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Mr. Knowles replied that at Bernal, Vineyard is one lane, it then widens to two lanes and <br />then narrows to one lane after Sauterne before the traffic signal. <br /> <br /> Mr. Tassano said an option would be to mm one of the existing two through lanes at <br />Montevino into a left mm lane. There was more discussion about the actual design of this area <br />and how the transition would occur. <br /> <br /> Mayor Pico wanted to make Vineyard one lane from Touriga to Sauteme to further slow <br />traffic down. <br /> <br /> Mr. Knowles said there was a problem with that because of the pedestrian crosswalk at <br />that location. Until there is more information on how the volume of traffic on Vineyard will be <br />affected, he would not recommend a single lane until after Sauterne. In the future one lane will <br />work, but not right now. A single lane eastbound that had to stop for a pedestrian, would <br />develop a queue that would not get started again. The reverse is not true for the morning. <br /> <br /> Mayor Pico said his preference was to have one lane going outbound and a dedicated <br />right turn lane to get into the neighborhood at Tour/ga, Sauterne and Montevino and one through <br />lane. He felt if one lane outbound at Montevino is adequate, then it should be adequate between <br />Montevino and Bernal. <br /> <br /> Mr. Knowles said because of the number of residences in this area, by the time one gets <br />past Montevino, many of the vehicles have turned off Vineyard. That is why a single lane at <br />Montevino works. There will be a period of construction at Tawny, Vineyard/Bemal and at <br />Stanley when there will be pressure for more traffic to use Vineyard at times. This may be a way <br />of offsetting that by having one lane in each direction. <br /> <br /> Mayor Pico said his primary concern is to encourage traffic to go to Stanley and to slow <br />down the traffic on Vineyard as it goes outbound. He felt two lanes encouraged a higher rate of <br />speed than one lane. <br /> <br />Ms. Ayala asked if that would encourage cut-through traffic from Bernal down Tawny? <br /> <br />Mayor Pico said that could be a side effect if traffic backed up. <br /> <br /> Mr. Knowles said the solution is that when someone takes Tawny to Touriga and wants <br />to turn left, they will be stopped there for a while waiting for a gap in traffic. If the striping is <br />changed so that people turning right will have to wait behind the people mining left, that will <br />discourage that route. <br /> <br />Mayor Pico invited public testimony. <br /> <br /> Diane Pitts, 3028 Crestablanca Drive, expressed appreciation for all the time Mr. <br />Knowles and Mr. Tassano have spent on this project. She was willing to give up the island on <br />Crestablanca because the speeds on her street have not slowed down since the islands were <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 17 02/04/03 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />