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TransportationCommission | 2020-09-23 | 5 | Commissioner Yuen wanted to discuss the work done for Police Reform and to highlight that work since she believed that it intersected with the work they were doing on the Transportation Commission. She said that a safe and functioning transportation system is dependent on traffic safety and they rely heavily on police officers to enforce that safety. She put forth to her fellow commissioners that for the Vision Zero Action Plan she wanted to see goals and policies that included equitable enforcement strategies that wouldn't disproportionately endanger black and brown folks. She also asked that this commission should be plugged into the city and what was going on and to even have someone from the Police Reform Committee come and talk with them on better ways they could be involved. Chair Soules asked Staff Member Foster to discuss the goals and how they planned to include the equity component. Staff Member Foster discussed that the core of Vision Zero was to create system change. It would create an environment that people would be set up for success. She also discussed how Vision Zero does have enforcement as an element but it has been deemphasized. Alameda would include enforcement but there would be caveats about equity. Chair Soules asked the staff to consider Commissioner Yuen's comments in future updates and how that would be appreciated. Commissioner Kohlstrand thanked staff and supported the comments made by Commissioner Yuen in regards to equity issues in enforcement. She then brought up the issues of traffic circles and how they hadn't been given much consideration in any of the plans. She discussed how helpful traffic circles could be for Alameda and wanted to see more comprehensive research about traffic circles. Staff Member Wheeler said from the perspective of the Active Transportation Plan, traffic circles were a key treatment that the city could use for pedestrian safety and traffic calming. They would even consider temporary traffic circles in slow streets as part of the grant they had applied for. Traffic circles were very much on their radar of things to use. Commissioner Kohlstrand gave some suggestions of places that would benefit from traffic circles. Staff Member Payne clarified that traffic circles would be on minor streets and roundabouts would be taking the place of traffic signals. She discussed wherein Alameda roundabouts were being considered, such as Mecartney and Island Drive. Approved Minutes - Transportation Commission September 23, 2020 5 | TransportationCommission/2020-09-23.pdf |