Ideas

• Parking Policy
• San Francisco Chronicle article: "Car-sharing catching on with Bay Area drivers" January 22, 2007
• August, 2006 Study Session on parking
• East Bay Express article: "E-ville leader talks the walk" September 29, 2006
• New York Times article: "No Parking, Condos Leave Out Cars" November 12, 2006

• Sustainable Development
  • Nelson Nygaard Report (Feb. 2008) Recommends Against Street Widenings



• Restoring and Expanding Childcare for 4- to 18- month-old children at the Emeryville Child Development Center.
  • City Council Voted Not to Restore the Infant Program
  
  


• Traffic Calming in the Triangle Neighborhood -- FUNDED (Oct. 2006), 6-MO. TRIAL PERIOD BEGINS (Aug. 2007)
  Report on proposed traffic calming devices:
• Traffic Calming Solutions - Sept. 2006, Part 1 of 3 (ppt) (5MB)
• Traffic Calming Solutions - Sept. 2006, Part 2 of 3 (ppt) (5MB)
• Traffic Calming Solutions - Sept. 2006, Part 3 of 3 (ppt) (5MB)
• Traffic Calming Workshop - April 2006 (pdf) (2MB)
• Traffic Calming report 1 of 2 - Nov. 2005 (pdf) (4 MB)
• Traffic Calming report 2 of 2 - Nov. 2005 (pdf) (2 MB)


• Powell Street Overpass -- NOT FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  The city has hired a consultant to work on improving pedestrian access over the train tracks at Powell Street. Here are some proposals:
  • Alternative B (pdf)
  • Elevation – 3 Options (pdf) (2MB)
  • Shellmound Elevation (pdf)
    
  
  
• Public Path between 53rd and 55th Streets -- FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  Click here for powerpoint presentation (3MB)



• Pedestrian-Bicycle Bridge to Bay Street -- FUNDED (Oct. 2006), ONE-YEAR DESIGN PERIOD BEGINS (Sept. 2007)
  Click here to view John's design proposal:
  • Bridge_01a.jpg
  • Bridge_08a.jpg
  
  
• Doyle Hollis Park -- FUNDED (Oct. 2006), DESIGN FINALIZED (JULY, 2007)
  • Click here for a schematic design (2 MB)



• Park Avenue District Street Improvements -- FUNDING MAINTAINED (Oct. 2006)
  Click here for the District Plan (9 MB)



• Pedestrian-Bicycle Bridge over Interstate 80 at 65th Street -- $200K SET ASIDE TO CREATE DESIGN (Apr. 2007)
  • 65th Street Bridge



• Shellmound Street Two-Way, Segregated Bike Path -- NOT FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  • "The Case for Physically Separated Bike Lanes" December, 2006, directed by Clarence Eckerson
  • Click here to view powerpoint presentation (2 MB)



• Bay Trail Extension south of Powell Street -- $200K SET ASIDE FOR ENV. REVIEW AND DESIGN (Oct. 2006), $200K FUNDING SHIFTED TO 65th STREET BRIDGE (Apr. 2007)
  • Click here to view MS Word (.doc)



• Converting the SF-only on-ramp



• Pedestrian-Bicycle Bridge over Interstate 80 at Temescal Creek -- $200K SET ASIDE FOR ENV. REVIEW AND DESIGN (Oct. 2006), $200K FUNDING SHIFTED TO 65th STREET BRIDGE (Apr. 2007)
  • Click here to view MS Word (.doc)



• Adeline Street Bike Paths -- NOT FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  • Click here to view powerpoint presentation
  
  
• Adeline Street Bike Lanes (alternative to the bike paths idea) -- NEW YORK-STYLE BUFFERED BIKE LANE REJECTED (June, 2007), STANDARD BIKE LANES INSTALLED (Aug. 2007)
  • AdelineStreet-Before.jpg
  • AdelineStreet-After.jpg
  • EBBC-NewsletterPage8-Sept2007.pdf
  • AdelineBikeLane24aug2007.avi (18Mb video)



• Improved Street Lighting -- FUNDED (Oct. 2006)



• Spur Alley Extension to Stanford Avenue -- NOT FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  • Click here to view powerpoint presentation



• Pedestrian-Activated Traffic Signal across Powell Street at Doyle Street -- FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  • Click here to view powerpoint presentation



• Pedestrian-Activated Traffic Signal across Frontage Road at Powell Street -- NOT FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  • Click here to view powerpoint presentation



• Peabody Lane Traffic Calming:
  • Fricke Proposal
  • MIG Proposal, Version 1 (4 MB)
  • MIG Proposal, Version 2 (5 MB)
  • MIG Proposal, Version 3 (5 MB)



• Horton Street Choker
  • http://www.walkinginfo.org:80/pedsafe/popup2.cfm?codename=20d
  • http://www.johnfricke.com/HortonStreetChoker.pdf
  • http://www.johnfricke.com/Choker.pdf



• Establish Emeryville as a Quiet Zone for Trains -- FUNDED (Oct. 2006)
  Click on the above link for more information regarding train horns being blown near residential areas.
• Click here to view the results of the quiet zone survey:survey results



• Improving 40th Street Bridge for Bicycles
  Create a buffer for the bicycle lanes by converting 40th Street Bridge from four to two vehicle lanes. The following diagrams illustrate the proposed change (6MB each):
• Diagram 1 of 3
• Diagram 2 of 3
• Diagram 3 of 3



• Leaf Blower Regulation Proposal
  Ban all gas-powered leaf blowers and weed whippers in Emeryville
• San Francisco Chronicle article "Sounds like trouble in Emeryville" (.doc)
  August 5, 2005
• Wired News article "The Silence of the Leaf Blower"(.doc)
  September 23, 2005
• San Francisco Chronicle article "Gas leaf blower ban has gardeners dug in; quieter models still panned by council " (.doc)
  July 16, 2006


• City-wide $9 per hour living wage ordinance
  


• Implement Back-in, Reverse-Angle Parking -- INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION ON 67th AND 63rd STREETS
  Here are some advantages over traditional angle parking:
• Safer for children exiting the vehicle to get to the sidewalk (door blocks their path to the street)
• Safer for bicyclists (exiting driver has clear view of approaching bicyclists)
• Trunk is more easily accessible from curb
• More information about reverse-angle parking:
• Santa Barbara(html)
• Santa Barbara(pdf)
• Back-in Angle Parking in Central Business District(pdf)
• Salt Lake City(html)
• Seattle(html)


• City-wide Wireless Internet Access
  


• Webcasting of City Council and Planning Commission Meetings
  


• Preservation Ordinance
  


• Shared City/School Library

John's comments after being sworn in as a new council member on Dec. 6, 2005

John's March 7, 2006 presentation to the city council: Transportation Blueprint for a New Emeryville

John's March 7, 2006 comments regarding avoiding conflicts of interest

John's 2006 progress report

John's 2007 progress report

Please share your ideas for Emeryville with John: jfricke@johnfricke.com
Or, send him feedback through the comments page: Comments