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TransportationCommission | 2021-05-26 | 4 | Public Comments for #6A Denyse Trepanier, from Bike Walk Alameda, thanked staff for putting this policy out for the public to respond to. She thought it was very important they discussed how much of a burden they wanted to put on people who move around public spaces not in a car. However, Bike Walk Alameda was hoping that this policy would address the inequities there were in the burden right now in terms of how they move about. She discussed all the inequities around the city and felt that this policy didn't deal with the inequity of burden. Cyndy Johnsen appreciated the effort so far on this important issue but she thought that the resolution still needed work. She believed it fell short of the Council's direction and she hoped that it could be improved. She called out the Council's first request about how if access is given to the car then the pedestrian way should be granted too, and in the policy, it had been watered down to only happen in certain circumstances. She brought up cities like Berkeley and Seattle that were making bolder commitments to pedestrian safety and equity. She hoped they could work a little harder to get it right. Jim Strehlow said he agreed with the staff's recommendations that were against the Council's referrals. He was happy to see a Civil Engineer finally providing input into these much-needed discussions since without one it had lead to bad decisions historically. He agreed long and unnecessary wait times lead to delays in transit and adds to greenhouse emissions and gave the example of Sixth Street and Pacific Avenue and others. He agreed with Commissioner Weitze that dangerous intersections exist that do not need crosswalks and gave the example of High Street and Marina Drive. Commissioner Comments and Discussion for #6A Commissioner Kohlstrand agreed with many of what the public speakers had said and commended the staff for moving this issue forward. She was also pleased to see many new crosswalks painted around the city at intersections that had pedestrian safety issues. She generally agreed with the staff recommendations as they related to signalized intersections but in response to the first two speakers thought they should take things further, she gave examples of intersections and advised to get rid of the beg buttons if they were not doing anything. She was concerned that this policy exclusively focused on signalized intersections as a means of addressing intersection equitable access for the city. She also addressed there was virtually no discussion about roundabouts and how they treat stop-controlled intersections. She felt that they should be moving away from signalized intersections and felt that was a primary way this resolution fell short. She thought that the staff should take more time to really delve into this and get creative. She wanted to see that happen before they took any action on this resolution and then refer it to the City Council. She also Approved Transportation Minutes 4 May 26, 2021 | TransportationCommission/2021-05-26.pdf |