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04.08.24 TAB Agenda 3 - 03.11.24 DRAFT TAB Meeting Minutes revDRAFT TAB Minutes March 11, 2024 Page 1 of 3 CI/TY OF BOULDER BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINUTES Name of Board/ Commission: Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) Date of Meeting: March 11, 2024 Contact Information Preparing Summary: Meredith Schleske 303.441.3204 Board Members Present: Alex Weinheimer, Chair; Rebecca Davies, Vice Chair; Tila Duhaime; Triny Willerton Staff Present: Natalie Stiffler, Director for Transportation and Mobility Chris Hagelin, Principal Transportation Planner Devin Joslin, Transportation Engineering Senior Manager Stephen Rijo, Transportation Planning Manager Ericka Amador, Transportation Senior Planner Sydney Schieffer, Transportation Senior Planner Daniel Sheeter, Transportation Senior Planner Jean Sanson, Transportation Senior Planner Allison Moore-Farrell, Transportation Senior Planner Melanie Sloan, Transportation Principal Project Manager Reegan Brown, Senior Project Manager, Community Vitality Meredith Schleske, Board Secretary Also Present: Nicole Speer, City Councilmember, Mayor Ryan Schuchard, City Councilmember Type of Meeting: Advisory/Regular Agenda Item 1: Call to Order [6:00 p.m.] Agenda Item 2: Instructions to Virtual Meeting Participants – Sydney Schieffer, technical host [6:01 p.m.] reviewed rules and technical operations on the virtual platform. Agenda Item 3: Appreciation of Service [6:05 p.m.] Alex Weinheimer, 4/2019 – 3/2024 Ryan Schuchard, 4/2021 – 12/2023 Rebecca Davies, 4/2022 – 3/2024 Stiffler thanked volunteers for time, especially work on Core Arterial Network (CAN), displayed personalized traffic sign of appreciation for each. TAB Comments • Duhaime: appreciation of Davies, connections with community, other boards; Schuchard for raising equity and diversity, explaining interconnectedness; Weinheimer for making a difference. • Davies: appreciation of TAB members helping to get up to speed; Weinheimer for educating City Council on importance of prioritization and safety on roads, development of CAN; Schuchard for running for council; staff for managing resources, educating TAB members and community. • Schuchard: appreciation for ceremony; Duhaime for demeanor, asking leadership to pause with important issues; Stiffler for time, natural great leader, gracious; transportation department team; Weinheimer for encouraging to run for council. • Weinheimer: privilege to serve with a lot of great members; huge honor. Schuchard left meeting at 6:17 p.m. Agenda Item 4: Approval of February 2024 Minutes [6:17 p.m.] Motion to approve February 2024 Minutes as presented. Motion: Davies Second: Duhaime Motion passes 3:0 Willerton abstain, not present at February meeting. Agenda Item 5: Public Comment [6:25 p.m.] • Paul Sabini – thanks for time. Concerned about pedestrians, especially nine school-aged children in four houses on Linden from 4th Street to Broadway who walk and ride bikes to school every day on street with speed limit of 30 m.p.h. That’s way too high for a neighborhood, in my opinion. No shoulder, no sidewalk on south side, minimal visibility, nothing to slow drivers the entire length. Lived in Boulder 25 years, own small business on Pearl Street, ride bike daily. Dangerous situations I see on this stretch of road are alarming; DRAFT TAB Minutes March 11, 2024 Page 2 of 3 inevitably, something tragic will happen. Lowering speed limit is an easy, cheap start, then south sidewalk, slow drivers down. Stretch is called “Lindy 500” because they race. Have been asking city to reduce speed for four years, nobody is listening. Speaking up for pedestrians and kids on road. • Lynn Segal – riding up the section on Broadway is scary; have to walk my bike and it is happening all over town, potholes in the dark, people are in rush mode. I watch this building and growth boom go through Planning Board, must be frustrating for TAB having to deal with the congestion, incentives to get people out of their cars. TAB should weigh in on the airport because it will add congestion along with CU South. You are always in some form of deficit. The developers are not paying for it. The only Palestine airport has been decommissioned; now planning a settler colony on the side, so analogous to Boulder. TAB Comments o Appreciation to Lynn Segal for perseverance. o Linden and Spine are good streets to apply the new speed limit reduction rubric, engineering judgment. Agenda Item 6: Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) Update [6:27 p.m.] A. Community Mobility Planning & Implementation (CMPI) Speed Limit and Signing Update Devin Joslin made the report to the board. Executive Summary The Speed Limit Setting and Signing Practices project incorporates industry best practices to develop a framework to improve the consistency for establishing and communicating speed limits citywide. The project aims to reduce speed-related crashes on city-owned arterials and collectors. This project has developed a methodology that is data-driven and grounded in Boulder-specific thresholds. This memo presents background information that includes national best practices and peer cities review, a summary of stakeholder engagement efforts, followed by in-depth descriptions of the data collected, methodology developed, an overview of the preliminary results obtained, and next steps for the effort. Questions for TAB 1. What feedback does TAB have regarding the methodology defined for speed limit setting? 2. What feedback and/or guidance does TAB has to offer to the forthcoming implementation plan and next steps? TAB Feedback • Suggestion to reduce speeds on High Risk Network overall. o Staff response: High Risk Network is planned to be addressed first. • Questions regarding bike facilities, if there are defining factors, if Low Stress Walk and Bike Network or lack of alternate routes are considerations, whether any reverse engineering/testing was performed and if it changes scores, if other trip generators such as libraries, recreation centers, shopping centers and trailheads were considered, level of ridership (low, medium, high). Questions about whether we should be asking what we want it to look like, if there is intentionality now or in future to deliberately suppress drivers’ expectations to speed, if travel time impact is calculated/messaged. o Staff response: Chose 16 most impactful factors, did not explicitly consider mentioned items although some are covered at a higher level by zoning. Note that methodology is very flexible but not sole guidance; engineering judgment is also important, including in considering how a capital project can transform a roadway to set the tone to achieve desired speeds. • Suggestion to reconsider, adding the presence of more people biking, walking, using transit, near transit- oriented development, presence of vulnerable street users. Observation that there are very few pedestrians on Iris because it is so difficult and unsafe. Goal is to create a city where it feels comfortable, inviting to walk. Take pride in leading the way in creating a welcoming environment. • Question whether 55th Street East Boulder Subcommunity Plan area is still treated as industrial or if zoning was changed, comment that it would be a good place for engineering judgment. o Staff response: Zoning was changed, methodology was applied at a point in time with current road conditions. • Encouragement to consider downtown blocks of Pearl Street and “the Hill” as Main Street, reduce speed limit to 10 m.p.h. year-round, signal that it is a high traffic, high pedestrian volume area welcoming to all modes of travel. • Suggestion to reduce upper range for land use classification of residential mixed use which makes up a large part of town for minor arterials to 30 m.p.h. given how much vehicle speed impacts severity of crashes. B. Pedestrian Crossing Treatment Installation Guidelines (PCTIG) Working Group - appointment of TAB primary and alternate representatives – Willerton primary, Duhaime temporary alternate. DRAFT TAB Minutes March 11, 2024 Page 3 of 3 Agenda Item 7: Matters [7:20 p.m.] A. Matters from Staff/Non-Agenda 1. Commutifi Pilot Preview – Reegan Brown previewed pilot program launching in partnership with Boulder- based tech startup Commutifi to quantify commuting and encourage sustainable commutes beginning April 1st through year-end. Employers in the downtown Central Area General Improvement District (CAGID) and Boulder Junction Access District (BJAD) are eligible to participate, incent employees up to $2.50 daily to reduce single occupancy vehicle (SOV) trips. Pilot is funded through CAGID and BJAD taxing revenue dollars, paid via virtual debit card usable at locally owned businesses in the two districts, van pool fares, B- Cycle trips, Recycle membership, Lime scooter trips, car share, Uber, Lyft, Park Mobile. TAB Feedback • Questions why incentive pays for parking, how many employers are eligible. o Staff response: Expectation is not driving around as much, assume less parking than previously. There were over 1,000 eligible employers pre-Covid, including Google with 1,800 employees. 2. Resident Travel Diary Preliminary Results modal shift report – Chris Hagelin stated that it has been tracked since 1990, generally every three years. Trends show declines in SOV and multiple occupancy vehicle (MOV) use continues, increase in bicycle and foot traffic, significant decline in transit rides and ecopasses since Covid, increase in teleworking. Decline in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita directly impacts Transportation Master Plan (TMP) goal. TAB Feedback • Inquiries regarding how respondents were selected, if rideshares count as MOVs. • Observations that university has very little inexpensive private motor vehicle parking; pricing parking appropriately can shift behavior, there was no reduction in average daily traffic on streets, most trips are not work trips. o Staff response: Respondents are chosen by random sampling from age 16 then responses by age, gender, income are weighted. School trip questions are included. Davies excused 7:45 p.m. B. Matters from the Board [7:58 p.m.] 1. Finalize TAB Letter to City Council – Duhaime will forward to City Council Assistant and copy to TAB Secretary. 2. Open Board Comment • Duhaime - TAB Retreat to be scheduled in May to include new TAB members. Agenda Item 6: Future Agenda Items [8:19 p.m.] Agenda Item 7: Adjournment [8:19 p.m.] There being no further business to come before the board at this time, by motion regularly adopted, the meeting was adjourned at 8:19 p.m. Motion: Moved to adjourn: Willerton Second: Duhaime Motion passes 3:0 Date, Time, and Location of Next Meeting: The next meeting will be a regular virtual meeting on Monday April 8, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise decided by staff and the Board. APPROVED BY: ATTESTED: ___________________________________ ____________________________________ Board Chair Board Secretary ___________________________________ ____________________________________ Date Date An audio recording of the full meeting for which these minutes are a summary is available on the Transportation Advisory Board web page.