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TransportationCommission | 2020-07-22 | 7 | Vice-Chair Nachtigall asked if the overlays for truck and transit routes were current or had been changed. Staff Member Wheeler said what they were using now for truck routes was what was in the General Plan. She was not aware of any discussion on changing those and what was in the General Plan were the official truck routes. Chair Soules said she was bothered by the transit mode connection not really having a tangible piece in this work. Her concerns with the goals were that it seemed there was a missing piece on the importance of people getting to transit points. She believed it was worth monitoring the routes that they had to choose and hold themselves to a high level of accountability. She liked the link between goals and objectives - this was going to be important. Commissioner Yuen suggested creating a goal percentage for mode shift and for safety. She added that one of the objectives or actions should be to create a set of performance measures in regards to the goals to see how well they were achieving these goals. She also agreed with finding a balance between different modes of transportation. Commissioner Kohlstrand agreed there needed to be measures of effectiveness. She said that these issues had been brought up in the past and she was concerned that they would be forgotten at the point of implementation. She also stressed that the items they invest in needed to be the most cost- effective. Staff Member Wheeler said that performance measures and metrics would be the next steps in the plan, and also making goals more specific. The goal, for now, was figuring out the recommendations, then they would look at prioritization criteria that would include cost- effectiveness and mode shift potential. She added that at the September meeting they would be evaluating the 10-year capital improvement project list that would focus on criteria and prioritizing projects for the next 10 years. Chair Soules added that benchmarking was a really important step in this process. Her concern with asking what people wanted was that they would not be able to meet those expectations. She wanted to see a mix of different ways to get people to shift modes and she thought the framework of what could be done and measured was there. She also wanted to recognize the work done by the staff, setting goals and benchmarks was difficult. She challenged everyone to define the goals. She said she would rather have a goal set and missed but make progress, than have nothing to target. Commissioner clarifying questions and comments #6C (Proposed Bike Network) Approved Minutes - Transportation Commission July 22, 2020 7 | TransportationCommission/2020-07-22.pdf |