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