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TransportationCommission | 2019-07-24 | 3 | Ms. Laurenson said that all buses would be free. Commissioner Weitze asked if Uber and Lyft vehicles with three total passengers would also be free. Ms. Laurenson said that those vehicles would also be free. Commissioner Weitze asked if consideration has been given to mandating Fastrak to eliminate cash lanes. Ms. Laurenson said that conversation has not gone very far. There were no public speakers. 5-C 2019-7116 Approve the Clement Avenue Safety Improvement Project Recommendations (Andrew Thomas, Director of the Planning, Building and Transportation Department) Outcome: Commission to provide recommendations Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Department Director, gave a presentation. The staff report and attachments can be found at: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4065114&GUID=20E10C59- 20AE-43AE-AF1F-F761759F89D7&FullText=1. Commissioner Kohlstrand said she did not feel like all three alternatives got a fair comparison, and that staff was advocating for one alternative. She asked what the advantage of the hybrid alternative would be. Staff Member Thomas said the hybrid alternative eliminates fewer parking spaces and keeps the Park Street intersection the same as it is today. Thaddeus Wozniak, project consultant from CDM Smith, said that if there is a decision not to use a two-way bikeway for the entire Cross Alameda Trail, there would have to be a transition somewhere. He added that if the hybrid alternative is chosen, the transition would be at Walnut and if bike lanes are chosen for the corridor, the transition would be at Grand. He said the hybrid option continues the two-way bikeway as far as possible in the areas where there are few driveways before transitioning to traditional bike lanes. Commissioner Kohlstrand said Alameda has so few streets that trucks and buses can run on and that she is concerned that we are giving so much priority to bicycles on this particular street. She said option 3 puts more capital improvements into the street that would make it harder for buses to run in the future. 3 | TransportationCommission/2019-07-24.pdf |