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TransportationCommission | 2020-09-23 | 7 | roadway. He said water-filled barriers are the best at protecting against a car and anything smaller wouldn't be as safe. Commissioner Kohlstrand asked about encroachment permits and wanted to make sure she understood it correctly. District-wide encroachment permits cover Webster and Park St and anything outside of that would need a separate individual permit. Staff Member Wheeler said that was correct. Chair Soules asked as this program moves forward would there be metrics put in place to study if there was an increase in travel time delays. Staff Member Wikstrom explained where AC Transit got the 10% travel time reduction number, from GPS transponders in their buses. They also have good reliable data pre-pandemic to look at the traffic impact. He also explained how he personally had been monitoring traffic on the island and that they were working on integrating and coordinating the signal timing on Park and Webster St. Staff Member Wheeler added that having signal coordination is what would most improve AC Transit's travel time. Chair Soules said she supported the slow streets program but she did see the importance of beta testing parklets and seeing the full impact. She asked about the effect on side streets, like Oak St, that was along Park and Webster St. Staff Member Wikstrom said that they definitely needed to do more data collection. He said the main challenge was making sure they had good pre and post-data, which they don't really have on side streets. He said what they needed to bring forward as part of the Active Transportation Plan was to really see what was important to the community. When the pandemic is over what will Webster and Park St return to? Staff Member Wheeler added that those questions were a part of their staff recommendations. She said that with everything still being new it would be next July that they would look at what effect all of these programs have had and that diversion was something they would need to look at. Chair Soules gave her full support to waving the permit fees, with businesses being hit so hard by the pandemic she was in full support of anything that would help them. Approved Minutes - Transportation Commission September 23, 2020 7 | TransportationCommission/2020-09-23.pdf |