Transportation Solutions

Traffic congestion is one of the biggest issues facing Dublin, given our unique geography.  Dublin needs creative transportation solutions to ease our traffic. We have congestion surrounding our schools and on our city streets during commuting hours, and also during peak weekend times. I will find concrete solutions to reduce the traffic congestion. I will work with Wheels to add more routes, and more buses and stops to existing routes.  In addition, I will help the city and the school district locate alternate bus stops at our schools so buses and parents aren't competing for the same curb space. I will call for changes to the timing of lights in intersections, add turn lanes where appropriate, and lobby the state to improve highway interchanges, particularly pushing for improvements to the 580/680 interchange sooner rather than later. I will work to set up resources for carpools; to schools, to work, to BART, to sports practices. There are many ways that carpooling can be used effectively if people have a safe and efficient way to connect with each other. I will push traffic calming solutions around our schools. Potential solutions are speed humps, one-way streets around our schools, or residential parking permits. In addition, I will continue the work that has already been started on safe walking and biking routes to school and expand those routes to the parks and shops in our city. In addition, I will continue to push BART to build more parking capacity and to complete the long awaited extension to Livermore. It is also time to explore a city-wide traffic calming effort to keep traffic off of our neighborhood streets. Dublin does not need to bear the brunt of cut-through traffic when the highways are backed up.
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