I sat in the back of the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, confident that what actually transpired on the issues of the ferries (voted to hold a meeting, accept the staff recommendations and work on the problem in the clean up language) and Alameda Municipal Code changes (approve them) would transpire. I left a...
The last three posts have all been about existing transportation city policy, so now it’s time to make the great leap to proposed policies. It’s good to remember that the General Plan is suppose to be updated every 10 years and that it’s been 16 years since it’s been through an update. This isn’t...
Today, I’ve wrapped up the pages for the existing city policies on the use of the city roadways with a quick rundown of what the existing General plan has to say about non-automotive forms of transportation. Because of the passion that public transit always brings to the debate, I’ve separated it into its own...
So really quickly, I realized that I had left off the Truck Route information on the Existing policies page I created about roadway policies in Alameda. I have added it at the end, but in the interest of reducing mouse-clicks for the RSI inclined, here’s the addition: Truck Routes The city’s truck route policy...
Once the overall place of the General Plan and the Transportation Element are understood. The next step in coming to terms with the Transporation Master Plan is to understand the existing Transportation Element and how they apply to the streets. This posted is also located here as a Static Page, but I’ve pasted it...
A lot is being written and said, and passed along about the proposed policy changes for the Alameda General Plan, Transportation Element update. In the interest of providing a full understanding of the issue, an issue that directly affects every street in Alameda, I decided to create a repository of information and links about...
In May, the City Council met in joint session with the City’s Transportation Commission (TC) to discuss the past and future direction of the commission’s work. At the meeting, the Council made clear their appreciation of the work of the commission (he types proudly) and the talk turned to Agenda Item #1a: “Role of...
In January/February, the city’s Development Services department conducted a Phone Survey of Alamedans in advance of the Economic Development Strategic Plan Update that the Economic Development Commission (EDC) is working on. There’s lots of interesting information included in it, including the fact that 83% of Alamedans don’t feel that protecting historical structures at Alameda...
While Alice Cooper didn’t get it exactly right, the school has not been blown to pieces, most kids in Alameda are starting summer vacation. AUSD kids end up with an extra week of summer break this year, some sort of scholastic leap year deal I guess. It’s a great time to get kids out...
The Alameda Transportation Commission January meeting (1/31 – 7:30pm) agenda and packet here will be covering two large issues with long-term implications:
