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TransportationCommission | 2019-02-27 | 3 | Commissioner Soules said she remembered the bridge study from when she first came on the board showed the bike/pedestrian bridge was cost prohibitive. She asked what has changed since then and also where other alternatives were at now. Staff Member Thomas said the study was about 10 years ago. He said it was the first time they really tried to identify the scale of the project options to cross the estuary. He said Bike Walk Alameda made a political push with Council to keep studying the idea. He said they picked up where the old studies left off. He said the Oakland Alameda Access Project is a $100 million project that presents an opportunity to advance work studying the bridge and other alternatives. He said that staff feels that they need to be ready to take advantage of the A's stadium and projects in Oakland that are moving forward now to see if they can make progress on these ideas. Chair Miley said we have to stay in the conversation. Commissioner Soules said she did not want to be in a position where we are deciding between funding for a bike/ped bridge and getting a multimodal lifeline bridge replacement. Commissioner Johnson made a motion to endorse the report with the input received this evening. Chair Miley seconded the motion while asking that staff to incorporate the commission and public comment. The motion passed 5-0. 5-B 2019-6590 Otis Drive Traffic Calming and Safety Improvement Project Workshop and Survey Debrief Staff Member Wikstrom gave a presentation on the informational item. The staff report and presentation can be found at: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3865609&GUID=93D5DCC4- 16E-49F2-8E14-3C28BF915796&FullText= Commissioner Johnson asked how the cost of a roundabout compared to putting in new stop lights. He asked how a road diet road would enter a roundabout. Staff Member Wikstrom said the signals cost $400,000-450,000 and a roundabout would be on the same order of magnitude. He said the three lane road would become a two lane road going into the roundabout since there are no left turns in roundabouts. Commissioner Johnson asked how the safety compared for pedestrians on a roundabout VS. a signalized intersection. He said he would wait for the consultant to come back in April to discuss the safety differences more closely. Staff Member Wikstrom said that in a roundabout you only have to cross one lane of traffic from one direction at a time. 3 | TransportationCommission/2019-02-27.pdf |