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TransportationCommission | 2019-11-20 | 5 | Transportation Commission 1-22-20 Item 4-A Ms. Reyes said that Oak Street is a high injury corridor with lots of speeding and the traffic flow is not being contained correctly. Commissioner Kohlstrand asked if Ms. Reyes had evidence that there have been five or more collisions in the past 12 months. Ms. Reyes said she shared some images with Public Works staff. Chair Soules asked Staff Member Wikstrom to explain the warrant process and data discrepancies. Staff Member Wikstrom said they use the police logs, which only include incidents that generate a police report. He said that Oak Street is a common bypass for Park Street. He added that collision numbers have been mostly stable in Alameda over the past ten years. Commissioner Johnson said he biked through the intersection in order to evaluate the safety. He said the visibility at the intersection was now pretty good. He said he did not believe there were crosswalks marked across Oak Street, which he thinks may help in that area. Staff Member Wikstrom said that creating an uncontrolled crosswalks imply a degree of safety when the vehicles on Oak do not need to stop. He said they are mindful to limit the number of those, but might want to install rectangular rapid flashing beacons at those types of crossings. Commissioner Kohlstrand said this intersection would be a good candidate to return to in six months or a year to see if the visibility improvements have reduced collisions. Chair Soules asked that staff give more information at a future meeting about what Vision Zero is and what the effort is about to provide context for the community. Commissioner Hans said we need to improve how we collect data on minor traffic incidents. Staff Member Wheeler explained some of the ways they will be collecting data for the Active Transportation Plan. Chair Soules summarized the Commission's feedback: staff will look for ways to improve the ability to report and how that impacts the warrant process; report back on how the daylighting improvements are working at Pacific and Oak. 5 | TransportationCommission/2019-11-20.pdf |