pages: TransportationCommission/2020-02-26.pdf, 8
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TransportationCommission | 2020-02-26 | 8 | Staff Member Thomas said the land plan was intended to provide room to provide surface parking and then convert to structured parking if the demand warranted. Chair Soules said she would like to know what the impact of constraining the availability of parking would be over time to organically limit the amount of congestion new development created. Commissioner Weitze asked if any of the parking plan would affect Main Street or Pacific or other residential streets as having controlled parking. Staff Member Thomas said Main Street would be the initial border and staff would have to monitor commuter behavior to see if they are parking in the neighborhoods to avoid paying for parking. Commissioner Weitze asked if commercial tenants could lease their extra private parking to commuters. Staff Member Thomas said that tenants could use their parking in that way unless there was something in their lease preventing it. Commissioner Kohlstrand said charging for parking could make an expensive commute option more expensive for people who do not have other good options to get to the ferry. Staff Member Thomas said that a $5 parking fee would put the cost of a ferry trip well in- line with other transbay options. Commissioner Weitze suggested we want to draw people towards the ferry in order to keep people away from the estuary crossings so the cost should incentivize that behavior. Chair Soules said that a modern system can provide a lot of flexibility to manage the parking use of different areas for different users by analyzing usage data while preserving privacy. Commissioner Nachtigall said we do not want to preclude people from using the ferry and cannot get mode shift if the other modes are not available. Commissioner Yuen asked for the opportunity to review the data gathered and make recommendations based on it as the system moves forward. Commissioner Weitze asked if we would be funneling parkers through the Appezzato intersection or Pacific. Staff Member Thomas said West Atlantic would be the primary route. He said we would be constantly routing people around construction zones as Alameda Point is developed. 8 | TransportationCommission/2020-02-26.pdf |