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Using Cameras to measure traffic volume on W. Alisal Street and Central Street in Salinas

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:37:55 +0000

the Salinas roadway we took several factors into consideration when conducting a road diet and Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info University Faculty Contact Daniel Fernandez Natural Sciences Professor, School of Natural Sciences dfernandez@csumb.edu Local Government / Community Contact James Serrano [...]

Super Green Roof for Monterey Bay Charter School (MBCS)

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:37:50 +0000

The possibility and the costs associated with implementation of a green roof on the Monterey Bay Charter School, intended to be located at CSUMB, are considered. This development would noy only serve as a sustainable aspect of the school from the perspective of infrastructure, but it would also enhance thei environmental education opportunities that the students experience.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor
dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
Rick Riedl
Public Works

Road Diet modelling and its effects on traffic and pedestrian counts on W. Alisal Street in Salinas

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:36:24 +0000

model we were able to pose recommendations best suited to support the road diet. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info University Faculty Contact Daniel Fernandez Natural Sciences Professor, School of Natural Sciences dfernandez@csumb.edu Local Government / Community Contact James Serrano [...]

Modeling and measured bicycle counts and bicycle safety on W. Alisal Road with respect to the West Alisal Road Diet

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:36:05 +0000

In analyzing the impacts of the road diet on West Alisal in Salinas, our group observed that there is variety in the stakeholder populations. Drivers, pedestrians, bus passengers, bicyclists, and others, are all stakeholders that will be impacted by the road diet. Our group decided to focus on the bicyclist population near the Hartnell College area of West Alisal. To determine whether or not the bicyclist population of West Alisal was great enough to initiate the road diet, our group developed the hypothesis: The number of bicyclists that use West Alisal, near Hartnell College, is great enough to consider a road diet. 5 bicycles per half hour period (on average) will represent a need for a road diet.
Our data shows that based on current bicycle ridership that there is not a sufficient enough need to represent the biking community in the future road diet. That being said, we believe it is important to include bike lanes on W. Alisal as our model shows that increased biking in the future will start a positive reinforcing loop further increasing bike ridership.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor, School of Natural Sciences
dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
James Serrano

West Alisal Road Diet and Business Survey

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:35:28 +0000

Currently West Alisal Street focuses on cars as the main means transportation. One of the of the main issues is that cars on West Alisal Street are regularly speeding until they the reach Downtown Salinas. At the moment the moment cyclists do not have their own designated bike lanes. Cyclists have to have to use the same lane as cars. Pedestrians safety is also an issue because of speeding cars. The City of Salinas does not have as much feedback from the downtown business owners as they would like. The group plans on surveying business owners to get their opinion on the road diet. We plan to ask what they know about the ‘road diet’ and if they have any designs in mind that would be best for the area. We also want to know what kind of transport most of the Costumers use and to better facilitate their journey to West Alisal.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor, School of Natural Sciences
dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
James Serrano
Department of Public Works
Transportation Manager
jamess@ci.salinas.ca.us
831-758-7195

Salinas Road Diet – Survey of Hartnell College

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:35:18 +0000

By creating a survey for Hartnell College, we will be able to gather data on the different forms of transportation the students and faculty use before the Road Diet is created. Our primary goals are to gain the perceptions of existing conditions, the mode choice made by people attending Hartnell and the reasoning behind their commuting choice, and the potential shift of mode choice with the changing facilities based on the Road Diet. The students and faculty of Hartnell are one of the main stakeholders for the Road Diet because they travel on West Alisal to reach Hartnell College. To determine how many students and faculty ride the bike, use the bus, or carpool, we can use these data to help create an efficient road diet for these stakeholders who use West Alisal frequently. The survey could also suggest to students and faculty that alternative ways of transportation are available such as using the bus, riding a bike, or carpooling with other students. This would be considered the pre-survey before the road diet has been constructed. After the road has been changed, another survey would be administered to Hartnell College to see if their transportation habits have changed.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor, School of Natural Sciences
dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
James Serrano
Department of Public Works
Transportation Manager
jamess@ci.salinas.ca.us
831-758-7195

Modelling of the Implementation of a Shared Bus and Bike Lane along W. Alisal Street in Salinas

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:34:59 +0000

Alisal’s history helped develop Salinas as one of the top fresh produce distributors in the country. However, with progress comes change, and Alisal street has transformed into a long stretch of residential homes. Likewise, population and traffic has increased exponentially, minimizing the degree of overall safety. The objective of this study is to figure out a way to alleviate and minimize traffic, and increase public transportation and physical activity such as walking and biking. Implementation of a shared bus and bike lane is considered as a possible direction for improvement.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor, School of Natural Sciences
dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
James Serrano

Seaside Water Allocation Project

Victor Manzanilla — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:27:43 +0000

We worked with the City of Seaside and Kurt Overmeyer, Seaside’s Economic Development Program Manager, to collect estimates of water usage based on the non-residential water release form for the business sector of Seaside. We did this by walking to each individual business to calculate the water usage based on their group use.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences

dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
Kurt Overmeyer
Economic Development

Modelling the Impact of the W. Alisal Road Diet on bus transportation in Salinas

Victor Manzanilla — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:27:43 +0000

We built our project around how this road diet would affect a specific aspect of W. Alisal street, and we chose to focus on the MST bus system. Our simple hypothesis for the Salinas project was: when the road diet is implemented, the MST transit system will take longer to get from point A to point B, but will overall have less delay. In order to test this hypothesis we first pinpointed the stakeholders, then we collected data and analyzed this data in three different methods. These methods were the creation of graphs, causal loop diagrams and a stock and flow diagram simulated in the program STELLA. There is still a lot that can be done to better understand how the road diet might affect the MST system. The best data will come once the road diet is implemented, and we are able to truly see the results.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor, School of Natural Sciences
dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
James Serrano

Stormwater and Green roofs in Seaside

Victor Manzanilla — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:27:28 +0000

This project works with identifying how green roofs can improve the environmental impact of buildings in the city of Seaside, California. With regard to stormwater and urban runoff, we will be relating stormwater to green roofs and how those issues can be corrected.[DF1] We hope to understand what Seaside infrastructure is being proposed and how they are implementing sustainable water recycling. Relating to the example of San Francisco’s own Academy of Sciences, we will explain how green roofs and infrastructure relate to the cities[DF2] improvement in production in general growth.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor
dfernandez@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
Rick Riedl
Public Works
Chief Engineer
rriedl@ci.seaside.ca.us