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TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 12 | Commission Schatmeier said Bay Farm Island has extensive bicycle facilities, therefore creating a lot of opportunities to use bikes. He asked if a station would have more use then the population density would indicate because of the opportunities to use bikes. Brian Sullen replied absolutely, but he would caution against just adding one bike share station, but including maybe three stations because when adding bike share stations you have to cluster a few out there to make it more viable. Commissioner Bellows asked if the existing conditions includes Harbor Bay. Brian Sullen replied they do. Commissioner Bellows said she occasionally takes BART and the trains are more crowded than ever before. She asked if the crowding was due to less trains or increased ridership. Brian Sullen replied BART boardings are not down. However, few Alameda residents are taking BART. Commissioner Schatmeier asked about ridership from Alameda (note - inaudible dialogue) Brian Sullen said he would provide the data to the Commission. Jennifer Ott continued with the presentation's goals, objectives, and feedback. Commissioner Vargas stated that the "Origins and destinations" slide was a useful slide and in the future he wanted staff to provide a slide about where people come from when they travel to Alameda. He also wanted to know at a future time why carpool levels dropped from 2000 to 2005. Furthermore, he said the additional bike share slides were not available in the previous packet, so having that included before the presentation would be good. Commissioner Bellows opened the floor to public comment. Denise Tropadea, Alameda resident, said safety is near and dear to my heart as it relates to the TDM. She explained that she recently moved into a Victorian home in Alameda and when she is not having to haul building material around than she is biking, walking or using public transit. She stated that she supported all the work that the City is doing to get people out of their cars. However, she explained as Alameda continues to grow the City needs to mitigate the number of cars on the street because it does not add to the quality of life. Therefore, the City needs to provide more options to get people out of their cars and those options are not in place. She is asked the Commission to add both the objectives to the TDM as well as the evaluation criteria to make sure safety and specifically bicycle, pedestrian and vehicle collisions are within the plan. She asked the Commission to adopt a goal similar to the Vision Zero policy in San Francisco to reduce deaths and serious injuries as part of the transportation goals. Additionally, she asked for the City to work on more or some egress off of the west end of the island for people who are not in a car. She pointed out that the extra four inches of sidewalk within the tube is good, but it's not a long-term solution and the City needs to plan for another way off the west end of the island. She felt the shuttles are good, but when riders have to put their bicycles on the back of the shuttle Page 12 of 17 | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |