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TransportationCommission | 2020-11-18 | 5 | Commissioner Yuen asked why there are no beacons at Fourth and Fifth Streets. Staff Payne responded that the project is hoping to include a roundabout at Fourth Street and that it is currently signalized. The Fifth Street intersection will be simplified and will include new curb extensions, high visibility cross-walks and refuge islands. At Ninth Street, the new beacon, as explained, is for Maya Lin students. St. Charles has been selected to have a flashing beacon since it is a future bike boulevard. Page Street will have a flashing beacon at the consolidation bus stop location. Lincoln Avenue by Encinal School will have one to give students a safer crossing. Vice Chair Nachtigall asked if the City is planning any pedestrian crossing improvements along Lincoln Avenue since the project is showing that traffic will divert to this street. Staff Payne responded that the City is having Kittelson Associates do a citywide review of roundabouts, and may add roundabouts to Lincoln Avenue since it is a wide street. In the Transportation Choices Plan, there is a corridor-long improvement project planned for Lincoln Avenue. Staff Wikstrom added that Lincoln Avenue is identified for short-term improvements since it is a high injury network corridor, which includes daylighting intersections, and possibly high visibility crossings. Mr. Schuster added that a flashing beacon and a high visibility crosswalk will be added where Lincoln Avenue and Central Avenue intersect. Chair Soules had a general question about diversion and what has been studied and how will that study continue during the design phase particularly for Webster Street given the planned limited turn options at Central Avenue/Webster Street intersection. Mr. Schuster stated that the diversion is covered in detail in the TOAR exhibit of the staff report, and it shows some diversion maps. Webster St. and Eighth St. to Constitution Way are the most preferred routes in the morning for those motorists trying to leave the island. The project may cause additional motorists to re-route from Central Avenue to Eighth Street, rather than using Webster Street. No significant impacts to the intersections along that corridor are expected. On other potential diversion routes, there would be fairly limited amounts of diversion such as on slower parallel residential streets, which have less time savings. The team is looking at traffic calming measures at the cross streets to deter cut-through traffic. Public Comments for #6A Denyse Trepanier thanked staff for their work, which has come a long way, and has taken a lot to work with all stakeholders. She stated that she is on the Board of Bike Walk Alameda, and expressed her gratitude that this project prioritizes what we as a community have said we want to prioritize: safety and climate. She is heartened that tonight's dialogue is not centered on traffic and parking. It is easy to say that we want safety and climate, but often it devolves to discussing parking and having it become a chief criterion. She is thrilled about roundabouts and the cycle track. Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes - November 18, 2020 5 | TransportationCommission/2020-11-18.pdf |