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Transportation Advisory Committee
Minutes from Monday, February 27, 2006
11:30 AM � 12:45 PM, 316 Day Hall (Day Hall Boardroom)
Present: Jim Gibbs, Sara Gomez-Ibanez, Peter Hoyt, Marisa LaFalce, Yael Levitte, Tim McConnochie Ex-Officio Present: John Durbin, Judy Eckard, Jonathan Feldman, David Lieb, Helen Steh Others Present: Frank Perry Excused: Arnim Meyburg and Paul Streeter
J. Feldman convened the meeting and asked people to introduce themselves. TAC welcomed Peter Hoyt, new Employee representative.
Frank Perry did a power point presentation. He is from Utilities and is working with the City of Ithaca to coordinate the bridge project (this project is a city/state project). Prep work starts March 6, 2006. Bridge is reduced to one-lane south bound on March 20, 2006. This project continues through August 2007.
Most of the time, traffic will be:
P. Hoyt asked if Transportation was going to try to entice people on southeast side of Ithaca to stay out of Forest Home (A lot parkers). H. Steh said that we are not offering free permits in any other location. There is no way to accommodate that many people. Transportation staff have met with the Human Resource Council and asked that supervisors, when able, be flexible during construction; allow staff to use RideShare, OmniRide and continue A lot parking. She said that Mary Opperman agreed with that strategy.
Other Summer Projects
J. Durbin provided a brief description of other construction projects:
D. Lieb noted that the Town of Ithaca as lead agency has passed the project scope. The consultant is now in the data collection phase: gather data from faculty/staff and students. The student referendum (from the University Avenue Parking Lot Agreement) will be folded into the t-GEIS surveys.
Representatives from the Assemblies held a meeting on February 25, 2006 to brainstorm questions to be included. There will be three versions:
J. Feldman said that the consultant asked that TAC review the draft surveys and gives their input. He distributed a document which summarized the February 25, 2006 meeting. He noted that the timeframe for turnaround is tight. Everything needs to be done by March 17, 2006, before it goes to the University Committee on Human Subjects for approval. These surveys will be processed by Survey Research Institute.
J. Feldman asked if everyone could attend a special TAC meeting on March 7, 2006 to review the surveys. He will see if the time can be moved from 5:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
T. McConnochie said that the purpose of the surveys is to collect information about attitudes, the way the Cornell population currently uses the transportation system, and to determine, democratically, a campus vision with regard to transportation-related issues and trade-offs.
J. Eckard noted that the Commuter and Parking Services (C&PS) customer satisfaction survey will use a statistically significant sample and will not be put out until Fall 2006.
D. Lieb reported that as a result of the Car Sharing Summit members of the community (Cornell, Ithaca College, Eco Village, City of Ithaca, and Tompkins County and other interested parties) are looking into the possibility of developing a program in Tompkins County. D. Lieb is on a sub-committee that will be putting forth ideas on how to do this.
T. McConnochie reported that someone said it is impossible to find TCAT bus schedules and maps. S. Gomez-Ibanez asked if a map could be put on the inside wall of buses. J. Eckard said she would pass the information on to TCAT. She will also see if Cornell�s representatives on the TCAT Board, as well as the general manager, can attend our March or April meeting. Cornell�s board members are Hank Dullea, Rich McDaniel and Bill Wendt.
P. Hoyt asked if the committee met in the summer. J. Feldman said, even though most students aren�t here in the summer, we can discuss that possibility later on.
The next scheduled TAC meetings are Monday, March 27, 2006 and Monday, April 24, 2006 from 11:30 AM until 12:45 PM and will be held in 316 Day Hall Boardroom.
This meeting was adjourned at 12:45 PM.
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