Whats your Agenda? Key local meeting agendas

Today, June 19, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
City of San Jose
1:00 Transportation & Aviation Services
(Full Agenda)

6.1 Measure B Vehicle Registration Fees Agreement.
Recommendation: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a funding agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for the receipt of Measure B Vehicle Registration Fees approved by Santa Clara County voters on November 2, 2010 and collected by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

Wednesday June 20, 2012
10 a.m.

Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority
Meeting of the Board of Directors

BART Boardroom 10am
Kaiser Center 20th Street Mall
Oakland, CA 94612

Simultaneous teleconference calls will take place at
San Jose City Hall - Tower Building
200 E. Santa Clara Street, Room #T1853
San Jose, CA
(Full Agenda)

Key Calendar Items
Managing Director's Report
  Work Completed
      a. Business Plan Update (FY2012-13 - FY 2013-14(
      b. Capitol Corridor Service to Caltrain Santa Clara Station
      c. Transportation for law enforcement officials on Capitol Corridor Trains.
      d. Launch of Initial e-Ticketing (April 16, 2012)
      e. Marketing Activities (February - May 2012)

Work in Prgress
   a. Sacramento Railyards Relocation Project
   b. Yolo Causeway West Crossover Project
   c. Positive Train Control Update
   d. Sacramento-Roseville 3rd Track Environmental Impact Review
   e. Proposition 1B Transit Safety Improvement Projects
   f. Proposed Extension of Capitol Corridor Trains to Salinas
   g. Upcoming Marketing Activities


HP Pavillion Board of Director's meeting
Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
4:00 pm Transportation & Aviation Services

Presidents Room
525 W. Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA
 Full Agenda
4.6
San Jose Municipal Stadium Committee Accept Reports on FY 2012-2013 Capital Budget items.

San Pedro Square Market



San Jose Eats actually about 10 food trucks
line up on West Saint John Street to celebrate
the opening of San Pedro Square Market. 

As part of several "soft" openings the developers os San Pedro Square Market hosted San Jose Made/San Jose Eats. San Jose Made consists of mostly T-shirt and ball cap vendors. I don't quite get it beacause none of the T-Shirts and hats said "Made in .....San Jose, California, or even made in the USA".

I tried some 5-spice pulled pork off of one of the food trucks and it was fantastic. I didn't get a chance to try some ice cream off of the Treat Bot truck but I have had some before it it is always good.





Bicycle Parking was
non-existent at today's event.


Two things that need to be addressed but is so typical of San Jose events, you keep asking why. Why is it always this way.

The first is the ever present and public show of police in this town. I spotted two pedestrian officers and one on a bicycle for a peak crowed of about 800 people. Later on it dwindled down to about 400 people mostly couples or family members.

I've often been to San Francisco's largest farmers market at the Ferry Building. The market is always packed with at least over ten times as many visitors and I have yet to see one police officer. It seems as though any public gathering requires some type of police presence in San Jose. I'll have to investigate further as to the severe requirements. At least the cops were on foot and not in cars.

This doesn't need to happen.
SF Farmers Mkt. has
free valet parking.

The second item that needs to be addressed is the need for bicycle parking on West Saint John Street. As you can see from the pictures, adequate parking is lacking. Given that this is intended to be a prime downtown location it doesn't make sense that the city didn't require the developer to construct adequate parking before issuing an occupancy permit. So please contact the developer, contact the San Jose Downtown Association, the District 3 (downtown) Councilmember and ask why they were issued building permits and made no requirements for bicycle parking.

So to summarize; too many cops not enough bike racks. Other than that a nice time was had by all.







- Posted from my iPhone

Location:N 1st St,San Jose,United States

Bike Corrals making inroads into some U.S. cities

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Yarnbombing and bike corrals.
A great combo.
Photo: periwinklecog

One of the ways to get more people on bikes is to have safe convenient places for cyclists to park near shops, restaurants, libraries, and schools. By making the space convenient, shoppers will use bike parking racks that give them priority over drivers. Also, by placing racks in convenient and visible areas, cyclists will visit more often and stay longer if they know there bicycle is parked in a safe spot. Currently such forward thinking cities as San Francisco, New York, and Portland are incorporating bike corrals into business districts.

According to Portland's Department of Transportation (which has now installed 67 corrals in the city) on street bike parking provides some benefits where bicycle use is already high or growing. Some of the benefits are:

• Businesses: Corrals provide a 10 to 1 customer to parking space ratio and advertise “bike-friendliness.” They also improve the outdoor café seating environment by removing locked bicycles from the sidewalk.


• Pedestrians: Corrals clear the sidewalks and serve as de facto curb extensions.


• People on bicycles: Corrals increase the visibility of bicycling.


• Motor vehicle drivers: Corrals improve visibility at intersections by eliminating the opportunity for larger vehicles to park at street corners.

On street bicycle parking, or bike corrals as they are also called, does this and more. The concept of the bike corral is to take the space of one car and provide as many as 10 to 14 spaces for bicycles. Many times bike corrals are place at the corner of busy intersections to improve safety by using a design technique called "daylighting". High volume business such as coffee shops make perfect spots to locate corrals due to the reduction in traffic volume around such businesses.

What are some areas that could use bike corrals in your city? Does your city have a program to install bike corrals?

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Eyes on the Street: NYC’s First Bike Corral Underway on Smith Street

Portland DOT's bike corral program