments. He explained that he grew up in Chicago and he used to bike ride from the north to south side for many hours alongside heavy truck traffic. He felt the most important thing he was trying to bring to the conversation was that the community contained industrial traffic. There are numerous driveways, and the trucks have large turning radii. He related a conversation that he had with NACTO advocates from Chicago that implemented a lot of cycle tracks and their biggest lesson to him was to be careful when putting too many bicycle facilities in industrial areas. He said carving in too much into the truck traffic would be dangerous. Additionally, he noted that there were public concerns of placing cycle tracks on one side where the destination was on the opposite side of the street. He re-stated that the NACTO component needed to be factored in and he felt the consulting firm should have done more homework regarding the City's policy. There are heavy traffic volumes and ultimately, he felt staff should keep all the modes of traffic in mind and there must be a balance. Commissioner Schatmeier stated that this is a designated bicycle, truck and transit route and the City must find a way to allow all of the transportation needs to coexist. He asked staff why the cycle track was on the north side rather than the south side, which would eliminate many truck conflicts on south side. He summarized a business owner's comment regarding how truck access would be improved, and asked for more information. He also questioned the parking demand in the area and he requested that staff provide data on who parked in the area. Staff Payne replied that the south side contained a number of dead-end streets and many more street conflicts since the streets end on the south side of Clement Avenue. Regarding truck access, in the future Clement Avenue would extend from Tilden Avenue to Sherman Street. She explained Clement Avenue would be a through route for trucks in the long term. She also said staff wanted to make sure the turning radii was sufficient for the trucks and a loading zone is proposed near Oak Street. Additionally, she said staff would consider eliminating parking spaces on the street. To eliminate parking on one side of the entire street would not be possible. Commissioner Schatmeier asked staff if they eliminated parking on one side of the street how many parking spaces would be taken out. Commissioner Bellows said there are 220 parking spaces in total on the street. Staff Payne replied divide the 220 parking spaces by half for each side of the street. Commissioner Schatmeier asked staff who is using these parking spaces. Staff Payne stated that the area is zoned as multi-use and commercial and residential and used to be industrial. The long-term vision of the street is to be more multi-use (commercial, residential retail and some industrial). Currently, it is a mixed corridor. Commissioner Miley asked staff what is the parking demand. | TransportationCommission/2015-03-25.pdf |