7-5-11 Palo Alto Bike Advisory Cmte Agenda

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

7:30 P.M.

Cubberley Community Center – Room A64000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA

Agenda

1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

3. AGENDA CHANGES

4. VTA BPAC REPORT

5. ON-STREET BIKE PARKING AND SIGNAGE

6. EL CAMINO PARK PATHWAYS AND BICYCLE PARKING

7. BIKE AND PED PLAN UPDATEa. Draft Report and Planning Commission Schedulesb. Project Implementation

8. DISCUSSION OF PABAC’S STANCE ON BIKE FACILITIES ONARTERIALS

9. ARASTRADERO ROAD RE-STRIPING TRIAL

10. INFORMATION REPORTSa) Adobe Creek Undercrossingb) Park Bl Bike Bl.c) Arastradero Striping Triald) Deer Creek Road

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Meeting SummaryTuesday, June 7, 2011

Members Present: Cedric De la Beaujardiere (chair), Ellen Fletcher, Bill Zaumen, Rob Robinson,

Bill Courington

Members Absent: Paul Goldstein, Rich Swent, Steve Rock, Mary Ann Michel, Rick Adams,

Robert Neff

Staff Present: Rafael Rius (Staff Liaison), Shahla Yazdy

Guests Present: Andrew Boone, Steve Fischer (VTA), Adam Berger( (VTA), Casey Hildreth,

Bruce England, Penny Elson

1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – Cedric – received City Council proclamation of Bike to Work Day/Month on behalf of PABAC during the Study Session.Participated in California Avenue design team interviews of 3 firms. Selected firmnot yet released

2. APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY – Vote postponed due to lack of quorum.

3. AGENDA CHANGES – None.

VTA BPAC REPORT – No Report.

4. BIKE TO WORK DAY VOLUNTEERS – Staff circulates final sign-up sheet forany revisions, shirt sizes, etc.

5. EL CAMINO BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT – VTA PRESENTATION)-City Staff has attended on-going meetings with the VTA, Council Study Sessionon 6/20/11. There are two options; a dedicated median lanes, or mixed flow. Theearly concept plan from San Jose to Mountain (to Showers) would include 4 regularvehicle lanes and 2 dedicated BRT lanes in the median, then switch to mixed flowtravel lanes within Palo Alto (final configuration still to be determined). Anticipate30% reduction in travel time compared to local bus routes. PA has a lesser need fordedicated median lanes due to estimated ridership, congestion, and being theterminus of the route.-Questions from PABAC members: what types of bike capacities? On Board? Frontload racks only? The busses would have at a minimum 2 racks. On-board bikehangers are possible at the expense of seating capacity Longer term plans to



PABAC’s support of the MV BPAC. Without a quorum, the Palo Alto PABACcannot approve a motion to support as a group, but the members in attendancewould provide a letter on their behalf in support of bike lanes on San Antonio, andimproved access and connection to Palo Alto. Members reference a study done in

Palo Alto for bikes on shared sidewalks, and showed that this was more dangerousdue to wrong-way riding with driveways, etc.

7. BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN –a. Administrative Draft Report – An Ad-Draft report will be sent to City Staff in

a couple of weeks. Draft for public review would be ready by mid-July..b. Discussion of Proposed Bicycle Network:

• Missing “Across Barrier Connections” at San Antonio/Charleston

• Andrew Boone has concerns regarding projects that were in the 2003 plan, butare now removed. Response is that some projects were removed because ofrealistic feasibility, community input (or lack of), and may still be covered ingeneral policies and city-wide upgrades

• Spreadsheet includes highest of priority projects. Map also includes someprojects that are not as high of a priority as those on the spreadsheet.

• General policy and improvements intended to cover lower priority projects

• Alta would like input and comments for the spreadsheet from PABAC and Staff

• Other Suggested projects not identified include:

Terman Path connection 101 Oregon Bridge improvements Charleston / Fabian connection to Mountain View California Avenue Tunnel improvements Colorado at Middlefield Alma Street – Oregon Expressway to Mountain View

• Future discussion with major changes desired.

13. DISCUSSION OF PABAC’S STANCE ON BIKE FACILITIES ONARTERIALS

14. INFORMATION REPORTS – mostly ppd due to time constraintsa) Bike to Work Day Resultsb) Park Bl Bike Bl.c) Downtown On-Streetd) Arastradero Striping Triale) Arastradero Preserve Bike Parking

f) PABAC pending projects list

15. CALL FOR AGENDA ITEMS – For August meeting:a) Non-resident membershipb) Volunteers collecting bicycle counts

16. ADJOURNMENT







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Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory Committee

On-going/Pending Project List

# Date Added Issue Location

PABAC

Action Status Updates Completed?

1 Park Bl. Bicycle Boulevard Park/Wilkie

Restarting project - Data Collection to be

coordinated

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5 Bicycle Counts Citywide

Installed at 101 crossings at Embar. Oregon

o.c., San Antonio

NEW Count machines obtained,

need to install

6 101 Crossing at Adobe Creek

101 near Bayshore/ E.

Meadow

Feasiblity / Alternatives being studied.

Community meeting July 26, Council

Chambers On Nov' 11 mtg agenda7

8 Midtown Bike Parking

Installed - may need reflective tape

/ modification

9

California Avenue Bike

Parking

10 Improved Bike Racks Downtown PA Caltrain

11 Improved Bike Racks Cal Ave Caltrain

12 Bicycle Mster Plan Update

Draft Report to be publicly available mid-

july. Community meeting July 26 - Council

Chambers

13

Bicycle Detector Pavement

Legends

Charleston/Alma

Chalreston/Fabian Request submitted

14

Homer Ave Contra Flow Bike

Lane Staff to meet with developers of 801 Alma

15 High Speed Rail

Citizens Task Force - PABAC Member - Paul

Goldstein

16

ECR / Arastradero

Intersection improvements Preliminary concepts being developed

17

Oregon Expressway

Improvements

65% plans received. Staff to review and

comment with County

Will bring to future PABAC mtg

(April?)

18 Apr-11

Bike Racks for Arastradero

Preserve Racks delivered to Parks Dept To be installed soon

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