Bicycle Subcommittee of the City Transportation Commission
                                                                       City of Berkeley                           Wednesday August 9, 2006
                                                                             Office of Transportation                 4:00-6:00 pm
             1947 Center Street, 3rd Floor "Dawn Redwood" Conference Room        Berkeley CA 94704
Present: Staff: Heath Maddox
Transportation Commission: Dave Campbell
Public: Raymond Chamberlin, Hank Resnick, Claire Risley
1  Meeting Administration
    Approval of Agenda
Approval of note taker: Claire Risley
Announcements of relevant information
2. Public Comment
   Items not on the agenda: Nothing.
3.  Piedmont Circle Striping
     Heath says Piedmont is in the process of being repaved, and Piedmont Circle, at Piedmont and Channing: There will be no crosswalk over the center median because it is protected by the Landmarks Preservation Ordinance for being designed by Frederick Law Olmstead.
     So the crosswalk is in front of the median, which might make pedestrian crossing more difficult. (Can't rest/safe haven at median)
     There is a possibility of "no crosswalks at all" for the crossing.
     Dave asks about a Pedestrian Subcommittee meeting coming up soon to discuss this issue.
     Claire says can you jump up to the median if you have to wait? Heath replies,  "No, there is a chain across there keeping you from doing that."
     Raymond  says the chain is recent. Therefore it is not perhaps part of the landmark position.
     Heath will report that the Sub committee approves the change with the change of a shared right turn sign added
4. Shared Lane Pavement Marking (Sharrow): continued discussion
    Dave tells us the examples to see sharrows are in San Francisco and in El Cerrito where you enter the Bay Trail.
   We look at  the examples of Sharrows on paper,  including the one that is the Cal Trans Standard, and the outline of  the roadway marking.
    Sharrows are for roads designated 2.5 where a bike lane  might be possible, but is not quite large enough to put a bike lane in.
    Dave asks "What streets do we want to include and which sign do we wish to capture?" ( 2 issues)
    A. Discussion of signs and where in the Uniform Vehicle Code this falls, and which are Warning Signs or Regulatory.
    One square sign says  "May Use Full Lane".
    Discussion of "Pass With Care" and its use. Dave likes the language and likes "Shared Lane" as well.
   Consensus is Shared Lane, with Sharrow above the bike logo.
   Heath will recommend the Standard version, and the two Pass with Care and Shared Lane. Subcommittee feels strongly that we want a chevron included.
   Phil comments all signage is for all users, specifically for bikes and motorists. He likes the bottom single sign with everything on the sign, White.
   B.  Where will we put the sharrows?
   Hank suggests  Allston from campus to Strawberry Creek Park,  Heath looks at his map, and Allston is a proposed bike route, so we could consider that.
   Mention of another street is Carleton. Heath says no, because it is not on the bike network, so Parker is a possibility
   Dave asks for Rose between Shattuck and Spruce, Euclid to Virginia, to connect it to a boulevard. Mark had a comment about an oil leak on the downhill curve, but that has been fixed.  Question: where do you put them on a one-way street? Howard St. in San Francisco is one example.
   Telegraph to Bancroft, you would stay in the right lane.
   Top of Derby, upper section of Derby. Wanamaker,  little street
   Spinnaker, down by the bay--no room to make that continuous bike lanes along university there a sharrow on the one spot on the right side. it is still a bridge
   Dave says it seems like there are bike lanes out there. If there is a wide shoulder, sharrow not necessary, one down in the bottleneck.
   Heath says that San Francisco is putting sharrows on all their Class 3 bikeways. They can have a wayfinding function.
   Dave would like for Berkeley Oakland Emeryville and all. Let's put that on our next agenda, put the report on the next agenda
   Hank asks about signage on Spruce. When will it be done? Next summer? Engineers contract with the stripers.
   Hank asks if this will be pavement marking and Signage? Yes, says Heath.
5. Residential Bike parking Requirements: continued discussion
   Dave has to go, so he will put this in our newsletter to get some feedback on it--bike shops, on web site, on talk  to ask opinions about this. Change to the zoning code, this involves. Chris Hudson thought 1:3 or 1:2 would do for him as a developer.
6. Updates on ongoing Projects
        Telegraph bike lanes
          What did City council approve? Taking out the medians. Heath says this will be on the agenda of the Pedestrian Subcommittee soon.
        Southwest Berkeley Community Transportation Plan
            They have received a community planning grant for low income people--trying to remedy that, so this area qualifies for some aid in the area.
            A BFBC volunteer, Stella, is already is going to do a survey of the area.  Ian Moore, who is a friend of Heath's, is working on it. He is hired for the whole planning process.
            There will be a series of Meetings: Community meetings, focus group meetings.  The company Ian works for is  Design Strategies and Consultants. 
7.  Adjournment  5:43pm