From: Alyssa Chung
To: Daniel Oliver; Brooks Jessup
Cc: Janet Shipp; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Agenda item request
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 11:24:55 AM
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Daniel,
Appreciate your confirmation – just to keep you apprised:
5/13 -- Red curb request (including conversion of existing white loading at Powell St) was approved by the Emeryville Transportation and Sustainability Committee 6/3 – Emeryville City Council to review and approve proposed bike station Please let me know if you have any comments/questions leading up to that point, and I’ll let you know how the City Council meeting goes.
Alyssa Chung (she/they)
Assistant Planner, City of Emeryville
1333 Park Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608-3517
510-596-4362 (direct)
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From: Daniel Oliver <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 9:18 AM
To: Brooks Jessup <[email protected]>
Cc: Janet Shipp <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Alyssa Chung <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Agenda item request
Of course. I’m happy to address it at the board meeting.
Daniel Oliver
Sr. Manager, ALTRANS TMA, Inc.
San Leandro TMO, Emeryville TMA
From: Brooks Jessup <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 8:07 AM
Attachment 4
To: Daniel Oliver <[email protected]>
Cc: Janet Shipp <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Agenda item request
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly and for sharing the key points from your correspondence with Alyssa about the bikeshare station. To clarify, I believe the part she said she hadn’t heard back on yet was the plan itself that was sent over (just on Monday apparently, so it’s not surprising you hadn’t had a chance to respond yet). Seems like that’s taken care of now though! I’m very glad to hear that you've reviewed the plan and don’t have any operational concerns about it based on a thorough technical analysis.
However, I do wonder if you'd be willing to share this rationale at the board meeting, perhaps just as a brief informational item? As a new member of the ETMA Board, I’d be interested in the opportunity to learn more about how our bus stops work. And as a former member of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, I’m also very interested in the integration of our bike/ped and transit networks into a truly multimodal transportation system.
Many thanks,
Brooks
On May 14, 2025, at 7:09 AM, Daniel Oliver <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Brooks,
I think their may have been some misunderstanding in Alyssa’s statement. She and I have had multiple correspondence about this particular bike station. Here is a breakdown of the information and requirements we gave to her:
The bus stop begins at the stop sign, right before the crosswalk: 37.837023, -122.304686
The longest bus we have is 46ft in length
We need 14ft of clearance to safely and fully pull into the stop We conveyed to Alyssa on April 23rd that we need a minimum of 60ft from the stop sign to remain clear
Based on the plan she sent me on Monday they will be adhering to the 60ft requirement
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As long as they do adhere to this, we don’t have any operational concerns. Let me know if you still want it discussed at the Board meeting.
Daniel Oliver
Sr. Manager, ALTRANS TMA, Inc.
San Leandro TMO, Emeryville TMA
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From: Brooks Jessup <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 8:41 PM
To: Daniel Oliver <[email protected]>; Janet Shipp <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda item request
Hi Daniel, Janet, and Bobby,
I was wondering if I could request adding an item to the agenda for our board meeting next week?
At the City’s Transportation and Sustainability Committee meeting today, staff proposed a new bikeshare station on Powell at Commodore next to the Emery GoRound stop. One the one hand, the siting of a bike station in close proximity to a transit stop has undeniable advantages from a TDM perspective. However, the proposed design appeared to significantly reduce the size of the current stop zone (apparently by as much as 36 feet), which could potentially affect the ability of our operators to safely pull into and out of that stop (particularly if it is also to be used for carpooling).
The staff member who presented this item at the meeting, Alyssa Chung (copied here), mentioned that she had already reached out to Altrans for input on the proposal, but had not yet heard back. The matter is of some urgency though because the proposal was approved by the committee today and will go to City Council soon in a couple weeks. So there is only a narrow window for us to weigh in and I was wondering if we could fit it onto the agenda for next week so that the Board has a chance to discuss and comment on the City’s proposal before it goes to Council? Many thanks,
Brooks