The Down Town North second Traffic test (Modified No Closure) Note: This is an Un-official page that represents my own personal "spin" for comments on this topic see: the Blog comment area, or Email:Mike Liveright

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• Current plan and schedule: (dtn-traffic Blog Comments)
• Problems and Metrics (dtn-problems Blog comments)

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• Third DownTown North Roundtable # (July 27, 2004 7pm - 9pm ) -- Fireside Room at the Lucie Stern Community Center, at 1305 Middlefield Road, olubayo.elimisha@cityofpaloalto.org

  Preliminary Agenda:
   
  1. Welcome and Call to Order (Steve Emslie, 7PM)
  2. Last review of draft "Purpose and Need"  Statements (Joe and Heba, 7PM-7:15PM)  
  3. Complete review of Assessment Measures and Methods checklist (Joe and Heba, 7:15PM-8:30PM) 
  4. Other Items for the Good of the Order (Steve Emslie, 8:30PM-8:55PM)
  5. Set next Meeting Date and Time (Steve Emslie, 8:55PM) 
  6. Adjourn (Steve Emslie, 9PM)
  

Proposed/Perliminary Drafts -- Round Table, Traffic Plan metrics - July 26, 2004

• Second DownTown North Roundtable: # (July 20, 2004 7pm - 9pm )
  
  1. Proposed/Preliminary Draft -- Purpose and Need Statements for the Roundtable and for the Second Downtown North Traffic Calming Trial Project July 02, 2004
     
     • For the Second Downtown North Traffic Calming Trial Roundtable

       “To advise the Transportation Division as regards assessment measures to employ and both the impact and effectiveness of the Second Downtown North Traffic Calming Trial the Palo Alto City Council directed the Transportation Division to implement."

     • For the Second Downtown North Traffic Calming Trial Roundtable:

       “To reduce vehicular traffic intrusion into and improve the cycling and walking environment within the Downtown North neighborhood without causing a deterioration in traffic conditions, public safety, or of the walking and cycling environment on the Palo Alto street and sidewalk network.

• First Downtown North Second Traffic Calming Trial Roundtable: # (June 29, 2004) -- assistance in review and discussion of appropriate performance measures.
  1. Welcome and Call to Order.
  2. Introductions.
  3. "Roundtable" Purpose and Role
  4. Downtown North Second Traffic Calming Trial Timeline. (DTNII-TIMELINE.doc) April 5, 2004
     • Modified No Closure Plan schedule SJM Apr 9, 2004
  5. Downtown North Second Traffic Calming Trial Assessment Measures/Methods.
  6. Other items.
  7. Set Next Meeting Date.
  8. Adjourn.

{TBD}

 

History

• The First traffic calming test plan (closures) were complete as of September 2003, as shown in map
• After the plan had been installed for a while, the City Council decided that it should be replaced by a second test plan, (discussed in this page) that would use traffic circles, as shown in map, and would be operational in 2004.

At this time (7/11/2003) the following problems have been reported. (Preliminary MLL)

Other material

• Palo Alto city site discussing traffic calming for Downtown area
• Previous information on DTNNA site

 

• Traffic Analysis (1) # (Blog comment area)

  Performance Metric and Method to Determine Percentage Change in Cut-through Traffic. (draft 2, July 20, 2004) -- Submitted by Steve Kutner

  Determine the percentage change in cut-through traffic from the pre-trial state as a result of traffic calming measures installed for the DTN II trial.

  Comment by Palo Alto Transportation department (July 23, 2004)

  WIth these three points above in mind, it seems to me to be better to choose a simple metric and method, both on the grounds of what is known and unknown about traffic composition and exogenous effects and also in consideration of the need to keep methods transparent and comprehensible (if possible) to the public and decision-makers.

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