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Ms. Lindy Chan Page 4 October 27, 2017 <br />existing northbound bus stop located between El Camino Real/Roosevelt Avenue and El Camino Real/Cedar <br />Street. <br />Right Turn Lanes <br />Currently, many of the northbound and southbound approaches along El Camino Real at both signalized and <br />unsignalized intersections have dedicated right turn lanes. The recommended alternative for the El Camino Real <br />Corridor Plan is to provide one-way Class IV protected bikeways along the corridor. A common bicycle-vehicle <br />conflict involves right-turning vehicles and through bicycles at an intersection (or a driveway). Shifting bicycles <br />from a protected bikeway to the left of a right-turn lane, while feasible, requires specific geometry applications. <br />Where capacity is not needed at an intersection, right-turn lanes could be removed in favor of providing space for <br />a Class IV protected bikeway. <br />An evaluation was performed to determine suitable locations where a right-turn lane could be removed and <br />replaced with the Class IV bicycle facility. At intersections where data was available, right-turn lanes were <br />determined to be a viable location for removal if they had a.m. and p.m. peak hour turn volumes of less than 100 <br />vehicles. The following right-turn lanes at study intersections were determined to meet this criteria: <br />2. El Camino Real/Brewster Avenue (Northbound and Southbound) <br />3. El Camino Real/James Avenue (Southbound) <br />4. El Camino Real/Jefferson Avenue (Northbound) <br />5. El Camino Real/Maple Street (Northbound) <br />6. El Camino Real/Roosevelt Avenue (Southbound) <br />In addition to those analyzed, the following right turn lanes on El Camino Real should be considered for removal: <br /> Hopkins Avenue (Southbound) <br /> Wilson Street (Northbound) <br /> Diller Street (Northbound) <br /> Vera Avenue (Southbound) <br /> Lincoln Avenue (Southbound) <br />In order to determine if the additional locations are suitable candidates for removal of the right-turn lanes, an <br />evaluation of the corridor should be completed using vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle volume data for all <br />intersections during the weekday peak periods. The evaluation should determine whether removal of a right-turn <br />lane at these locations would result in substantial delays for drivers travelling along El Camino Real. <br />Traffic Signal Phasing Modification <br />The intersection of El Camino Real/James Avenue is a signalized four-legged intersection with protected left-turn <br />phasing on the northbound and southbound El Camino Real approaches, and permitted left-turn phasing on the <br />eastbound and westbound James Avenue approaches. Currently, buses access the Redwood City Transit Center <br />(which serves as a transfer point between SamTrans buses and Caltrain) via the intersection of El Camino <br />Real/James Avenue. Buses departing from the transit center and headed to the south do so currently by making <br />the westbound left-turn maneuver from James Avenue onto southbound El Camino Real. With the bus turning <br />movements and with Sequoia High School in close proximity to the intersection, consideration was given to the <br />need to modify the left-turn phasing from permitted to protected on the westbound and eastbound James <br />Avenue approaches of the intersection.