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TransportationCommission | 2019-01-23 | 2 | 5. NEW BUSINESS 5-A 2019-6463 Approve the Central Avenue Webster Street Options for Further Analysis and the Two-way Bikeway Extension between Paden School and McKay Avenue Staff Member Payne introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be found at: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3836629&GUID=E9A72FB1 ADF9-4D58-8CFF-3637BA660926&FullText=1 Thaddeus Wozniak, CDM Smith, gave a presentation. Chair Miley asked how the transition from the two way bikeway to bike lanes at 8th st. would work. Mr. Wozniak said that the transition would have a two stage turning movement for the westbound bikes and eastbound riders would continue straight. He said they would coordinate the signal timing to make that turning movement consecutively. Staff Member Payne summarized the outreach to this point and outlined the next steps (detailed in the staff report.) Commissioner Johnson asked whether the two right hand turn lanes from Central to Webster in the Continuous Bike Lane option would have the bike lane going straight through the turning vehicles. Mr. Wozniak explained how the peak hour turn lane would work. He said the intent would be to have turns coming from one lane or the other depending on time of day, but not both. Chair Miley opened the public hearing. Brian McGuire introduced a video of what the current City Council members had to say about the plan and what to do at the Webster and Central intersection. Hazel McGuire said kids should be safe and that the bike lane should be closer to the sidewalk and the parked cars should be closer to the moving cars. She said she loves biking and walking to school and parks. Linda Asbury, Executive Director of WABA, said the plan that was approved in 2016 was not the compromise that they agreed to before the meeting. She said meetings need to be had at the intersection in question to understand the problem. She said the businesses cannot afford to lose street parking. She said we need traffic calming. She 2 | TransportationCommission/2019-01-23.pdf |