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Home My WebLink About6.2 HrngPrpsd3rdLn@Regional t I CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT City Council Meeting Date: November 9, 1987 - SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Dublin Boulevard - Proposed Third Westbound Lane at Regional Street; Proposed Ordinance Prohibiting Parking and Repealing Passenger Loading Zone on Dublin Boulevard East of Regional Street and Repealing Bus Stop West of Regional Street. EXHIBITS ATTACHED: 1) Report from TJKM 2) Diagram of Proposed Change 3) Draft Ordinance RECOMMENDATION: ' I 1) Open Public Hearing 2) Receive Staff presentation and public testimony 3) Question Staff and the public 4) Close Public Hearing and deliberate 5) Waive reading and adopt ordinance prohibiting parking and repealing passenger loading zone on Dublin Blvd. east of Regional Street and repealing bus stop west of Regional Street; approve installation of improvements and authorize budget transfer in the amount of $9,000 from the Street Improvement Reserve. • FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Estimated construction cost of this improvement is $8,000, $3,500 of which represents work which would be done by a contractor; $4,500 of which would be done by City Maintenance. Administration of contracts is estimated at $1,000. DESCRIPTION: At Staff's request, TJKM has analyzed the need for a third westbound traffic lane on Dublin Boulevard approaching Regional Street. Currently, there are only two westbound lanes on Dublin Boulevard at Regional Street. The lane nearest the median becomes a "trap" left-turn lane which widens into two left- turn lanes, while the remaining through lane remains a through lane. (A "trap" lane is a lane from which a specific movement is required.) Most of the traffic on the westbound approach of Dublin Blvd. at San Ramon Road turns left, and most of the westbound through traffic on Dublin Blvd. at Regional Street desires to turn left at San Ramon Road. Congestion occurs during peak periods for two reasons: (1) Most of the westbound traffic at Regional Street that will be turning left at San Ramon Road tries to enter the median-side through lane approaching Regional, creating an imbalance in the two through lanes. (2) Traffic desiring to turn left at San Ramon Road that did not or could not enter the median-side through lane east of Regional tries to enter this lane on the west side of Regional, blocking the curbside through lane. This congestion could be alleviated by striping three westbound through lanes at the approach to Regional Street. There is sufficient width for three lanes, which would continue on to the west side of Regional Street. The two lanes nearest the median would become "trap" lanes leading to the left-turn lanes at San Ramon Road. The curbside lane would accommodate traffic moving straight across or turning right onto San Ramon Road. This restriping would significantly improve congestion because traffic turning left at San Ramon Road would be able to utilize two lanes east of Regional. There would also be less conflict between traffic on Dublin Blvd. and vehicles exiting Mervyn's driveway which might also wish to turn left at San Ramon Road. ITEM NO. 6. 2 COPIES TO: TJKM LAVTA U.S. Postal Service Grand Auto Homestead Savings Suggested improvements are depicted on the exhibit attached and include restriping, signing (including a new mast arm pole), and addition of new detector loops. The "Wheels" bus stop and mailbox would need to be relocated, as stopping could not be allowed in this lane. Both LAVTA and the Post Office have indicated ability and willingness to relocate. BART has already relocated their bus stop from the northwest corner of Dublin Boulevard a--nd Regional Street (near Grand Auto). The on-street parking proposed to be eliminated consists of approximately four spaces. Staff has noticed that fewer cars are parked along this curb since the BART bus stop was relocated further east so most likely the majority of people using these spaces were commuters. Also, the volume of traffic on Dublin Blvd. makes parallel parking difficult, especially from the standpoint of trying to get back into the traffic flow. Because of the significant amount of parking available in shopping center parking lots, and because parking for bus commuters is no longer necessary here, Staff feels that eliminating this on-street parking is not a problem, especially when compared with the benefit of having the third traffic lane. It is anticipated that informal bids would be solicited for the mast arm pole and electrical work, the cost of which is estimated at $3,500, while City Maintenance would provide the striping, signing, and miscellaneous work at an estimated cost of $4,500. If the City Council approves this proposed project, Staff would attempt to contract for the work to be done prior to the start of holiday shopping in order to provide the best possible traffic flow: however, no work would be scheduled to be done during the holiday shopping period itself. An ordinance must be adopted creating the no parking zone and repealing the existing passenger loading zone at the mailbox. The vacated BART bus stop on the northwest corner of the intersection will also be repealed by this action (leaving the language referring to the stop on the south side of the street which remains intact). There is no existing ordinance for the "Wheels" stop. This ordinance is proposed to be adopted on an urgency basis so that the project will be able to proceed as soon as possible, since public safety and welfare are involved. Staff recommends that the City Council (1) adopt the ordinance creating the no parking zone and repealing the passenger loading zone and bus stop and (2) approve these improvements and authorize a budget transfer in the amount of $9,000 from the Street Improvement Reserve. MEMORANDUM 4637 Chabot Drive, Suite 214 Pleasanton Ca. 94566 (415) 463-0611 DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: October 30, 1987 Lee Thompson, City of Dublin Michelle DeRobertis OCT 3 o UBLI¢ ,WORKs RECEIVED Three Westbound Through Lanes on Dublin Boulevard at Regional Street As you requested, we have analyzed the need for three westbound lanes on Dublin Boulevard approaching Regional Street. Currently, there are only two westbound through lanes on Dublin Boulevard at Regional Street. At San Ramon Road, there are two left-turn lanes and one through lane. The southernmost (median side) through lane at Regional Street becomes a "trap" left-turn lane which widens into two left-turn lanes, while the remaining through lane at Regional Street remains a through lane at San Ramon Road. The majority of traffic on the westbound approach of Dublin Boulevard at San Ramon Road turns left and, similarly, the majority of westbound through traffic on Dublin Boulevard at Regional Street desires to turn left at San Ramon Road. Therefore, congestion occurs during peak periods because: I) most of the westbound traffic at Regional Street that will be turning left at San Ramon Road tries to enter the median-side through lane approaching Regional Street, creating an imbalance of traffic in the two through lanes; and 2) traffic desiring to turn left at San Ramon Road that did not or could not enter the median-side through lane east of Regional Street tries to enter this lane on the west side of Regional Street, blocking the curbside through lane in the process. We feel that this congestion could be alleviated by striping three westbound through lanes at the approach to Regional Street. There is sufficient width between the existing median and the existing curb to stripe two ll-foot through lanes and one 12-foot through lane. The three lanes would continue on the west side of Regional Street. The two lanes near the median would be "trap" lanes leading to the two left-turn lanes at San Ramon Road. This re-striping would significantly improve the congestion because left-turning traffic at San Ramon Road would be able to queue in two lanes at Regional Street rather than just one. There would also be less conflict between the through traffic on Dublin Boulevard and the traffic exiting the Mervyn's driveway just east of Regional Street that desires to turn left at San Ramon Road. Our recommendations to implement this improvement are depicted on the enclosed Sheet No. 1. The existing lane line stripe between the two through lanes would have to be removed, and new striping to delineate three lanes should be installed. The existing left turn lanes at San Ramon Road should be re-striped to extend further to the east, and new left arrows should be painted in the left-turn lanes. The existing Wheels bus stop sign should be removed. The existing bus stop west of Golden Gate Drive will serve all riders on this block face. The trash box should be relocated to the existing bus stop west of Golden Gate Drive, and the existing mail box should be relocated by the U.S. Postal Service. PLEASANTON · SACRAMENTO · FR Mr. Lee Thompson -2- October 30, 1987 In addition to these changes to striping and to street furniture, new detectors would need to be installed in the third (curbside) through lane. The related wiring changes are depicted on Sheet No. 1. The required signing changes would consist of removing the existing ~THROUGH TRAFFIC MERGE RIGHT" sign mounted on the existing electrolier west of Regional Street, adding a "THROUGH TRAFFIC AT SAN RAMON ROAD USE RIGHT LANE' sign east of Regional Street, and installing overhead signs approximately 120 feet west of Regional Street depicting the permitted turn movements at San Ramon Road. These signs should help to eliminate confusion by giving advance notice to motorists regarding the new lane designations. The total construction costs of these improvements are estimated to be $2,300 for the electrical work and $5,700 for the signing and striping. If you have any questions regarding these changes, please feel free to contact Ty Tekawa or me. nlc Attachment 157-001 SAIV t?AMOIV t?OAD t~EGIONAL ST. ORDINANCE NO. -87 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ESTABLISHING TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows: Section 1. PASSENGER LOADING ZONES: Article 11, relating to "Passenger Loading Zones," of the Alameda County Ordinance Code previously adopted by the City of Dublin is amended as follows' Section 6-445.24, (added per City of Dublin Ordinance 11-83), is repealed. Section 2. BUS STOPS: Article 12, relating to "Bus Stops," of the Alameda County Ordinance Code previously adopted by the City of Dublin is amended by the revision of Section 6-478.41 Dublin Boulevard as follows: Section 6-478.41 Dublin Boulevard: On the southerly curbline from the easterly curbline of Regional Street, easterly a distance of 150 feet. Section 3. NO PARKING Article 7, relating to "No Parking Zones" of the Alameda County Ordinance Code previously adopted by the City of Dublin is amended by the revision of Section 6-217.15 (added per City of Dublin Ordinance 9-85), to read as follows: Section 6-217.15 Dublin Boulevard: On the northerly curbline from the easterly curbline of Regional Street, easterly a distance of 260 feet. Section 4. IMMEDIATE EFFECT: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its enactment because the adoption and immediate effect thereof is necessary in order to protect vehicular and pedestrian safety. Section 5. POSTING OF ORDINANCE: The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on this 9th day of November, 1987. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ATTEST: Mayor City Clerk