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5 <br />o Make Broadway west of Caltrain tracks shine as a gateway to Downtown. <br />Caltrain grade separation—would be great to have permeability to allow people to walk through <br />the whole length or to provide retail under the tracks (there are precedents for this globally). <br />Encourage continued outreach to the Downtown business community. <br />Recommend brainstorming better names for districts. <br />Mobility <br />General <br />o There is a large disconnect in RWC between the desire to reduce traffic trips and the types <br />of projects we are investing in (e.g. 101 and 84 interchange, which is for autos only). <br />o Need better access to/from the existing Caltrain Station. <br />o The Downtown Precise Plan created a roadmap to rationalize the Downtown street grid <br />to a certain degree (e.g. policy to vacate a section of Spring Street). Encourage that the <br />GDAP continue this trend to make safer intersections and to make the area generally <br />easier to navigate. <br />o Would like the GDAP to create a prioritization of improvements in order to identify “low <br />hanging fruit” that could be implemented quickly. Show quick meaningful results. Need a <br />phased implementation plan. <br />Biking <br />o If we build new bike infrastructure it has to be high quality so that people actually feel <br />safe using it. Investment needs to actually make people’s lives better, not introduce half <br />measures that don’t move the needle. <br />o Vera Avenue is a successful bike corridor but it’s difficult to cross El Camino Real to Maple <br />Street because the street grid jogs —can we improve this key connection to Downtown? <br />o Consider bike/ped conflicts on Broadway Pedestrian Mall. <br />o Need a focus on bike security and bike access (e.g. bike parking, bike lockers, bike valet). <br />Bike theft is a problem. Explore partnerships for providing bike lockers. <br />o Concern about marking Chestnut Street a key bike corridor due to safety—parallel train <br />tracks may cause bike accidents. <br />o Supportive of bike and pedestrian access to Redwood Creek. <br />o Interest in e-bikes, micromobility, and e-charging stations. <br />Walking <br />o Consider expanding Pedestrian Priority Area to Centennial. <br />o Would like to see new streets/pedestrian connections where there are not any today— <br />for example, a more fine-grain grid network in the North of Downtown District. Very large <br />blocks should have a pedestrian cut through to support mobility (for example, the existing <br />walking path next to In-N-Out on Veterans Blvd.). <br />o Consider opportunities for additional road closures Downtown (e.g. similar to Broadway <br />ped mall) <br />Transit <br />o Consider creating neighborhood shuttles during large community events Downtown to <br />help bring people Downtown without their car (e.g. Music on the Square, Movies on the <br />Square) <br />o Consider how to bring people from Redwood Shores to Downtown. Shuttles might be <br />good. Waymo is another option but need to make sure streets are designed for drop <br />off/pick up. <br />12.A. - Page 65 of 69 <br />284