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Watch the August 31, 2023 meeting on the Saratoga Avenue Safety Project. Learn more at https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/transportation/projects/saratoga-avenue-safety-project.
A
I
want
to
welcome
and
thank
everyone
for
joining
us
today.
We're
really
appreciative
to
the
community
members,
the
residents,
the
city
staff,
who
are
able
to
take
part
in
this
today
and
have
a
conversation
on
the
safety
enh
enhancements
occurring
on
Saratoga
Avenue.
For
those
of
you
who
do
frequent
that
area,
you
can
see
that
there
has
been
the
beginnings
of
of
some
some
work
there.
A
This
work
will
increase
safety
and
a
sense
of
security
for
pedestrians,
really
try
to
look
at
minimizing
incidents
for
cyclists
and
reducing
collisions
of
vehicles.
Many
residents
have
expressed
that
it's
V,
that
it
is
vital
that
we
offer
residents
more
access
to
our
roads,
and
you
know
especially
for
students
who
use
and
need
safer
routes
to
school
and
do
everything
we
can
to
have
zero
traffic
induced
fatalities
within
our
community.
A
The
city
is
conducting
these
improvements
to
help
it
gets
closer
to
that
reality,
and
it's
really
extremely
important
to
me
and
to
our
our
city
to
have
the
community
involved
and
kept
informed
of
what
is
happening
in
this
process.
For
that
reason,
I'm
really
happy
that
we're
hosting
this
meeting
tonight
and
that
the
dot
staff
involved
here
today
will
discuss
the
work
with
the
community
and
and
take
input.
Stff
will
give
a
presentation
on
what
is
happening
there.
A
I
do
know
that
there
were
other
members
of
the
community
who
wanted
to
attend,
but
because
of
other
meetings
are
not
able
to
so
that
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
do
have
this
recording.
We
will
make
it
available
and
it
will
also
be
on
my
website
for
any
anyone
who
wishes
to
review
what
had
been
shared.
So
with
that
welcome
everybody
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
n
La.
A
Who
is
the
associate
Transportation
specialist,
we're
going
to
try
to
go
through
the
presentation
and
then,
after
the
presentation,
we'll
take
your
questions
and
have
a
Q&A.
If
you
want
to
put
your
questions
in
the
chat,
we
will
go
to
those
first
so
feel
free
to
to
continue
putting
questions
in
the
chat
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Anna.
B
B
We
have
a
short
presentation
and,
like
vice
mayor
mentioned,
if
you
can
hold
off
of
your
question
to
the
end
or
you
can
answer
your
question
during
using
the
chat
function
during
the
meeting
with
me
today,
we
have
City
staff
that
are
here
to
answer
any
question
or
respond
to
any
feedback
that
you
might
have
at
this
time.
I
would
like
to
introduce
Voda
he's
our
senior
engineer
that
will
present
the
project
to
you
with
that
Ru
take
it.
C
C
This
project
will
make
Saratoga
safer
for
you,
your
family
and
your
neighbors,
and
all
the
roadway
user,
whether
they
walk
bike,
take
transit
or
drive
with
that
say,
I'd
like
to
share
my
screen,
I
have
a
presentation
that
I
like
to
share
with
you.
Give
me
a
couple
seconds
and
I
will
bring
it
up
on
your.
C
Great
okay,
so
why
seroga,
why
this
project?
Well,
the
city
of
San
Jose,
recognized
that
one
traffic
death
is
one
too
many.
Unfortunately,
last
year
we
lost
65
members
of
our
community
due
to
traffic
violence
in
2015,
San
Jose
adopted
division,
zero
safety
initiative,
which
aims
to
reduce
and
ultimately
eliminate
traffic
fatalities
and
severe
injury
crashes
on
our
roadways
and
as
part
of
that
that
process
Saratoga
was
identified
as
one
of
the
vision,
zero
priority
safety
portor
with
a
high
frequency
of
traffic
related
crashes,
which
has
a
need
for
safety
improvements.
C
The
San
Jose
Bara
bike
plan
2025,
which
is
a
plan
SE
to
make
bicycling
safer
and
convenient
for
all
ages
and
abilities
in
our
city.
I
recommended
protect
the
bike
Lanes
on
Saratoga.
Currently
Saratoga
does
not
have
bike.
Lanes
the
West
s,
Jose,
multimodal
Transportation
Improvement
plan
identify
Saratoga
as
one
of
the
corridors
to
be
considered
for
Traffic
Safety
improvements
with
features
that
would
enhance
safety
for
people,
walking,
biking
or
taking
Transit
and
Saratoga
is
part
of
this
year.
C
P
rehabilitation
program
and
that
provide
us
with
a
perfect
opportunity
to
make
changes
to
our
roadway,
to
make
it
safer
and
to
accommodate
more
modes
of
transportation.
So
all
these
plans
and
the
opportunity
help
shape
and
guide
us
to
to
making
catoga
safer.
So
our
objective,
our
main
objective
primary
objective,
is,
of
course,
to
improve
safety
for
all
roadway
user.
We
want
to
make
it
safer
for
pedestrian
increase,
their
visibility,
safety
and
comfort.
C
We
want
to
provide
more
protection
for
bicyclists
minimize
the
conflicts
and,
of
course,
create
a
lower
stress
environment
for
them
to
ride
to
bite,
and
we
want
to
make
it
safe,
safer
in
general,
by
making
improvements
to
the
intersection
and
reduce
and
reduce
vehicle
speed.
Speeding
continues
to
be
the
leading
known
cause
of
traffic
crashes
that
resulted
in
fatalities
and
serious
injuries.
So
when
we
have
the
opportunity
to
redesign
our
roadways,
we
always
aim
to
make
speed
less.
C
C
This
is
a
typical
practice
that
we
do
where
we
leverage
pavement
program
to
add
safety
improvements,
and
as
part
of
that,
we
can
reconfigure
the
excess
travel
Lanes,
taking
it
from
a
six
to
a
four
lane
and
reallocate
that
extra
space
to
provide
for
better
quality
bike
lanes
and
the
bike
Lanes
will
be
on
both
sides
of
the
roadway.
It
will
extend
for
the
entire
project
limits.
C
We
will
make
the
improvements
to
the
intersection
and
that
would
include
high
visibility,
crosswalk
striping,
bicycle
detections
and
minor
traffic
signal
modification
to
include
hardware
and
a
signal
timing
upgrades.
We
will
be
upgrading
the
existing
old
streetlight
LEDs
fixture
to
the
newer
ones
and
they
will
be
brighter
and
even
more
energy
efficient,
and
we
will
add,
seral
radar,
speed
signs
to
alert
drivers
of
their
speed
and
help
to
slow
them
down,
as
they
are
traversing
through
this
C
Corridor.
C
C
So
what
are
we
chosing
to
do
is
to
take
this
four
lane
segment,
which
is
the
yellow
segment
and
extending
it
to
the
North
or
to
the
right
of
your
screen
to
Williams
and
extending
it
to
the
South
or
to
the
left
of
your
screen
to
Prospect.
And
if
you
were
to
look
at
the
bottom
image,
it's
a
rendering
of
the
existing
segment
in
the
six
Lane
facility.
C
So
by
reconfiguring
the
roadway
or
the
travel
lane
or
removing
one
lane
in
each
Direction
in
the
six
Lane
segment,
we
will
be
able
to
make
the
roadway
narrower
and
will
will
make
and
we
will
help
reduce
speed
and
increase
safety
for
all,
and
we
can
reallocate
that
extra
space
to
create
protect
the
bike.
Lanes.
Okay.
So
how
will
it
look.
C
Like
so,
this
is
how
it
would
look
like,
as
you
recall,
in
the
previous
screen,
the
existing
condition,
the
yellow
segment
or
the
four
lane
segment
is,
is
only
in
the
middle
of
the
project
limits
by
extending
the
yellow
segment
or
the
four
lane
segment
to
Williams
and
extending
it
to
prospect.
We
create.
We
create
a
continuous
segment
of
for
lane,
roadway
going
from
Prospect
to
Williams,
and
if
you
look
at
the
bottom,
rendering
it
will
look
similar
to
what
you
see
here.
C
There'll
be
two
lanes
in
each
Direction
separated
by
the
existing
Meen
Island,
and
you
will
see
that
there
are
bike
Lanes
on
both
side
of
the
street
over
the
years.
We
have
done
many
successful
project
using
this
type
of
treatment
and
from
our
experience
we
see
that
there
could
be
an
increase
in
the
travel
time,
but
the
big
Troff,
the
big
tradeoff,
is
safety.
It
helps
reduce
vehicle,
speed,
reduce
crashes
and
improve
safety
for
all
roadway.
C
User
bike
Lanes:
we
talk
a
little
bit
about
bike
lanes
that
catoga
currently
does
not
have
bike
Lanes,
so
the
bike
Lanes
will
be
new,
will
be
striped
on
both
sides
and
with
appropriate
signage,
to
clearly
delineate
the
spacing
for
bicyclist
at
the
intersection.
There
will
be
green
pavement
areas
to
make
it
even
more
clear
to
the
drivers.
C
There
will
be
a
buffer
spacing,
as
you
can
see
here,
where
the
hatch
is
between
the
bike
lane
and
the
travel
Lane
to
provide
that
buffer
between
the
bicyclist
and
the
driver,
and
we
can
consider
adding
in
the
vertical
delineators
between
between
the
buffer
area,
to
provide
moreall
protection
for
the
bicycles.
Now.
Our
plan
in
the
near
future
is
to
come
back
and
upgrade
this
buffer
area
to
more
permanent,
substantial
physical.
C
Separation
intersection
and
other
improvements,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
there
will
be
improvements
at
the
intersection
at
the
intersection.
We
will
be
upgrading
all
the
standard
TW
line,
crosswalk
to
what
we
call
high
visibility
crosswalk,
as
you
can
see
from
the
bottom
left
image,
it
is
much
more
visible
to
the
driver,
increase
the
yield
rate
and
it
make
it
safer
for
pedestrian,
clearly
delineate
their
spacing.
There
will
be
minor
signal
modifications.
C
It
does
include
Hardwares
and
also
signal
timing,
we'll
upgrade
the
existing
8
in
Signal
heads
or
the
smaller
size
signal
heads
to
a
bigger
size
signal
head,
we'll
be
adding
the
yellow
border
around
the
back
plate
of
the
signal
head.
As
you
can
see
from
the
top
left
image,
it
makes
it
very
visible
to
the
drivers
capture
their
attention
and
reduce
a
lot
of
red
light
running
and
such
other
Improvement
includes
upgrading
of
street
light
fixture.
C
These
are
LED
existing,
but
they
have
been
installed
for
over
a
decade
now
and
they
are
much
older
generation
street
lights.
So
we
will
be
upgrading
all
of
them
for
the
entire
limit
of
the
project
to
the
newer
LED
fixture.
They
are
brighter
and
they're
more
energy
efficient.
The
other
item
is,
we
will
be
installing
R
speed
signs.
These
are
the
feedback
signs
that
capture
the
driver,
speed
as
they
approaching
the
sign
it
increase
the
driver,
awareness
of
their
speed
and
help
to
slow
them
down
as
they
are
driving
through
the.
C
Corridor
now,
in
order
to
make
the
design
work
for
the
striping
of
the
bike
lanes
and
also
the
lane
reallocation.
Unfortunately,
in
some
area
some
area
there
will
be
a
parking
space,
reallocation
or
parking
loss
on
this
map
in
the
area
that
you
see
the
red
lines,
the
tiny
red
lines.
Those
are
the
approximate
area
where
we
expect
the
parking
will
be
lost
and
there
are
numbers
right
next
to
it,
and
those
are
the
expected
numbers
of
parking
space
that
will
be
reallocated
to
other
Usage
Now.
C
The
team
did
a
parking
assessment
in
December
of
last
year,
and
we
also
did
another
one
this
this
month
and
what
we
found
is
many
of
this
area.
Parking
usage
is
very
low.
In
some
area,
parking
usage
is
zero,
meaning
there
were
no
cause,
observe
Park
in
those
area
during
the
time
of
visit,
and
it
can
range
up
to
36%
in
in
some
area.
For
example,
the
number
14
that
you
you
see
here
three
times
that
we
went
out
there
different
days
different
times.
There
were
no
cars
parked
there.
C
It
is
in
front
a
of
a
small
shopping
plaza
that
has
plenty
of
on
street
parking,
there's
also
some
in
front
of
office
building
that
have
their
own
parking
lot.
That
can
facilitate
on
off
street
parking
in
some
area,
it's
in
front
of
residential
homes
where
they
do
have
driveways,
and
they
do
have
additional
on
street
parking
away
from
the
impact.
Immediate
impact.
C
Area
next
steps,
so
the
next
step
is
for
us
to
finalize
the
permanent
striping.
Currently,
as
you
may
have
seen
already,
that
there's
is
payment
work
that
has
been
complet
completed
and
the
striping
that
you
see
out
there.
Those
are
the
temporary
stripings.
They
are
not
the
permanent
striping.
So
in
then
this
month
and
next
month
we
can
finalize
on
the
permanent
striping
before
the
contractor
comes
in
to
stripe
it
permanently
with
thermoplastic
striping
and
then
follow
after
that
follow.
We
will
have
the
improvements
that
I
mentioned.
C
C
We
have
colleagues
on
the
call
also
to
help
address
your
concern,
but
if
you
feel
that
our
response
is
not
adequate
or
you
have
additional
questions,
please
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
our
community
U
Outreach
manager,
n
La
at
the
email
here,
and
we
can
also
reach
out
to
our
vice
mayor
office,
Chief
of
Staff
Mr,
David
Gomez
with
the
email
here.
So
with
that
and
IID
like
to
turn
it
back
to.
D
Thank
you
so
much
Anna
and
thank
you
to
staff
for
the
presentation.
My
name
is
Omar
Dean
I
work
for
the
vice
mayor
as
a
policy
Aid
and
Council
assistant,
and
so
thank
you
again.
Everyone
for
being
here
today,
like
the
vice
mayor
mentioned,
it
was
important
to
us
that
we
record
tonight's
meeting,
so
anyone
who
wasn't
able
to
join
will
still
get
access
to
the
conversation
that
we
have
tonight
we're
going
to
be
making
a
recording
of
this
meeting
available
afterwards.
D
So,
if
you'd,
like
a
copy,
feel
free
to
put
your
email
address
in
the
chat
and
it'll
be
sent
out
afterwards,
but
to
jump
off
the
conversation
I
see
that
Mike
in
the
chat
asked.
When
will
the
physical
barriers
be
put
up
to
make
the
B
bike
Lanes
a
true
class
4?
Hopefully
I'm
reading
the
Roman
numerals.
C
Correctly,
yes,
that
that
is
correct,
yes,
so
Mike!
Thank
you
for
your
question.
Apparently,
you
know
a
lot
about
bike.
Lanes,
yes,
class
4
is
protected.
Bike
lanes
and
Mike
is
referring
to
the
physical
barriers
between
the
bike
lane
and
the
travel
Lane
that
I
mentioned
earlier
in
the
buffer
area
to
provide
more
protection
for
bicyclus.
So
we
are,
are.
C
We
are
looking
at
also
potentially
upgrading
the
buffer
area
to
more
substantial
Silo
Improvement,
but
depending
on
the
timeline
of
that,
if
we
see
that
it
will
not
be
coming
in
the
near
future,
then
we
will
be
putting
up
the
delineators,
which
is
the
classic
post,
that
you
have
seen
in
the
bik
lane
pictures
image
that
I
show
here.
So
it's
at
this
moment.
C
We
need
to
clearly
understand
the
timeline,
but
again,
if
the
the
future
work
is
is
not
within
the
foreseeable
future,
then
we
will
go
out
there
to
put
these
up,
and
these
are
relatively
easy
to
put
up,
and
these
are
considered
as
quick,
build
material
where
it
is
relatively
affordable,
quick
and
easy
to
install
and
re.
Thank
you
for
your.
D
Question,
thank
you
and
I'll
continue
with
questions
in
the
chat
as
well.
But
if
you
want
to
ask
your
question
out
loud
feel
free
to
raise
your
digital
hand
and
we'll
alternate
between
people
with
their
hands
raised
and
questions
from
the
chat
and
so
I
see
an
M
Pinger.
If
you
want
to
unmute,
feel
free
to
chime
in
with
a
question.
E
Yeah,
first
of
all,
thanks
for
making
all
these
impr
improvements,
I
think
they're
definitely
needed
for
for
Saratoga.
So
as
a
resident
of
the
area,
one
concern
I
see
is
people
making
left
turns
across
traffic
Lanes
through
the
center
divide,
from
shopping,
centers
and
side
street
and
so
forth?
Are
there
going
to
be
any
changes
to
limit
those
kind
of
left
turns
because
those
are
now
also
going
to
Transit
across
the
bike
lanes
and
typically
people
in
my
experience,
don't
tend
to
look
for
bike
traffic.
They
look
for.
C
E
Prospect
no
I'm,
referring
to
the
section
particularly
north
of
Doyle,
and
extending
pretty
much
all
the
way
to
Williams,
where
there's
lots
of
strip
malls
and
shopping
centers
and
businesses
that
line
the
the
street
and
you're
able
to
turn
left
out
of
them
across
the
two
lanes.
You
know
to
go
whichever
left
turn
means
for
you.
E
C
Right
right
right!
Well,
thank
you.
I
I,
understand
your
your
question
now
as
part
of
this
project.
We
are
not
restricting
any
access.
That
is
my
understanding.
I
also
have
our
lead
designer
Mr
zahi
katab.
He
is
our
principal
in
engineer
on
the
call
with
me
just
in
case,
if
you
have
any
specific
detail,
design
question
but
zahi.
If
please
correct
me,
if
I'm
not
right
that
we
are
not
restricting
any
access
at
the
intersection,
as
well
as
the
segment
that
the
caller
mentioned.
F
Yeah,
thank
you
Vu
good
evening.
Everyone,
that's
correct.
We
as
part
of
the
restriping
exercise
we're
really
not
looking
at
changing
access
and
circulation,
we're
not
making
those
median
recommendations
if
you
may
to
change
access
in
circulation
or
restrict
those
left
out,
Maneuvers
that
are
typically
for
us
on
major
arterials
or
six
Lane
arterials
we've
been
Pro
prohibiting
them
on
arterials
like
catoga.
F
Now,
because
catoga
is
getting
reduced
with
this
proposal
from
six
to
four
lanes
that
left
out,
maneuver
that
you're
describing
becomes
just
a
tad
less
risky,
obviously,
because
it's
a
little
bit
less
conflict,
but
still
it
is
a
preference,
but
we're
not
making
those
recommendations
with
this
restriping
exercise.
But
it
may
be
something
that
we
can
actually
get
into
like
Vu
mentioned
with
the
very
next
iteration,
which
is
this
minor
civil
Improvement
hope
this
answers.
Your
question.
D
Thank
you
and
I'll
go
into
the
next
question
from
the
chat
and
just
as
a
reminder
to
everyone
again
feel
free
to
leave
your
email.
If
you
would
like
to
get
a
recording
or
even
if
you
just
want
to
stay
in
touch
with
our
office
because,
as
the
vice
mayor
said,
we
love
making
sure
that
the
community
is
as
involved
as
possible.
And
so
one
of
the
other
questions
in
the
chat
is
from
Arthur.
C
That's
a
great
question.
Thank
you
author.
Yes,
so
we
did
look
at
what
we
call
operational
analysis
to
understand
how
the
signalize
intersection
function
and
work
when
we
propos
the
lane
reduction
with
the
anticipated
future
volume.
So
the
consultant
did
look
at
that
scenario
and
what
we
found
is
there's
not
a
lot
of
significant
congestion.
There
is
going
to
be
some
delay
and
it
can
range
anywhere
from
4.
C
Second
to
you
know,
30
seconds,
depending
on
which
intersection,
obviously
you
know
each
intersection
function
different
because
of
the
traffic
pattern
and
the
traffic
coming
into
the
intersection,
but
depending
on
which
intersection
it
can
range
anywhere
from
4
second
to
a
30
second
delay,
but
we
don't
see
that
is
going
to
be
a
drastic
U
change
in
the
operation.
But
to
answer
your
question,
yes,
we
did
look
at
the
future
growth,
what
we
call
forecast
volume
with
the
the
approv
developments
in
the
area.
Thank
you
for
your
question.
G
Unmute
hi
I
just
wanted
to
start
off
by
saying
I'm
a
big
fan
of
the
proposed
changes,
I
bike
every
week,
but
I
often
avoid
Saratoga,
because
right
now
it's
pretty
dangerous
but
I.
What
I
wanted
to
ask
was
you
guys
said:
speeding
was
the
biggest
cause
of
accidents
and
that
because,
but
you're
also
going
to
install
radar
street
signs,
I
was
just
thinking.
Could
we
just
have
automated
ticketing
instead,
because
there
are
many
existing
studies
that
showcase
the
effect
effectiveness
of
sending
tickets
and
reducing.
C
Accidents,
thank
you.
I
I
appreciate
your
question
so
currently.
Currently
the
state
of
California
does
not
allow
for
automated
speed
enforcement.
We
do
have
well
California.
Allow
us
to
do
automated
Red
Line
running,
however,
not
speed
enforcement.
There
was
previous
effort
to
go
to
legislation
which
it's
fail.
I
know
that
there
was
a
recent
effort
to
go
again
and
it
has
passed
through
the
Flor.
C
I
am
not
sure
how
far
it
went
into
into
the
process
but
cross
our
finger,
and
if
it
does
go
through
the
process
and
if
it
gets
vot
into
law,
then
yes,
agency
will
be
allowed
to
use
automated
speed
enforcement
to
to
enforce
speeding
along
these
major
corridors.
But
currently,
at
the
moment
we
are
not
allowed
to
do
it
by.
D
C
D
D
Work:
okay,
thank
you,
and
another
question
from
Kathy
is:
has
the
reduction
of
traffic
Lanes
on
Saratoga
been
checked
for
impact
to
traffic
studies
done
in
projects
like
ELO,
Costco
and
new
development
at
the
end
of
the
Saratoga
AB?
So
I
know
that's
a
little
similar
to
the
other
Costco
question,
but
I'm
guessing
specifically
to
the
other
studies
that
I've
done
have
they
taken
this
work
into
account?.
C
Yeah,
yes,
so,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
yes,
so
you're
correct.
This
question
is
very
similar
to
the
Costco
traffic
forecast
earlier
that
the
caller
had
and
I
will
provide.
The
same
respond
is
yes
when
we
look
at
the
operation
analysis
of
the
signalized
intersection
to
understand
to
forecast
how
they
perform
under
the
new
configuration,
taking
into
account
of
the
approved
developments
in
the
area,
including
the
Costco.
C
So
we
did
look
at
that
and
we
did
see
that
it's
going
to
be
some
minor
traffic
delay,
but
again,
just
like
any
Lane
reduction
project
that
we
did.
We
see
success,
but
we
also
saw
that
there
is
decrease
in
the
travel
time,
but
decrease
in
the
travel
time
does
not
always
mean
a
negative
thing.
It
could
mean
a
good
thing.
C
That's
when
I
mentioned
over
and
over
again
that
speeding
continues
to
be
the
top
known
primary
Collision
factor
that
cause
a
a
a
fatal
or
a
severe
injury
crashes
in
our
roadway.
So
by
slowing
down
more
cars
slowing
down
it's
actually
sometime
is
a
good
thing.
You
reduce
the
speed,
reduce
the
severity,
the
risk
of
people
getting
to
the
crash
and
reduce
the
severity
of
the
crash.
D
Thank
you
and
M
I
see
you
have
your
hand
raised,
but
I'm
just
going
to
go
to
anir
first,
because
it's
his
first
question
and
then
we'll
Circle
back
for
people
who
want
to
ask
again
and
so
anr's
question
is
what
timeline
should
we
expect
to
transition
from
plastic
to
concrete
barriers
for
the
bike
Lanes?
Also
who
or
which
office?
Can
we
reach
out
to
for
future
updates
on
the
bike
line?
I'll
actually
enter
the
last
one
first,
which
is
our
office?
D
You'll,
see
our
office
contact
at
the
end
of
this
presentation,
but
I'm
going
to
put
the
email
for
our
district
office
and
my
own
San
Jose
email
into
the
chat,
and
you
can
reach
out
to
us
for
questions
related
to
this
and
definitely
keep
an
eye
on
the
vice
mayor's
newsletter.
The
vice
mayor
is
really
good
at
making
sure
that
any
information
that's
pertinent
to
the
community,
especially
on
issues
like
that
end
up
in
her
newsletter.
C
Thank
you
I
appreciate
the
question
I
kind
of
Allure
to
it
earlier
that
we
do
have
plans
to
go
back
and
upgrade
the
buffer
area
to
more
substant,
more
substantial
separators
or
separation.
Currently
we
don't
have
a
concrete
timeline
just
yet
it
is
currently
in
the
planning,
early
design
phase
and
it
we
would
need
to
take
a
closer
look
at
it
and
determine
when
we
can
go
back
out
to
construct
these
more
substantial
Civ
Improvement
along
the
buffer
area.
C
D
E
Oh
sorry,
I
heard
another
name
yeah.
So
my
question
is:
what
would
it
take
for
this
to
go
all
the
way
from
280
to
the
north
and
85
to
the
South?
How
was
the
scope
of
this
chosen
because
there's
two
major
School
sites?
You
know
north
of
Williams,
the
Blackford
campus,
the
Harker
campus,
and
then
you
know
going
south
all
the
way
to
85.
E
That's
a
pretty
fraught
Corridor
there,
because
there's
limited
side
streets
so
speed
is,
is
pretty
high
as
well,
although
there
is
a
little
bit
more
protected
bike
lane
over
there.
So
what
would
it
take
to
to
do
that?
Maybe
if
it
was
coordination
with
Saratoga
or
you
know,
how
was
the
scope
of
this
decided
and
what
would
it
take
to
expand.
C
Great,
thank
you
for
your
question.
It's
a
great
question.
So
I
I
mentioned
earlier
that
we
typically
leverage
our
pavement
program
to
add
safety
improvements.
Now
the
segment
between
Lawrence
Expressway
to
Williams
is
up
for
this
year
for
pavement
Rehabilitation.
Now
the
segment
sa
William
is
not
so
that
is
the
reason
why
we
are
using
this
segment
as
the
project
limits.
C
That's
because
if
we
within
the
payment
program
limits
I
know
that
north
of
Williams
is
already
have
bike
Lanes
on
both
sides,
so
I
am
not
sure
of
the
future
in
term
of
you,
you
know
how
we
extend
this
project
to
the
North
or
to
the
South.
What
I
do
know
is
we
are
tackling
this
segment
this
season
and
now
zah.
Do
you
have
anything
to
add
to
respond
to
the
callers.
F
Well,
I
could
add
a
little
bit.
I
mean
chime
in
so
the
segment
from
Williams.
All
the
way
up
to
Stevens
Creek
was
done
in
2018
summer
fall
and
it
never
bikeways
before
then.
So
we
did
add
the
buffered
bike
Lanes
there.
So
that's
from
Williams
north
of
our
segment
and
the
segment
in
Saratoga.
What
I
know
through
coordination
is
I
believe
and
don't
quote
me
because
it
is
Saratoga
but
I
believe
there
Saratoga
is
on
the
paving
list
as
well
and
they
are
adding
buffer
bike
Lanes
next
year.
So
but.
E
E
D
C
From
our
team,
we
don't
but
I
am
going
to
look
to
my
colleagues
in
the
department
who
also
work
in
you
know:
different
division,
whether
there
was
any
count
that
was
done
so
I'm
looking
to
you,
Z,
zah
and
and
Wilson,
if
wison,
if
you're
in
the
room.
But
for
this
project
we
did
not
look
at
how
many
bikes
that
are
going
through
Saratoga
I
know.
It
is
part
of
the
better
bike
plan.
F
F
The
information
off
hand,
unfortunately,
but
I'll,
tell
you
that
when
we
do
when
we
do
collect
volumes
or
counts
for
vehicles,
we
do
count
for
bikes
as
well
and
those
collect
those
volumes
that
we
collect,
whether
it's
for
vehicles
and
for
bike
as
well,
they're,
typically
correlated
with
some
sort
of
a
project,
whether
it's
a
develop
private
development
project,
an
impact
or
like
V,
mentioned
the
master
plan
or
complete
Street
study.
So
on
so
forth,
so
Vu
for
your
specific
project.
F
H
F
Different
there
are
two
different
folks
that
can
queue
either
Wilson
or
Ryan
to
see
whether
the
bike
plan
or
the
corridor
study
did
collect
volumes
and
would
have
those
counts
as
part
of
the
bike
counts.
But
again,
typically,
the
bike
counts
going
to
be
very,
very
minuscule.
If
you
actually
don't
have
the
facility.
Keep
that
in
mind
that
we're
introducing
a
brand
new
facility,
the
facility
didn't
exist
at
all.
Then
yeah,
your
your
account's
going
to
be
not
relevant
to
this
project.
F
H
Briefly,
on
our
bike
plan,
so
Council
city
council
adopted
a
new
bike
plan
in
October
2020,
which
Vu
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
this
presentation,
and
the
bike
plan
looked
at
ways
to
increase
access
and
improve
safety
for
people
riding
bikes
across
the
city.
Knowing
that
streets
like
Saratoga,
that
don't
have
bike,
Lanes
or
streets
that
have
very,
very
basic
bike,
Lanes
aren't
really
conducive
to
people
riding.
I
I
D
Sense,
thank
you
that
information
is
definitely
very
helpful
and
I'm
looking
through
the
chat.
I
think
that
was
the
last
question.
Oh
sorry,
no
there
are
a
couple
more
and
so
I
think
Arthur
as
well
asked
the
next
one
and
which
is
I
would
like
more
details
about
the
traffic
studies.
My
experience
with
these
studies
are
in
the
just
trying
to
understand
the
sentence.
Syntax
there.
D
J
Oh
okay,
thank
sorry
about
the
MPE
yeah
I
mean
based
on
where
I
live,
which
is
not
off
Saratoga
Avenue,
but
off
a
different
street.
The
St,
the
information
I've
gotten
to
me.
These
traffic
studies
are
basically
worthless.
So
I'd
like
to
have
a
lot
more
detail
about
these
studies,
because
I
have
a
hard
time,
believing
that,
if
Costco
goes
in
and
El
P
gets
built
out
to
what
they
say,
they
want
to
build
it
out.
That's
not
going
to
impact
traveling
on
Saratoga
Avenue.
J
You
know
you're
talking
about
probably
800
or
s
cars
a
day
going
to
Costco.
If
you
have
a
thousand
units
or
roughly
a
thousand
people
living
in
Alo,
that's
probably
easily
750
additional
Vehicles,
so
I
I've
always
questioned
those
I
know.
Other
meetings
I've
been
at
where
they
presented
traffic
studies.
Everybody
tore
AP
the
the
traffic
studies
because
they
didn't
take
into
account
home
delivery
of
packages.
They
didn't
take
in
account
the
realistic
volume
of
cars,
the
timing
of
things
things
so
I
would
like
to
see
some
more
details
about
this
traffic
study.
D
Yeah,
thank
you
and
so
to
City
staff.
Just
maybe
you
can
highlight
some
information
on
how
these
numbers
are
arrived
to.
I
know
you
have
a
very
rigorous
process
and
maybe
highing
that
might
help,
and
we
definitely
want
to
keep
more
insights
into
the
Saratoga
project.
Specifically
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
other
projects
in
the
area
too,
but
when
you're
talking
about
Saratoga
and
specifically
this
project,
how
how
do
those
traffic
studies
come
together.
F
F
I
can
chime
in
and
maybe
Wilson
can
fill
in
the
blanks
as
well.
So
there
is
a
rigorous
process
for
collecting
data,
and
what's
it's
considered
to
be
collected
and
what's
in
the
background-
and
you
know
it
does
account
for
many
of
the
things
that
you've
mentioned,
whether
it's
existing
volumes
background
volumes,
future
projections,
future
growth,
Etc
and
so
those
studies
are
done
by
private
developers-
are
actually
very
intricate
and
very
detailed.
They.
I
Anything
you
you
you
D
zahi
I
would
add
that
you
know,
as
zahi
said,
you
know,
you
know
when,
when
a
when
a
traffic
study
is
done,
we're
not
taking
the
project
as
a
silo,
we
account
for
everything
that
is
going
on
or
being
proposed
right
now.
So
you
mentioned
about
the
AO
project
and
the
Costco
project.
When
we
do
a
particular
traffic
study,
we
account
for
everything
that
is
being
proposed.
So
all
the
trips
associated
with
each
of
the
developments
are
accountable
for
in
the
study
now.
I
I
think
Vu
mentioned
earlier
in
the
presentation
than
that.
You
know
when
we
talk
about
reducing
a
lane
of
travel
right,
a
travel
Lane
like
there
will
be
additional
delay
and
I
think
we
don't
need
a
study
to
validate
that.
We
all
know
that
when
we
take
away
a
travel
Lane,
there
will
be
more
congestion
and
so
to
your
question
like
it's
really
about
like.
I
What's
the
level
of
of
acceptability
like
what
how
much
additional
congestion
would
be
accepted
by
the
city
or
by
the
community,
and
that's
the
the
the
the
key
point
of
any
tra
TR
study,
you
know
a
degradation
from
a
level
of
surface
B
to
a
C
or
D
to
an
E
does
not
mean
much.
Unless
we
know
what
level
surface
e
actually
mean
to
the
community,
and
is
this
something
that
the
community
accept
and
again
there's
a
tradeoff
right?
You
know,
there's
a
speed.
I
Ass
delay
is
associated
with
speed,
so,
as
Vu
said
earlier,
the
reason
why
we're
working
on
this
safety
Improvement
project
is
to
reduce
speed
and
improve
safety.
So
that's
a
trade-off.
If
you
want
more
congestion,
then
if
May
improve
safety,
but
if
we
want
to
accept
less
congestion,
there
will
be
higher
speed
and
maybe
less
safe.
So
so
that's
that's
a
trade-off
that
we
really
want
to
to
to
navigate
through
with
the
community
and
and
all
the
feedback
today
are
very
helpful
in
our
consideration.
E
E
You
haven't
mentioned
or
talked
much
about
pedestrian
safety
and
particularly
on
Saratoga,
at
intersections,
like
Graves
and
Payne,
Avenue
and
Williams,
where
people
do
walk
across
for
either
shopping
or
there's
the
post
office
was
in
the
library,
I've
seen
a
lot
of
close
calls
over
the
years,
particularly
at
Payne,
where
there's
a
through
right
turn
lane
from
the
westbound
pain
to
Northbound
Saratoga.
And
can
you
speak
more
about
what
kind
of
improvements
you're
making
for
pedestrian
safety
and,
if
you're
doing
things
like
those
flashing,
crosswalks
or
other
calming
measures
at
the.
C
Muted,
my
apologies.
Thank
you
for
the
question
you're,
referring
to
flashing
vacon
crosswalk.
Now,
typically,
we
would
install
the
flashing
beacons
at
uncontrol,
crosswalk,
Mark
crosswalk,
meaning
that
crosswalk
is
not
controlled
by
a
traffic
signal
or
by
a
stop
sign.
It
is
uncontrolled.
Then
we
will
supplement
it
with
the
flashing
beacons
where
the
pedestrian
would
trigger
the
beacon
and
it
Flash
and
capture
the
driver
atension.
We
do
not
have
any
uncontrolled,
Crossing
or
crosswalk
along
this
segment
of
the
roadway.
C
That's
number
one
number
two
is
some
of
the
intersection
that
you
mentioned:
pain
and
Graves.
These
are
all
signalized
intersection,
so
they
are
controlled
by
a
traffic
signal
and
I
did
mention
earlier
in
one
of
the
s
in
the
presentation
is
that
we
will
be
adding
the
upgrading
all
of
the
standard
crosswalk,
which
is
a
two
lines
only
to
high
visibility.
Crosswalk,
which
is
the
piano
key
looking
it
will
create.
More
awareness,
makes
it
a
lot
visible
to
the
drivers,
clearly
delineate
the
space
for
pedestrian.
C
So
that's
number
one
that
we
do
number
two
is.
We
will
also
look
at
the
time
for
pedestrian
crossing
the
street
to
make
sure
that
you
know
the
timing
is
right
to
ensure
that
they
have
enough
time
to
cross
the
street
take
into
consideration
of
any
highrisk
vulnerable
population
such
as
older
folks
or
younger
folks.
If
it's
near
school
and
then
we'll
take
a
look
at
and
see
if
the
timing
is
program
it
correctly.
Other
thing
is:
we
are
also
upgrading
all
the
signal.
C
Smaller
signal
heads
from
an
8
in
Signal,
head
to
a
12
inch
signal
head,
and
we
will
also
be
adding
the
yellow
reflective
borders
allow
around
the
the
signal
head
to
make
it
a
lot
more
visible
and
I'm
sure
you
have
seen
those
as
you
are
driving
through
the
city.
We
start
to
convert
many
of
them
to
the
the
yellow
reflective
borders.
So
those
are
a
few
things
that
we
are
are
doing
to
make
the
intersection
safer,
increase,
driver
awareness
and,
just
you
know,
improve
safety
in
general.
At
the
inter
of
section.
D
C
Done,
there's
a
there's
a
a
few
things
in
that,
because
we
are
leveraging
the
pavement
program
and
the
pavement
program.
The
contractor
will
come
in
and
do
the
pavement
and
shortly
after
that,
they
are
required
to
come
back
to
stripe
the
roadway
with
permanent
striping.
So
it
is
already
part
of
their
contract.
They
that
they'll
be
putting
the
bik
lane
striping
and
the
associated
elements
with
the
bike
lane
so
for
silver,
Improvement,
more
substantial.
C
It
takes
longer
time
for
us
to
design
it
not
only
that
we
have
to
have
the
funding
to
to
provide
for
the
design
as
well
as
the
construction.
So
there's
a
couple
key
things
that
needs
to
to
work
together
in
order
for
us
to
you
know,
go
out
together
with
the
the
pavement
and
usually
pavement
happens
very
quickly
and
and
it's.
C
D
Barrier:
okay,
thank
you
and
just
heads
up
to
everyone.
We
have
about
five
minutes
left
and
so
I'll
try
and
get
in
any
last
questions.
I'm,
seeing
here,
I
believe
this
is
Mike
C's.
First
question:
andless
I'm
mistaken,
so
I'm
gonna,
oh
no
Mike!
You
asked
the
first
questions
at
first,
so
if
there's
anyone
that
hasn't
had
a
chance
to
ask
a
question
yet
I
do
want
to
just
give
you
this
one
opportunity.
D
C
F
That
no,
this
is
pretty
comprehensive,
but
I
just
want
to
note
that
it's
not
necessarily
always
safer
to
remove
parking.
Just
the
the
added
the
dimension,
the
cross-section.
The
parking
takes
away.
The
friction
that
actually
probably
adds
as
well
may
help
alleviate
some
of
the
speeding
or
you
know
the
unutilized
shoulders
or
the
cleave
recovery
zones
to
the
right
hand
side
of
the
travel.
So
it's
not
like
removing
parking
is
always
going
to
be
a
safer
approach.
F
D
K
Yes,
hi
just
wondering
two
questions.
First
of
all,
it
sounds
like
you're
saying
that
Costco
is
a
done
deal
so
that
I'd
like
that
addressed,
and
secondly,
it
sounds
like
from
your
studies,
you're
hoping
that
everybody
uses
Lawrence
Expressway
as
opposed
to
Saratoga
Avenue,
to
get
to
Westgate
West,
where
presently
we
have
a?
U
Trader,
Joe's
State
Farm.
C
Thank
you.
I
would
like
to
defer
that
question
to
my
fellow
colleagues
who
is
much
more
familiar
with
the
development
side.
I
think
you
have
asked
two
questions.
One
is
you
would
like
to
know
if
Costco
is
a
done
deal
and
number
two
is
that
assumption
is
made
that
more
traffic
will
be
using
Lauren
Expressway
I
did
not
work
on
this
project.
So
my
apology
I
cannot
answer
that
question
but
I'm
looking
to
my
colleagues
to
see,
if
that's
something
that
U
they
can
help.
F
Address
yeah,
the
only
information
I
know
about
the
Costco
project.
Is
that
they're
looking
at
circulating
their
environmental
document
or
their
eir
in
the
next
few
months,
perhaps
weeks,
but
they
have
had
a
kind
of
a
fast
start
and
they
slowed
down
for
a
bit.
We
have
not
seen
them
come
back
for
a
while,
but
there
will
be
an
environmental
document
or
public
document
circulated
for
you
to
comment
on
it
and
engage
in
and
it'll
go
to
council
for
approval
etc
for
process.
I.
D
I
I
was
goingon
to
add
that
relatively
as
zahi
said,
Expressway
has
more
vehicular
capacity,
so
you
know
it's
more
convenient
for
drivers
to
use
Expressway
than
Saratoga
and
I.
Think
suash
has
an
earlier
comment
in
the
chat.
Also
that,
like
real
57,
is
also
writing
on
Saratoga.
So
you
know
if
we
want
to
dedicate
some
space
for
a
potential
Transit
Improvement
project
in
the
future.
You
know,
relatively
speaking,
you
know
you
may
be
right
that
the
expressway
may
be
a
more
convenient
vehicular.
A
Thank
you
so
much
Omar
and
and
just
to
let
you
know,
the
the
Costco
project
is
not
a
done
deal.
It
is
a
proposal
and
when
staff
takes
into
account
any
future
proposed
items
that
is
part
of
what
the
future
growth
may
or
may
not
be.
But
as
been
mentioned,
there
is
an
environmental
impact
report.
That's
going
to
come
out
and
at
this
point
in
time,
if
you
get
my
newsletter,
you
will
learn
that
it's
been
pushed
to
perhaps
October
time
frame.
A
A
It
has
not
gone
to
city
council
and
so
hopefully
that
that
answers
your
question
as
as
as
far
as
there
was
I,
do
wantan
to
I
know
we're
kind
of
running
late
here,
but
I
do
want
to
mention
that
someone
asked
about
funding
for
this
project
and
for
for
you
know
how
much
and
that's
something
that
I
think
I
don't
know.
If
you
have
those
but
I
I,
believe
it's
measure
t
on
the
pavement
program
and
the
exact
dollar
amount.
B
A
Because
yeah,
that's
something
that
we
can
take
back
and
and
make
sure
that
that
we
do
answer
that
question,
but
again,
I
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
out
of
your
busy
evening
to
to
be
here
to
to
stay
informed.
We
will
be
sharing
this.
It
will
also
the
recording
will
be
part
of
on
my
website,
and
you
know,
certainly
if
you
want
to
stay
more
in
touch
I'd
be
happy
to
to
reach
out.