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TransportationCommission | 2016-11-16 | 6 | hanging fruit when it comes to free bus service would be helpful. Bill Hurrell and Brian Soland replied they looked at the inter-island activity as part of the existing conditions analysis. They said some of their recommendations looked at improving access from BART stations, particularly in Oakland. They explained that WETA is looking at expanding their bi-directional service and that would require either bus service or a last mile connection. They said the Main Street Ferry Terminal would help commuters get into Alameda and their overall recommendations would assist commuters getting into and coming from Oakland. Commissioner Vargas said he liked the format of the project table, which allowed him to sort things out in his mind. Regarding the Vision Zero policy, he explained that it would be better if the policy included the multimodal elements based on the Swedish model such as freight activity and other vehicles not just bicycles and pedestrians. He liked the structure of the document because it was an easy read and the map in the back was good. He was glad to see projects included in the Bay Farm side. In terms of amending the document, he said he spoke with Staff Payne about ideas centered on the Intelligent Transportation System and autonomous vehicles and he referred to the multimodal table on page 13 of the Draft Strategies Memorandum, item #28 "Parking Management and Shared Parking Lots." He explained that autonomous vehicles/bus services and parking management/shared parking lots should be broken out separately because there's so much occurring with their neighboring county Contra Costa County that the City should proactively look at this technology. He felt themes such as "Smart Cities" should be kept in mind, especially as the City looks for federal funding and the idea of Public Private Partnerships should be categorized as an opportunity. He explained that he was recently shopping around for a new vehicle like a plug in Hybrid and it occurred to him that he hasn't seen the reappearance of the City's municipal electrical car power program. So, he would like to see that partnership revamped. He also recommended that staff start to look at promoting on demand-privatized paratransit service and he would schedule time to talk with Staff Payne about this. Additionally, he suggested within the staff report on the first paragraph under background which states "quality of life during a time of anticipated population. should also include "and employment growth" in the sentence, especially if it goes before the City Council. Including those words would also help the Metropolitan Transportation Commission understand that the City plans to include more jobs within the City. Commissioner Morgado said that it was interesting to read the verbatim public comments and he found it surprising that the public wanted a free bus system, but didn't want their taxes raised. He said he was a supporter of a free bus system that's funded by the municipality. He stated that he read all the public comments and some were classic and others were informative, but overall he felt Alameda has very intelligent residents who pay taxes in this City. Commissioner Soules felt that places like Alameda, because of its geography, offer a unique environment for immerging technologies and innovative solutions. She stated that either Public Private Partnerships or some form of agreement with a potential equity component in place could spur different ideas that could be Beta tested and not burden the City's taxpayers. She said being so close to Silicon Valley and having autonomous vehicles there already could be a benefit to the City. Page 6 of 9 | TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf |