The Coronado City Council on April 18, heard from Dr. Howard Somers, chairman of the Mobility Commission, who gave the 2022 annual fiscal year report on issues regarding the city’s transportation network.
Among the issues for the commission are implementing complete streets and integrating emerging technologies like autonomous and electric vehicles.
The Mobility Commission had two main concerns this past year: traffic calming and e-bikes, which have followed into 2023.
One of the intersections still remains an issue, and that is the Five Points Intersection, which includes Glorietta Boulevard, Pomona Avenue and 10th Street, according to Somers.
“A few years ago, we had a whole deal with the Five Points, and the way it was resolved was that it wasn’t a resolution.”
-Dr. Howard Somers, chairman of the Coronado Mobility Commission.
“A few years ago, we had a whole deal with the Five Points, and the way it was resolved was that it wasn’t a resolution,” Somers said. “We have to come up with some method, city wide.”
A system that was offered was a roundabout.
Council Member Michael Donovan offered to work with the commission on this issue.
“I’d be happy to volunteer to get together with you,” Donovan said.
Donovan said that he believed there was 80 to 90% of the work that had already been done, that they just needed to put together a couple more things before moving forward with the problem of intersections.
E-bikes posed the second main concern of the Mobility Commission.
“One of the things that is very important to remember is that according to state statute, e-bikes are bicycles. So, it’s very hard for us to make any specific regulations for e-bikes that would also affect regular bicycles,” Somers said.
Somers clarified that although this is still an issue as they continue through this year, there were a lot of recommendations that were approved by the city council for e-bikes.
