BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//69.163.217.159//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:http://www.albanystrollroll.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3059@www.albanystrollroll.org DTSTAMP:20240328T193000Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Infrastructure\,Meetings\,Safety CONTACT:Amy Smolens\; amy@albanystrollroll.org DESCRIPTION:The Adams/Kains bike project is in the County’s and City’s plan s for addressing alternative transportation along the San Pablo Ave Corrid or in Albany. As the pilot project approaches the 1 year mark it has gone well in many ways and is valued infrastructure to help the City meet its c limate goals and help people get around with fewer cars or no cars now tha t the state’s and city’s zoning has been changed to allow any housing big or small to have zero parking spaces. One sticking point with the city has been the parking direction. The pilot program has reported no collisions on Adams/Kains. Many blocks in Berkeley for ~50 years have had the same tr affic flow as we have now on Adams/Kains where public data shows no injury accidents have been reported in the ~9 years since data has been collecte d. Literature opposed to the Adams/Kains project warned of the extreme dan gers to residents\, delayed emergency response and promised “chaos and car nage” if it was implemented but we have seen none of that. People who help ed distribute that literature have said at public meetings “things are fin e the way they’ve always been” while ignoring the city’s climate goals and new zoning that removes off-street parking requirements.\n“Houston\, we h ave no problem!”\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nYet despite all of this data for Albany and Berkeley streets\, the City of Albany has said from the beg inning that it eventually plans to ticket people parking in the contraflow direction and has made no indication that it plans to do like it does wit h so many other laws on the books – de-prioritize enforcement. Since cars in the pilot project still only enter from one direction into each block that would mean half the cars on each block ticketed or forced to make 3-p oint turns on narrow\, congested streets.\n\nAside from the city’s parking issue\, some drivers still aren’t aware of the internal two-way driving p atterns – aren’t aware that cars can go both directions within each block. And all cyclists aren’t aware of the Bicycle Blvds as an option. Both of these issues are exacerbated by the fact that navigation apps don’t send cars that are already on Adams/Kains in the new direction and they actuall y divert cyclists around Adams/Kains in the new direction!\nAdditional sig nage (two-way arrows on the road) and updated mapping apps showing current legal patterns would help awareness. These are crucial for north-south tr avel along the San Pablo corridor and must be saved!\nThe Bicycle Blvds ma y go to Council as early as May\, so AS&R needs to prepare a strategy for proposals for adjustments to Adams/Kains in case the city does decide to g o forward with ticketing half the cars on the block with the current traff ic flow. At our most recent General Membership Meeting last week\, we set the evening of Tuesday February 6 for a Zoom brainstorming discussion abou t this important project. This is literally Albany’s only Bicycle Boulevar d (yes\, other streets may be marked with that name but have no supporting infrastructure) so please SAVE THIS DATE TO HELP SAVE THE BICYCLE BOULEVA RDS!\nWe will send a Zoom link to the GREENways list.\nPlease RSVP or send any questions to amy@albanystrollroll.org . DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240206T210000 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Kains/Adams Bicycle Blvds Strategy Meeting URL:http://www.albanystrollroll.org/event/kains-adams-bicycle-blvds-strateg y-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;http://www.albanystrollroll.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2024/01/ContraflowParkingInBerkeleyNEW-1024x577.png\;640\;361\,medium\; http://www.albanystrollroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ContraflowParki ngInBerkeleyNEW-1024x577.png\;640\;361\,large\;http://www.albanystrollroll .org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ContraflowParkingInBerkeleyNEW-1024x577.pn g\;640\;361\,full\;http://www.albanystrollroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2024 /01/ContraflowParkingInBerkeleyNEW-1024x577.png\;640\;361 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nThe Adams/Kai ns bike project is in the County’s and City’s plans for addressing alterna tive transportation along the San Pablo Ave Corridor in Albany. As the pil ot project approaches the 1 year mark it has gone well in many ways and is valued infrastructure to help the City meet its climate goals and help pe ople get around with fewer cars or no cars now that the state’s and city’s zoning has been changed to allow any housing big or small to have zero pa rking spaces. One sticking point with the city has been the parking direct ion. The pilot program has reported no collisions on Adams/Kains. Many blocks in Berkeley for ~50 years have had the same traffic flow as we have now on Adams/Kains where public data shows no injury accidents have been reported in the ~9 years since data has been collected. Lite rature opposed to the Adams/Kains project warned of the extreme dangers to residents\, delayed emergency response and promised “chaos and carnage” i f it was implemented but we have seen none of that. People who helped dist ribute that literature have said at public meetings “things are fine the w ay they’ve always been” while ignoring the city’s climate goals and new zo ning that removes off-street parking requirements.
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