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TransportationCommission | 2019-01-23 | 3 | said we need to be fair to the businesses that put their investments and jobs on the line daily. J. Lucey said he supports the four lane with traffic calming proposals. He said staff appears to have a clear bias against the business owners. He said the elimination of parking would be hard on the businesses. He said recent construction by PG&E illustrated the traffic that may occur with lane reduction. Jim Strehlow said this area is not comparable to Shoreline or Fernside. He said Castro Valley completed its main street design two years ago and favored business needs over the wants of bicyclists. He said trucks serving Neptune Plaza must use Central Ave and any road diet proposal would prohibit this. He said bicycle safety should mean avoiding truck routes like Central Ave. Jon Spangler said bicyclists on Castro Valley Blvd are taking their lives in their own hands. He said backing up traffic is an acceptable price to pay to keep pedestrians from getting hit. He said the continuous bike lane and two way protected bike lanes are the only options that provide any safety to cyclists. He said the Page crosswalk needs to be taken care of. He said safety is the primary responsibility. Marie RiccoBene, representing the Park Webster Condominium HOA, said safety is very important. She said evacuation is a large concern for residents. She said they support better pedestrian crossings and calming measures. She said they support the four lane option with traffic calming. Bonnie Wehmann, Easy Street Cycling, said she fully supports the protected bike lanes. She said sharrows are confusing and do not always help. She said people are often double parking in traditional bike lanes which forces kids on bikes into traffic. She said the data shows that when you bring bikes into an area you bring more business. Chair Miley closed the public hearing. Commissioner Johnson pointed out that they are not selecting any one design tonight and only choosing the four options to study further. Chair Miley said the Webster and Central intersection was a major issue when this was before the commission previously. He said all the speakers tonight gave good feedback about issues to review when studying the four options. He said sharrows are not an ideal bicycle facility and do not seem like a good solution for a segmented corridor. Commissioner Soules said it would be nice to have a real compromise solution between the business district and cyclists' preferences. She said she would like to see the intersection during peak travel times. She said she is concerned about vehicles diverting to other streets. She said she would like to see what the answer is for getting people off 3 | TransportationCommission/2019-01-23.pdf |