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LPA for AC Transit BRT 10 May 17, 2010 Board/Commission Findings March 25, 2010 -Planning Commission: Recommendation to Support Alternative 2 and Alternative 4, same as in June 2007; 7 Aye, 0 No -Approved. Minutes attached. Summary of Public Outreach In addition to the public outreach described in the body of the report, notification of this meeting included publication of a legal notice in the Daily Review, posting of the meeting agenda at City Hall, and the mailing of 263 written notices to interested persons. Fiscal Impact There is no direct fiscal impact of this action. AC Transit has reimbursed the City for staff review costs related to this project. RECOMMENDATION The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 90 Bus Rapid Transit Volume 2: Implementation Guidelines recommends that dedicated bus. lanes should maximize the person flow along a roadway with minimum net total person delay over time. There should be a net savings in the travel time per person for all travelers. When road space is allocated to BRT, the person minutes saved should be more than the person minutes lost by people in automobiles. The number of persons traveling per hour in BRT should exceed the number of persons traveling per hour in any of the adjacent general purpose lanes within a 3 to 5 year period after the lane is placed in service. Staff recommends that dedicated lanes not be implemented in the South Area until this condition can be met. As the FTA Guidelines recommend, dedicated bus lanes must be perceived as reasonable by users, public agencies and the general public. In the North Area, Staff recommends the implementation of dedicated bus lanes from the north City Limit to Georgia Way. Dedicated bus lanes in this area do not eliminate any travel lanes and generally allow for the same capacity on the roadway with the potential to increase the person throughput by providing exclusive lanes for BRT. Based upon the preceding recommendations, staff recommends that the City Council approve the following policy for the City of San Leandro's Locally Preferred Alternative: BRT shall terminate at the Downtown San Leandro BART Station with dedicated bus lanes from the north City Limit to approximately Georgia Way with local service provided by traditional or express bus service. from the Downtown San Leandro BART Station to the BayFair BART Station. Staff additionally recommends that the City request that AC Transit study the option of extending BRT to the BayFair BART Station with dedicated bus lanes from the north City Limit to Georgia Way and from Blossom Way to Bancroft Avenue.